# Install create-gatsby with npm

Create Gatsby apps in an interactive CLI experience that does the plumbing for you. Version 3.16.0 via npm; verified 2026-01-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-gatsby
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-gatsby
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-gatsby
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-gatsby>
- **Version:** 3.16.0
- **Source summary:** Create Gatsby apps in an interactive CLI experience that does the plumbing for you.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/create-gatsby#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/packages/create-gatsby#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-gatsby/-/create-gatsby-3.16.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-01-26T20:27:13.224Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-26T20:27:13.224Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- create-gatsby (cli)
- create-gatsby (alias)

## Dependencies

- @babel/runtime

## Build dependencies

- @ascorbic/worker-threads-shim
- @lukeed/uuid
- @types/configstore
- @types/fs-extra
- @types/node
- ansi-wordwrap
- common-tags
- enquirer
- execa
- fs-extra
- gatsby-plugin-utils
- joi
- microbundle
- node-fetch
- string-length
- terminal-link
- tiny-spin

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.16.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-01-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby
- notice: The package-manager record has not changed recently.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for create-gatsby. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Alpha 9689ff: 2.23.0-alpha-9689ff.25, Alpha A5 Peer: 2.23.0-alpha-a5-peer.70, Alpha Cg Tailwind: 3.9.0-alpha-cg-tailwind.23, Alpha Mdx V2: 2.18.0-alpha-mdx-v2.68, Alpha Qe Sm: 1.14.0-alpha-qe-sm.46, Alpha Trailing Slash: 2.5.0-alpha-trailing-slash.71, Alpha Transformer JSON: 2.14.0-alpha-transformer-json.26, Alpha Ts Jit: 2.6.0-alpha-ts-jit.26, Alpha V5: 3.0.0-alpha-v5.d20221012t101120.57, Alt Image Cdn: 3.13.0-alpha-alt-image-cdn.44, Create Gatsby: 0.2.0-create-gatsby.2, Drupal Image 404: 2.17.0-alpha-drupal-image-404.12, Drupal Proxyurl: 3.0.0-alpha-drupal-proxyurl.14, Drupal Self Reference: 2.18.0-alpha-drupal-self-reference.18, Image Cdn: 2.9.0-alpha-image-cdn.39, Image Cdn Caching: 2.16.0-alpha-image-cdn-caching.9, Image Cdn Configurable: 3.9.0-image-cdn-configurable.4, Image Cdn Enc: 2.23.0-alpha-image-cdn-enc.40, Image Cdn Jobs Resolve: 2.18.0-alpha-image-cdn-jobs-resolve.32, Image Cdn Pathprefix: 2.25.0-alpha-image-cdn-pathprefix.48, Image Cdn Telemetry: 2.13.0-alpha-image-cdn-telemetry.29, Image Helpers: 0.0.0-image-helpers.13, Image Service: 2.8.0-alpha-image-service.26, Latest: 3.16.0
- **Version Count:** 358
- **Maintainers:** pieh, serhalp-netlify, mlgualtieri-gatsby
- **Author:** Matt Kane
- **Publisher:** serhalp-netlify
- **Integrity:** sha512-F2gzKq1Pl3wFzHOIZdA2XEiynt0sPxnq0ccwzbz4YFZxGf5vLG16ijTvnmZjJzm/LSSP+szedX5cA0c6a+mnjg==
- **Shasum:** e6718f7234582b95521f973c056cbd7334eb24b3
- **Unpacked Size:** 235,110
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-10-28T21:05:14.490Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-01-26T20:27:13.224Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-30T21:54:00.090Z


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