# Install create-medusa-app with npm

Create a Medusa project using a single command. Version 2.18.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-medusa-app
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-medusa-app
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-medusa-app
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-medusa-app>
- **Version:** 2.18.0
- **Source summary:** Create a Medusa project using a single command.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/medusajs/medusa#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/medusajs/medusa>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/medusajs/medusa#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-medusa-app/-/create-medusa-app-2.18.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-23T13:33:43.645Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23T13:33:43.645Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- create-medusa-app (cli)
- create-medusa-app (alias)

## Dependencies

- @medusajs/deps
- @medusajs/telemetry
- boxen
- chalk
- commander
- inquirer
- nanoid
- node-emoji
- node-fetch
- open
- ora
- slugify
- terminal-link
- uuid
- validator
- wait-on
- winston
- yaml

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.18.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Alpha: 0.0.7-alpha.0, Beta: 0.1.0-beta-20230619170349, Canary: 1.0.4-canary-20230727091428, Dev: 0.0.7-dev.122, Fix 1749: 0.0.7-fix-1749.462, Latest: 2.18.0, Meili: 0.0.4-meili.1209, Meilis: 0.0.4-meilis.1209, Next: 1.2.9-next-20240505114610, Nextjs: 0.0.11-nextjs-20230507103235, Nextjs Commerce: 0.0.11-nextjs-commerce-20230515133904, Nxt: 0.0.7-nxt.231, Options Preview: 2.16.0-options-preview-20260605124754, Preview: 2.19.0-preview-20260803001937, Qs Client: 0.0.6-qs-client.154, Rc: 2.0.0-rc-20241022183311, Snapshot: 2.19.0-snapshot-20260728004555
- **Version Count:** 7,608
- **Maintainers:** sebrindom, oliverjuhl, owjuhl, olijuhl
- **Author:** Medusa
- **Publisher:** olijuhl
- **Engines:** Node: >=14.16
- **Integrity:** sha512-p/44UIiimVd7FuQzce8Erb5WCW/loGCCt6P9bQzm6AvBwoTbHpeHsWGcu0EvbvBF9v6sb7fC6fFgwRbzZh4Q/A==
- **Shasum:** c51c9944a02cec6a81d2c0050549a3c81d04f01b
- **Unpacked Size:** 217,973
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-09-06T13:04:06.498Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-23T13:33:43.645Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-08-03T00:30:51.835Z


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- [create-wdio](https://pkg.so/npm/create-wdio/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: chalk, cli, commander, create, developer.
- [create-langgraph](https://pkg.so/npm/create-langgraph/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, commander, create, developer, developer-tools.

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