# Install directus with npm

Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content. Version 12.2.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:directus
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g directus
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:directus
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/directus>
- **Version:** 12.2.0
- **Source summary:** Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content
- **Homepage:** <https://directus.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/directus/directus>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://directus.com>
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN license
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/directus/-/directus-12.2.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/directus/directus/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-29T18:25:49.240Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T18:25:49.240Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- directus (cli)
- directus (alias)

## Dependencies

- @directus/api
- @directus/update-check

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 12.2.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/directus/directus
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 10.7.0-beta.0, Canary: 12.0.0-rc.2, Esu: 10.13.4, Latest: 12.2.0, Preview: 0.1.0-preview.8
- **Version Count:** 339
- **Maintainers:** benhaynes, rijk
- **Author:** Monospace Inc
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=22
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/directus/directus?sponsor=1>
- **Integrity:** sha512-XgoWSQXeTPepLx99u2gOlx6AxTzS6lqREnYdeXxs/L//TpJAqYOFmMX00aLq4B2tQj//brkPlVAdnxkFmjC/mg==
- **Shasum:** 8989885fd3fec1329d144bc72688ab3f88cdbb37
- **Unpacked Size:** 11,045
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-07-24T21:15:01.162Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-29T18:25:49.240Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-29T18:25:49.657Z


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