# Install electron-chromedriver with npm

Electron ChromeDriver. Version 42.8.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#electron-chromedriver.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:electron-chromedriver
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g electron-chromedriver
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:electron-chromedriver
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-chromedriver>
- **Version:** 42.8.0
- **Source summary:** Electron ChromeDriver
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/electron/chromedriver#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/electron/chromedriver>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/electron/chromedriver#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-chromedriver/-/electron-chromedriver-42.8.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/electron/chromedriver/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-28T19:11:23.268Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T19:11:23.268Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- chromedriver (cli)

## Dependencies

- @electron/get
- extract-zip

## Build dependencies

- @electron/fiddle-core
- prettier

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 42.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-28
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/electron/chromedriver
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 42.8.0
- **Version Count:** 458
- **Maintainers:** electron-cfa
- **Author:** Kevin Sawicki
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=10.12.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-SoRYn60k+E7fJ0HqfdXjTsDjcIz07wwZmS4wka4b9WCJubU/GHqPYR1Uk9oJsSzeyloCaoQhLcitv5tMJM8J8A==
- **Shasum:** 0ff418147aaff69d532da1ab6a96a877fa479ce1
- **Unpacked Size:** 6,693
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-10-11T18:54:12.661Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-28T19:11:23.268Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-28T19:11:23.706Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - electron-chromedriver: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: electron-chromedriver from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- MacPorts - chromedriver: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: www/chromedriver/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - chromedriver: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: chromedriver from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- dnf - chromedriver - 151.0.7922.71-1.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chromedriver from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | WebDriver for Google Chrome/Chromium | http://www.chromium.org/Home
- zypper - chromedriver - 151.0.7922.71-1.1: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: chromedriver from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | WebDriver for Google Chrome/Chromium | https://www.chromium.org/
- Chocolatey - chromedriver: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: chromedriver from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','chocolatey-misc-helpers.extension'
- Scoop - main/chromedriver: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/chromedriver.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Chromium.ChromeDriver: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Chromium.ChromeDriver from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [chromedriver](https://pkg.so/npm/chromedriver/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: automation, browser, browser-automation, chromedriver, cli.
- [electron](https://pkg.so/npm/electron/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, electron, extract.
- [iedriver](https://pkg.so/npm/iedriver/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, browser, browser-automation, cli, developer.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph