# Install ganache with npm

A library and cli to create a local blockchain for fast Ethereum development. Version 7.9.2 via npm; verified 2023-12-21. Also installable with winget: winget install --id Trufflesuite.Ganache -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:ganache
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g ganache
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:ganache
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ganache>
- **Version:** 7.9.2
- **Source summary:** A library and cli to create a local blockchain for fast Ethereum development.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/tree/develop/packages/ganache#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/tree/develop/packages/ganache#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/ganache/-/ganache-7.9.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/issues>
- **Published:** 2023-12-21T00:19:56.347Z
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-21T00:19:56.347Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- ganache (cli)
- ganache-cli (cli)
- ganache (alias)

## Dependencies

- @trufflesuite/bigint-buffer
- @trufflesuite/uws-js-unofficial
- @types/bn.js
- @types/lru-cache
- @types/seedrandom
- abstract-level
- abstract-leveldown
- async-eventemitter
- bufferutil
- emittery
- keccak
- leveldown
- secp256k1
- utf-8-validate

## Build dependencies

- @ganache/cli
- @ganache/core
- @microsoft/api-extractor
- @types/abstract-leveldown
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- assert
- browserify-aes
- buffer
- cross-env
- crypto-browserify
- events
- https-browserify
- level-js
- mcl-wasm
- mocha
- node-loader
- os-browserify
- path-browserify
- process
- scrypt-js
- setimmediate
- shebang-loader
- shx
- stream-browserify
- stream-http
- terser-webpack-plugin
- ts-loader
- ts-node
- typescript
- util
- webpack
- webpack-cli
- webpack-merge

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.9.2
- Package-manager updated: 2023-12-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Alpha: 7.4.4-alpha.0, Beta: 7.0.0-beta.2, Filecoin: 7.0.0-filecoin.6, Latest: 7.9.2, Rc: 7.0.0-rc.0
- **Version Count:** 124
- **Maintainers:** davidmurdoch, truffle-cicd, jeff.smale, gnidan, tcoulter, eggplantzzz, fainashalts, haltman
- **Author:** David Murdoch
- **Publisher:** truffle-cicd
- **Optional Dependencies:** bufferutil, utf-8-validate
- **Integrity:** sha512-7gsVVDpO9AhrFyDMWWl7SpMsPpqGcnAzjxz3k32LheIPNd64p2XsY9GYRdhWmKuryb60W1iaWPZWDkFKlbRWHA==
- **Shasum:** 77f506ad2735dd9109696ffa1834a9dd2f806449
- **Unpacked Size:** 55,230,195
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2019-06-25T08:25:44.214Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2023-12-21T00:19:56.347Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-29T21:46:56.178Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - Trufflesuite.Ganache: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Trufflesuite.Ganache from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [foundry](https://pkg.so/brew/foundry/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, contracts, developer, developer-tools, development.
- [hardhat-deploy](https://pkg.so/npm/hardhat-deploy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: blockchain, cli, developer, developer-tools, ethereum.

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