# Install genkit-cli with npm

CLI for interacting with the Google Genkit AI framework. Version 1.40.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:genkit-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g genkit-cli
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:genkit-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/genkit-cli>
- **Version:** 1.40.1
- **Source summary:** CLI for interacting with the Google Genkit AI framework
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/genkit-cli/-/genkit-cli-1.40.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-21T19:42:40.174Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T19:42:40.174Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- genkit (cli)
- genkit (alias)

## Dependencies

- @genkit-ai/telemetry-server
- @genkit-ai/tools-common
- @inquirer/prompts
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- axios
- colorette
- commander
- extract-zip
- get-port
- open
- ora
- semver
- yaml

## Build dependencies

- @jest/globals
- @types/jest
- @types/node
- @types/semver
- bun-types
- genversion
- jest
- ts-jest
- ts-node
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.40.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.40.1, Next: 1.39.0-rc.0
- **Version Count:** 123
- **Maintainers:** pavelgj, google-wombot
- **Author:** genkit
- **Publisher:** google-wombot
- **Integrity:** sha512-gWsob7+5iA3+ZaejEIdpu3rEXdJzVVryqgHkzSwJ9l14SEZaCefa5H39DXbGVd8vYyB13OszKrQfdd+OT5U0qw==
- **Shasum:** 95764dd433a43638ee837a8204689ec6faada798
- **Unpacked Size:** 343,598
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2024-08-02T03:19:12.339Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-21T19:42:40.174Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-21T19:42:40.304Z


## Related links

- [AI and agent packages](https://pkg.so/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [ragie](https://pkg.so/npm/ragie/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, cli, model, model-tools, modelcontextprotocol.
- [agentic-flow](https://pkg.so/npm/agentic-flow/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, axios, cli, genai, google.
- [gitnexus](https://pkg.so/npm/gitnexus/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: ai, cli, commander, common, model.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph