# Install genversion with npm

A command line utility to read version from package.json and attach it into your module as a property. Version 3.2.0 via npm; verified 2024-01-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:genversion
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g genversion
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:genversion
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/genversion>
- **Version:** 3.2.0
- **Source summary:** A command line utility to read version from package.json and attach it into your module as a property
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/axelpale/genversion>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/axelpale/genversion>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/axelpale/genversion>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/genversion/-/genversion-3.2.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/axelpale/genversion/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-01-08T23:28:42.537Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-08T23:28:42.537Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- genversion (cli)
- genversion (alias)

## Dependencies

- commander
- ejs
- find-package

## Build dependencies

- fs-extra
- mocha
- should
- standard

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.2.0
- Package-manager updated: 2024-01-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/axelpale/genversion
- 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 genversion. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.2.0
- **Version Count:** 19
- **Maintainers:** xeli
- **Author:** Akseli Palen
- **Publisher:** xeli
- **Engines:** Node: >=10.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-OIYSX6XYA8PHecLDCTri30hadSZfAjZ8Iq1+BBDXqLWP4dRLuJNLoNjsSWtTpw97IccK2LDWzkEstxAB8GdN7g==
- **Shasum:** 84fce12670f35f3310fbf5bc27ec8caf2b012423
- **Unpacked Size:** 44,290
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-09-26T21:41:23.375Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-01-08T23:28:42.537Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-01-08T23:28:42.717Z


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [pin-github-action](https://pkg.so/npm/pin-github-action/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, commander, developer, developer-tools, release.
- [absolute-version](https://pkg.so/npm/absolute-version/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, release, release-tools.
- [auto](https://pkg.so/npm/auto/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, cli, developer, developer-tools, line.

## Sources

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