# Install grunt with npm

The JavaScript Task Runner. Version 1.6.2 via npm; verified 2026-04-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install grunt.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:grunt
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g grunt
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:grunt
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt>
- **Version:** 1.6.2
- **Source summary:** The JavaScript Task Runner
- **Homepage:** <https://gruntjs.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://gruntjs.com/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-04-14T19:01:27.228Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-14T19:01:27.228Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- grunt (cli)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.6.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-14
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** 03 Devel: 0.3.13-a, Devel: 0.4.0-rc2, Latest: 1.6.2, Master: 0.4.0-rc8, Rc1: 1.0.0-rc1
- **Version Count:** 73
- **Maintainers:** cowboy, krinkle, tkellen, vladikoff, shama
- **Author:** Grunt Development Team
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-01-12T13:08:51.247Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-04-14T19:01:27.228Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-14T19:01:27.228Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - grunt - 1.6.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: grunt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool | https://gruntjs.com/
- Ubuntu apt - grunt - 1.6.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: grunt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool | https://gruntjs.com/
- winget - Grunt.Grunt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Grunt.Grunt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [grunt-cli](https://pkg.so/npm/grunt-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [grunt-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/grunt-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: build, cli, developer, developer-tools, grunt.
- [grunt-compare-size](https://pkg.so/npm/grunt-compare-size/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## Sources

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