# Install latest with npm

Determine the latest available version of a package in npm. Version 0.2.0 via npm; verified 2015-02-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:latest
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g latest
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:latest
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/latest>
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Source summary:** Determine the latest available version of a package in npm
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest>
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/latest/-/latest-0.2.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest/issues>
- **Published:** 2015-02-19T23:48:53.457Z
- **Last updated:** 2015-02-19T23:48:53.457Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- latest (cli)
- latest (alias)

## Dependencies

- npm

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.2.0
- Package-manager updated: 2015-02-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/bahamas10/node-latest
- 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 latest. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.2.0
- **Version Count:** 6
- **Maintainers:** bahamas10
- **Author:** Dave Eddy
- **Publisher:** bahamas10
- **Engines:** Node: *
- **Integrity:** sha512-nsIM/FjwLcsKZ1KDAw5CivnM26zzMs3zGBL4SdjYXHI5tMcOWjGhFDMBKIum4WNAkZmeVw7zU1jR2H2UiKoQVA==
- **Shasum:** ea47eb8f4b2bb0cf91716efaa896c2e16237587b
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-08-28T23:32:18.217Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2015-02-19T23:48:53.457Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-19T10:47:47.780Z


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- [npm-check-updates](https://pkg.so/brew/npm-check-updates/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.
- [ci](https://pkg.so/npm/ci/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.

## Sources

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