# Install levenshtein-edit-distance with npm

Levenshtein edit distance. Version 3.0.1 via npm; verified 2022-11-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:levenshtein-edit-distance
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g levenshtein-edit-distance
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:levenshtein-edit-distance
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/levenshtein-edit-distance>
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Source summary:** Levenshtein edit distance
- **Homepage:** <https://words.github.io/levenshtein-edit-distance/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/words/levenshtein-edit-distance>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://words.github.io/levenshtein-edit-distance/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/levenshtein-edit-distance/-/levenshtein-edit-distance-3.0.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/words/levenshtein-edit-distance/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-11-02T10:33:11.130Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-02T10:33:11.130Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- levenshtein-edit-distance (cli)
- levenshtein-edit-distance (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- c8
- prettier
- remark-cli
- remark-preset-wooorm
- type-coverage
- typescript
- xo

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.0.1
- Package-manager updated: 2022-11-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/words/levenshtein-edit-distance
- 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 levenshtein-edit-distance. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.0.1
- **Version Count:** 15
- **Maintainers:** wooorm, zeke
- **Author:** Titus Wormer
- **Publisher:** wooorm
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm>
- **Integrity:** sha512-/qMCkZbrAF7jZP/voqlkfNrBtEn0TMdhCK7OEBh/zb39t/c3wCnTjwU1ZvrMfQ3OxB8sBQXIpWRMM6FiQJVG3g==
- **Shasum:** e3518ddf35e75d175928964e9063649963d9693c
- **Unpacked Size:** 12,377
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-06-28T13:52:46.864Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-11-02T10:33:11.130Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-11-02T10:33:11.222Z


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