# Install lighthouse with npm

Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web. Version 13.4.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#lighthouse.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:lighthouse
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g lighthouse
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:lighthouse
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/lighthouse>
- **Version:** 13.4.1
- **Source summary:** Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/lighthouse/-/lighthouse-13.4.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-20T19:59:46.318Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-20T19:59:46.318Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- chrome-debug (cli)
- lighthouse (cli)
- smokehouse (cli)

## Dependencies

- @paulirish/trace_engine
- @sentry/node
- axe-core
- chrome-launcher
- configstore
- csp_evaluator
- devtools-protocol
- enquirer
- http-link-header
- intl-messageformat
- jpeg-js
- js-library-detector
- lighthouse-logger
- lighthouse-stack-packs
- lodash-es
- lookup-closest-locale
- open
- puppeteer-core
- robots-parser
- speedline-core
- third-party-web
- tldts-icann
- web-features
- ws
- yargs
- yargs-parser

## Build dependencies

- @build-tracker/cli
- @esbuild-kit/esm-loader
- @esbuild-plugins/node-modules-polyfill
- @eslint/compat
- @eslint/eslintrc
- @eslint/js
- @formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser
- @jest/fake-timers
- @testing-library/preact
- @testing-library/preact-hooks
- @types/archiver
- @types/chrome
- @types/configstore
- @types/cpy
- @types/debug
- @types/eslint
- @types/estree
- @types/gh-pages
- @types/google.analytics
- @types/gtag.js
- @types/jpeg-js
- @types/jsdom
- @types/lodash-es
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- @types/pako
- @types/pg
- @types/resize-observer-browser
- @types/resolve
- @types/semver
- @types/ws
- @types/yargs
- @types/yargs-parser
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- acorn
- angular
- archiver
- builtin-modules
- chalk
- chrome-devtools-frontend
- colors
- concurrently
- conventional-changelog-cli
- core-js-compat
- cpy
- csv-validator
- esbuild
- eslint
- eslint-config-google
- eslint-formatter-codeframe
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-local-rules
- expect
- firebase
- gh-pages
- glob
- globals
- idb-keyval
- jest-mock
- jest-snapshot
- jsdom
- lighthouse-plugin-soft-navigation
- magic-string
- mime-types
- mocha
- pako
- preact
- pretty-json-stringify
- puppeteer
- resolve
- rollup-plugin-polyfill-node
- source-map-support
- terser
- testdouble
- typed-query-selector
- typescript
- wait-for-expect
- webtreemap-cdt

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 13.4.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-20
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 13.4.1, Next: 13.4.1-dev.20260731
- **Version Count:** 1,989
- **Maintainers:** paulirish, hoten, lusayaa
- **Author:** Google LLC
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=22.19
- **Integrity:** sha512-fDu8lt3QLK/lTqIxtp1HkzQNJ32rsFHhbadYOepcMZFLgA8oINhxutMbMv8XXnpTOvZ0TXCo4JCk1LDTWaRLnA==
- **Shasum:** 40dedda9675b988ffd1b409678666a274977aff7
- **Unpacked Size:** 18,983,250
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-03-28T02:06:46.229Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-20T19:59:46.318Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-08-01T06:06:45.887Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - lighthouse: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/lighthouse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - lighthouse - 8.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lighthouse from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ethereum 2.0 Client | https://lighthouse.sigmaprime.io/
- apk - lighthouse-doc - 8.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lighthouse-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ethereum 2.0 Client (documentation) | https://lighthouse.sigmaprime.io/


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://pkg.so/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [chrome-launcher](https://pkg.so/npm/chrome-launcher/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: chrome, chrome-launcher, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [chromium-edge-launcher](https://pkg.so/npm/chromium-edge-launcher/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, devtools, launcher.
- [rebrowser-puppeteer](https://pkg.so/npm/rebrowser-puppeteer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chrome, cli, core, developer, developer-tools.
- [lighthouse](https://pkg.so/brew/lighthouse/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## 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