# Install linguist-js with npm

Analyse the programming languages used in a folder or from raw content, using the same rules that GitHub Linguist does. Version 3.0.2 via npm; verified 2026-07-06.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:linguist-js
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g linguist-js
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:linguist-js
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/linguist-js>
- **Version:** 3.0.2
- **Source summary:** Analyse the programming languages used in a folder or from raw content, using the same rules that GitHub Linguist does.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Nixinova/Linguist#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Nixinova/Linguist>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Nixinova/Linguist#readme>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/linguist-js/-/linguist-js-3.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/Nixinova/Linguist/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-06T05:24:37.103Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T05:24:37.103Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- linguist (cli)
- linguist-js (cli)
- linguist-js (alias)

## Dependencies

- binary-extensions
- commander
- common-path-prefix
- ignore
- isbinaryfile
- js-yaml
- node-cache

## Build dependencies

- @types/js-yaml
- @types/node
- deep-object-diff
- prettier
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Nixinova/Linguist
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.0.2, Pre: 3.0.0-pre
- **Version Count:** 73
- **Maintainers:** nixinova
- **Author:** Nixinova
- **Publisher:** nixinova
- **Engines:** Node: >=26, npm: >=10
- **Integrity:** sha512-1VpWhFUPg8vSVQAAD8jgMw0Hx8dCev3snFd3JSV7wN0XJbYyyry9UTTU2gNmVVKHotAxGFvT37CQoJA+i8b9EA==
- **Shasum:** d2f20be73f6eb691561dc58c9c699cc5d727d3d3
- **Unpacked Size:** 336,415
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-06-05T04:49:10.621Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-06T05:24:37.103Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-06T05:24:37.192Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [code-complexity](https://pkg.so/npm/code-complexity/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, code-analysis, commander.
- [module-definition](https://pkg.so/npm/module-definition/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, code-analysis, developer.
- [leasot](https://pkg.so/npm/leasot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: analysis, cli, code, code-analysis, commander.

## Sources

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