# Install metalsmith with npm

An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator. Version 2.7.0 via npm; verified 2026-02-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:metalsmith
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g metalsmith
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:metalsmith
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/metalsmith>
- **Version:** 2.7.0
- **Source summary:** An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.
- **Homepage:** <https://metalsmith.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://metalsmith.io>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/metalsmith/-/metalsmith-2.7.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-02-09T21:05:00.285Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-09T21:05:00.285Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- metalsmith (cli)
- metalsmith (alias)

## Dependencies

- chokidar
- commander
- debug
- gray-matter
- is-utf8
- lodash.clonedeepwith
- micromatch
- stat-mode
- ware

## Build dependencies

- @eslint/eslintrc
- @eslint/js
- @metalsmith/drafts
- @metalsmith/markdown
- @types/debug
- @types/micromatch
- @types/node
- assert-dir-equal
- c8
- eslint
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-n
- globals
- mocha
- prettier
- release-it
- toml
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.7.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-02-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.7.0
- **Version Count:** 51
- **Maintainers:** woodyrew, ianstormtaylor, dominicbarnes, ajedi32, webketje
- **Publisher:** webketje
- **Engines:** Node: >=16.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-DkoXO1jz0UY+k1tj1LpxYLrN+jeGKBicbtsQYeYF8nX9QK4AGyGh4g421qsmEOGfZ02GjW1qxr1XP+8afwcTGQ==
- **Shasum:** fedb2f6db780879ef91e9a400b60c840525ac402
- **Unpacked Size:** 119,539
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-02-05T05:23:38.888Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-02-09T21:05:00.285Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-02-09T21:05:00.403Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [hexo](https://pkg.so/npm/hexo/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: blog, cli, developer, developer-tools, matter.
- [gatsby](https://pkg.so/npm/gatsby/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: blog, cli, developer, developer-tools, file.
- [hugo-lunr-indexer](https://pkg.so/npm/hugo-lunr-indexer/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gray, gray-matter.

## 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