# Install npm-pkg-lint with npm

Opinionated linter for NPM package tarball and package.json metadata. Version 5.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:npm-pkg-lint
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g npm-pkg-lint
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:npm-pkg-lint
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-pkg-lint>
- **Version:** 5.2.1
- **Source summary:** Opinionated linter for NPM package tarball and package.json metadata
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ext/npm-pkg-lint>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ext/npm-pkg-lint>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ext/npm-pkg-lint>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/ext/npm-pkg-lint/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-23T03:31:18.613Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23T03:31:18.613Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- npm-pkg-lint (cli)
- npm-pkg-lint (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 5.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ext/npm-pkg-lint
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 5.2.1, Release 2.x: 2.4.1
- **Version Count:** 129
- **Maintainers:** ext
- **Author:** David Sveningsson
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-11-11T00:17:30.317Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-23T03:31:18.613Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-23T03:31:18.613Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [npm-package-json-lint](https://pkg.so/npm/npm-package-json-lint/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, json, lint.
- [npm-groovy-lint](https://pkg.so/npm/npm-groovy-lint/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, json, lint.
- [npm-check](https://pkg.so/npm/npm-check/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, json, 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