# Install parcel with npm

Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler. Version 2.16.4 via npm; verified 2026-02-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:parcel
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g parcel
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:parcel
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/parcel>
- **Version:** 2.16.4
- **Source summary:** Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/parcel/-/parcel-2.16.4.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-02-02T03:53:26.053Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-02T03:53:26.053Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- parcel (cli)
- parcel (alias)

## Dependencies

- @parcel/config-default
- @parcel/core
- @parcel/diagnostic
- @parcel/events
- @parcel/feature-flags
- @parcel/fs
- @parcel/logger
- @parcel/package-manager
- @parcel/reporter-cli
- @parcel/reporter-dev-server
- @parcel/reporter-tracer
- @parcel/utils
- chalk
- commander
- get-port

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @parcel/babel-register

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.16.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-02-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel
- notice: The package-manager record has not changed recently.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 1.10.0-beta.1, Canary: 2.0.0-canary.1873, Dev: 2.0.0-dev.1793, Dev Test: 2.0.0-dev.1516, Latest: 2.16.4, Next: 2.0.0-rc.0, Nightly: 2.0.0-canary.1873
- **Version Count:** 965
- **Maintainers:** devongovett
- **Publisher:** devongovett
- **Engines:** Node: >= 16.0.0
- **Funding:** <https://opencollective.com/parcel>
- **Integrity:** sha512-RQlrqs4ujYNJpTQi+dITqPKNhRWEqpjPd1YBcGp50Wy3FcJHpwu0/iRm7XWz2dKU/Bwp2qCcVYPIeEDYi2uOUw==
- **Shasum:** a9219e35b97163e4fbee47241d641ed23c48c800
- **Unpacked Size:** 44,032
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-05-02T18:03:30.433Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-02-02T03:53:26.053Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-02-03T00:58:08.680Z


## Related links

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- [laravel-mix](https://pkg.so/npm/laravel-mix/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, chalk, cli, commander.
- [node-minify](https://pkg.so/npm/node-minify/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, chalk, cli, commander.
- [plasmo](https://pkg.so/npm/plasmo/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chalk, cli, config, core, developer.

## Sources

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