# Install parse-torrent with npm

Parse a torrent identifier (magnet uri, .torrent file, info hash). Version 11.0.23 via npm; verified 2026-07-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:parse-torrent
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g parse-torrent
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:parse-torrent
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-torrent>
- **Version:** 11.0.23
- **Source summary:** Parse a torrent identifier (magnet uri, .torrent file, info hash)
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-23T17:52:44.976Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23T17:52:44.976Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- parse-torrent (cli)
- parse-torrent (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 11.0.23
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 11.0.23
- **Version Count:** 101
- **Maintainers:** feross, mafintosh, flet, watson, diegorbaquero, hicom150, jhiesey, webtorrent-bot, alxhotel
- **Author:** WebTorrent LLC
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-02-24T07:54:02.995Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-23T17:52:44.976Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-23T17:52:44.976Z


## Related links

- [Database and data packages](https://pkg.so/database-data-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [parse-github-url](https://pkg.so/npm/parse-github-url/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, data, data-processing, parse, processing.
- [plantuml-parser](https://pkg.so/npm/plantuml-parser/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, data-processing, file, parse.
- [package-changed](https://pkg.so/npm/package-changed/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, data-processing, hash, processing.

## Sources

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