# Install pinst with npm

Enable or disable npm postinstall hook. Version 3.0.0 via npm; verified 2022-02-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:pinst
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g pinst
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:pinst
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/pinst>
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Source summary:** Enable or disable npm postinstall hook
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/typicode/pinst#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/typicode/pinst>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/typicode/pinst#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/pinst/-/pinst-3.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/typicode/pinst/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-02-21T00:29:18.173Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-21T00:29:18.173Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pinst (cli)
- pinst (alias)

## Build dependencies

- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-config-xo-space
- eslint-plugin-node
- eslint-plugin-prettier
- husky
- jest
- prettier
- tempy

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Lifecycle scripts: postinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2022-02-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/typicode/pinst
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.0.0
- **Version Count:** 12
- **Maintainers:** typicode
- **Author:** typicode
- **Publisher:** typicode
- **Engines:** Node: >=12.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-cengSmBxtCyaJqtRSvJorIIZXMXg+lJ3sIljGmtBGUVonMnMsVJbnzl6jGN1HkOWwxNuJynCJ2hXxxqCQrFDdw==
- **Shasum:** 80dec0a85f1f993c6084172020f3dbf512897eec
- **Unpacked Size:** 5,730
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2018-06-08T00:42:10.064Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-02-21T00:29:18.173Z
- **Modified At:** 2023-06-09T21:36:51.655Z


## Related links

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- [if-env](https://pkg.so/npm/if-env/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.
- [in-publish](https://pkg.so/npm/in-publish/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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