# Install protons with npm

Protobuf to ts transpiler. Version 9.0.2 via npm; verified 2026-07-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:protons
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g protons
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:protons
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/protons>
- **Version:** 9.0.2
- **Source summary:** Protobuf to ts transpiler
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ipfs/protons/tree/main/packages/protons#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ipfs/protons>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ipfs/protons/tree/main/packages/protons#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/protons/-/protons-9.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/ipfs/protons/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-01T06:29:52.995Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T06:29:52.995Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- protons (cli)
- protons (alias)

## Dependencies

- meow
- protobufjs-cli
- protons-runtime

## Build dependencies

- aegir
- it-all
- long
- pbjs
- protobufjs
- uint8arraylist
- uint8arrays

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 9.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ipfs/protons
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 9.0.2
- **Version Count:** 59
- **Maintainers:** achingbrain, npm-service-account-ipfs
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Integrity:** sha512-95cqPQ6pUklp3NhdrTQQ7hEAvxMlEum7/xxLsfoNTLPPV4LWEeTWt9CDUMeamgPN7HyG3pMvuBQyJAvGSXtAVg==
- **Shasum:** b2ce651a6f240f22b4a3fcf5413830c02b72efa4
- **Unpacked Size:** 190,039
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-09-06T21:23:25.634Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-01T06:29:52.995Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-01T06:29:53.244Z


## Related links

- [Database and data packages](https://pkg.so/database-data-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [protoscript](https://pkg.so/npm/protoscript/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, protobuf, runtime, serialization.
- [pbf](https://pkg.so/npm/pbf/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, protobuf, serialization.
- [protoc](https://pkg.so/npm/protoc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, protobuf, serialization.

## Sources

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