# Install release-it with npm

Generic CLI tool to automate versioning and package publishing-related tasks. Version 20.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-06-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:release-it
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g release-it
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:release-it
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/release-it>
- **Version:** 20.2.1
- **Source summary:** Generic CLI tool to automate versioning and package publishing-related tasks.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/release-it/release-it/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-26T13:57:41.948Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T13:57:41.948Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- release-it (cli)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 20.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/release-it/release-it
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 20.2.1, Next: 20.0.0-1, Release It 14: 14.14.3
- **Version Count:** 440
- **Maintainers:** webpro
- **Author:** Lars Kappert
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-01-15T01:28:40.551Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-26T13:57:41.948Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-26T13:57:41.948Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [release-it](https://pkg.so/brew/release-it/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: automate, cli, developer, developer-tools, generic.
- [release-script](https://pkg.so/npm/release-script/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, release, release-tools.
- [absolute-version](https://pkg.so/npm/absolute-version/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, release, release-tools.
- [release-it](https://pkg.so/brew/release-it/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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