# Install semver with npm

The semantic version parser used by npm. Version 7.8.5 via npm; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#semver.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:semver
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g semver
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:semver
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/semver>
- **Version:** 7.8.5
- **Source summary:** The semantic version parser used by npm.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver#readme>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.8.5.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/npm/node-semver/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-19T18:32:48.972Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T18:32:48.972Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- semver (cli)

## Build dependencies

- @npmcli/eslint-config
- @npmcli/template-oss
- benchmark
- tap

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.8.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/npm/node-semver
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 7.8.5, Latest 6: 6.3.1, Legacy: 5.7.2
- **Version Count:** 119
- **Maintainers:** saquibkhan, npm-cli-ops, reggi
- **Author:** GitHub Inc.
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=10
- **Integrity:** sha512-Y7/KDsb8LjooZpwaqGyulO6DQlksgCncchHGk+sZIY4SBvUocMBEFH5Ur1fI4dV+Jvl0w6cjvucaIi40puRioA==
- **Shasum:** 39b646037dd50c14fb451e7e4cac58ed8b863f69
- **Unpacked Size:** 101,065
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-02-12T00:20:25.690Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-19T18:32:48.972Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-06T14:05:00.791Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - semver: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/semver/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - semver-devel - 0.3.1-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: semver-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for semver | https://github.com/Neargye/semver
- pacman - semver - 7.8.5-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: semver from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The semantic version parser used by npm | https://github.com/npm/node-semver


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [semver](https://pkg.so/brew/semver/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, npm, parser.
- [semantic-release](https://pkg.so/npm/semantic-release/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.
- [standard-version](https://pkg.so/npm/standard-version/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, npm.
- [semver](https://pkg.so/brew/semver/) - 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
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph