# Install socket with npm

CLI for Socket.dev. Version 1.1.146 via npm; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libsocket++-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:socket
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g socket
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:socket
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/socket>
- **Version:** 1.1.146
- **Source summary:** CLI for Socket.dev
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli>
- **License:** MIT
- **Published:** 2026-07-24T13:04:53.268Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T13:04:53.268Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- socket (cli)
- socket (alias)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.1.146
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-24
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.1.146
- **Version Count:** 492
- **Maintainers:** feross, socket-bot
- **Author:** Socket Inc
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-07-13T19:23:15.044Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-24T13:04:53.268Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-24T13:04:53.268Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libsocket++-dev - 1.12.13+git20131030.5d039ba-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsocket++-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight convenience library to handle low level BSD sockets in C++ -devel | https://github.com/malaterre/socketxx-1
- Debian apt - libsocket++1 - 1.12.13+git20131030.5d039ba-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsocket++1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight convenience library to handle low level BSD sockets in C++ - libs | https://github.com/malaterre/socketxx-1
- Debian apt - socket - 1.1-10.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: socket from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Multi purpose socket tool
- Ubuntu apt - libsocket++-dev - 1.12.13+git20131030.5d039ba-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsocket++-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight convenience library to handle low level BSD sockets in C++ -devel | https://github.com/malaterre/socketxx-1
- Ubuntu apt - libsocket++1 - 1.12.13+git20131030.5d039ba-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsocket++1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight convenience library to handle low level BSD sockets in C++ - libs | https://github.com/malaterre/socketxx-1
- Ubuntu apt - socket - 1.1-10.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: socket from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Multi purpose socket tool
- MacPorts - socket: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/socket/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [sfw](https://pkg.so/npm/sfw/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, security, socket, static.
- [snyk](https://pkg.so/npm/snyk/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, security, static, static-analysis.
- [snyk-delta](https://pkg.so/npm/snyk-delta/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: analysis, cli, security, static, static-analysis.

## 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