# Install webpack-cli with npm

CLI for webpack & friends. Version 7.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-04. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#webpack-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:webpack-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g webpack-cli
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:webpack-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-cli>
- **Version:** 7.2.1
- **Source summary:** CLI for webpack & friends
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/tree/main/packages/webpack-cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/tree/main/packages/webpack-cli>
- **License:** MIT
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-04T19:59:03.678Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T19:59:03.678Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- webpack-cli (cli)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** 4.0.0.0 Alpha 5: 4.0.0-alpha-5, Beta: 4.0.0-beta.9, Latest: 7.2.1, Next: 4.0.0-rc.1
- **Version Count:** 133
- **Maintainers:** evilebottnawi, 15000621931, ev1stensberg, __hai, sokra, avivkeller
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-05-30T16:03:23.836Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-04T19:59:03.678Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-04T19:59:03.678Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - webpack-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/webpack-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [webpack](https://pkg.so/npm/webpack/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: build, build-tools, bundler, cli, developer.
- [webpack](https://pkg.so/brew/webpack/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: build, bundler, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [father](https://pkg.so/npm/father/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, bundler, cli, developer.

## 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