Install newman with Homebrew, Nix

Project links

• Homepage

Commands and aliases

• newman

Project history

The npm package was created on 2014-04-29 and had 172 published versions with latest 6.2.2 when researched on 2026-07-01. GitHub's release feed shows v6.0.0 on 2023-09-14, v6.2.0 on 2024-08-16, v6.2.1 on 2024-08-20, and v6.2.2 on 2026-01-16. The repository and docs are maintained under postmanlabs.

Adoption history

Newman is the largest-adoption package in this batch by a wide margin. npm reported 37,462,167 downloads for the year ending 2026-06-28, reflecting its role as the standard way to run Postman collections in automated environments. Homebrew adoption is smaller because many users install via npm or Docker, but Homebrew still reported 2,541 install-on-request events over 365 days.

How it is used

The normal workflow is `newman run <collection>`, optionally with environment files, globals, iteration data, folder selection, timeouts, reporters, export flags, and SSL/proxy settings. The README and Postman docs also describe using Newman as a Node.js module and running collections fetched from the Postman API.

In CI, package nerds use Newman to keep API smoke tests and contract-ish Postman collections under version control, emit JUnit/JSON/HTML reports, fail builds on request/test failures, and integrate community reporters such as htmlextra, CSV, Allure, statsd, Confluence, or InfluxDB.

Why package nerds care

Newman is significant because it made Postman collections portable. Instead of keeping API checks trapped in a GUI workspace, teams can run the same collection in GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker, local scripts, or a Node process.

Timeline

• 2014-04-29: npm registry shows the newman package creation date.
• 2023-09-14: GitHub release feed shows v6.0.0.
• 2024-08-16: GitHub release feed shows v6.2.0.
• 2026-01-16: GitHub release feed shows v6.2.2.
• 2026-06-28: npm download endpoint reported 37,462,167 downloads for the previous year.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula API reported stable 6.2.2 and 2,541 install-on-request events over 365 days.

Related projects

• Postman collections, environments, and the Postman API are the main ecosystem inputs.
• Community reporter packages using the `newman-reporter-*` naming pattern extend output for CI dashboards and reporting tools.

Sources

• https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-year/newman
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/newman.json
• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/newman
• https://github.com/postmanlabs/newman
• https://github.com/postmanlabs/newman/releases.atom
• https://learning.postman.com/docs/reference/newman-cli/command-line-integration-with-newman
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postmanlabs/newman/develop/README.md
• https://registry.npmjs.org/newman