# Install acorn with npm

ECMAScript parser. Version 8.17.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install node-acorn.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:acorn
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g acorn
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:acorn
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 8.17.0
- **Source summary:** ECMAScript parser
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/acornjs/acorn>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11T16:39:51.312Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- acorn (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.17.0

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - node-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: node-acorn from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ECMAScript parser for Node.js | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Debian apt - node-debbundle-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: node-debbundle-acorn from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Transitional dummy package for upgrading to node-debbundle-acorn | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Ubuntu apt - node-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: node-acorn from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | ECMAScript parser for Node.js | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Ubuntu apt - node-debbundle-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: node-debbundle-acorn from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Transitional dummy package for upgrading to node-debbundle-acorn | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- pacman - acorn - 1:8.18.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: acorn from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tiny, fast JavaScript parser, written completely in JavaScript. | https://github.com/acornjs/acorn
- MacPorts - acorn: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/acorn/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/acorn: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/acorn.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - AcornLabs.Acorn: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AcornLabs.Acorn from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph