# Install backport with npm

A CLI tool that automates the process of backporting commits. Version 12.0.4 via npm; verified 2026-06-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:backport
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g backport
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:backport
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 12.0.4
- **Source summary:** A CLI tool that automates the process of backporting commits
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport/blob/main/README.md>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T00:04:44.711Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- backport (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 12.0.4

## Security Notes

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



## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph