# Install critical with npm

Extract & Inline Critical-path CSS from HTML. Version 8.0.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-17.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:critical
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g critical
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:critical
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 8.0.0
- **Source summary:** Extract & Inline Critical-path CSS from HTML
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-17T10:20:55.977Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- critical (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 8.0.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for critical. 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