# Install fabric-shim with npm

A node.js implementation of Hyperledger Fabric chaincode shim, to allow endorsing peers and user-provided chaincodes to communicate with each other. Version 2.5.8 via npm; verified 2024-12-04.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:fabric-shim
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g fabric-shim
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:fabric-shim
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 2.5.8
- **Source summary:** A node.js implementation of Hyperledger Fabric chaincode shim, to allow endorsing peers and user-provided chaincodes to communicate with each other
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-chaincode-node#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-04T09:38:49.747Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fabric-chaincode-node (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.5.8

## Security Notes

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



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