# Install native-machine-id with npm

Native retrieval of a unique desktop machine ID without admin privileges or child processes. Faster and more reliable alternative to node-machine-id. Version 0.3.11 via npm; verified 2026-05-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:native-machine-id
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g native-machine-id
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:native-machine-id
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 0.3.11
- **Source summary:** Native retrieval of a unique desktop machine ID without admin privileges or child processes. Faster and more reliable alternative to node-machine-id.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mongodb-js/devtools-shared>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-03T16:53:23.332Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- native-machine-id (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3.11

## Security Notes

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



## Sources

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