# Install npmignore with npm

Command line tool for creating or updating a .npmignore file based on .gitignore. Version 0.3.5 via npm; verified 2025-12-23.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:npmignore
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g npmignore
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:npmignore
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 0.3.5
- **Source summary:** Command line tool for creating or updating a .npmignore file based on .gitignore.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ljharb/npmignore>
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-23T03:54:11.876Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- npmignore (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3.5

## Security Notes

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



## Sources

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