# Install pm-detect with npm

A CLI tool to detect the node package manager used in a project. Version 0.6.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:pm-detect
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g pm-detect
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:pm-detect
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 0.6.0
- **Source summary:** A CLI tool to detect the node package manager used in a project
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T13:29:35.485Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pm-detect (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.6.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pm-detect. 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