# Install sails with npm

API-driven framework for building realtime apps, using MVC conventions (based on Express and Socket.io). Version 1.5.18 via npm; verified 2026-05-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:sails
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g sails
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:sails
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 1.5.18
- **Source summary:** API-driven framework for building realtime apps, using MVC conventions (based on Express and Socket.io)
- **Homepage:** <https://sailsjs.com>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T22:30:15.017Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sails (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.18

## Security Notes

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