# Install yaml with npm

JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML. Version 2.9.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-11. Also installable with apk: sudo apk add yaml.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:yaml
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g yaml
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:yaml
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 2.9.0
- **Source summary:** JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML
- **Homepage:** <https://eemeli.org/yaml/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-11T10:16:24.045Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- yaml (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.9.0

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - yaml - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML
- apk - yaml-dev - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C (development files) | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML
- apk - yaml-static - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C (static library) | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML


## Sources

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