install

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npm install -g yo

local npm package metadata

overview

Package summary

CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

Project links

Commands and aliases

yo

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

npm lifecycle scripts are declared: postinstall.
npm package metadata declares a postinstall script.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Installs with 26 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 9 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`yo`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version7.0.1

manager updated2026-04-09

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/yeoman/yo

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:yo
Version	7.0.1
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/yo
Homepage	http://yeoman.io
Repository	https://github.com/yeoman/yo
Upstream docs	http://yeoman.io
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/yo/-/yo-7.0.1.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/yeoman/yo/issues
Last updated	2026-04-09T21:48:40.539Z
Published	2026-04-09T21:48:40.539Z
Dependencies	@yeoman/adapter, @yeoman/types, chalk, cli-list, configstore, cross-spawn, figures, fullname, global-agent, humanize-string, lodash, meow, npm-keyword, open, package-json, parse-help, read-package-up, root-check, sort-on, string-length, titleize, update-notifier, yeoman-character, yeoman-doctor, yeoman-environment, yosay
Build dependencies	@node-loaders/esbuild, c8, coveralls, esmocha, globals, nock, registry-url, sinon, xo
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	cli-app, cli, front-end, development, dev, build, web, tool, scaffold, stack, yeoman, generator, generate, app, boilerplate

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 7.0.1 Next 6.0.0-beta.2 Next 4 4.0.0-beta.0
Version Count	50
Maintainers	sboudrias mischah ulisesgascon mshima joshuakgoldberg paulirish eddiemonge sindresorhus addyosmani
Author	Yeoman
Publisher	GitHub Actions
Engines	Node ^20.17.0 \|\| >=22.9.0
Integrity	sha512-HQcOYtTvDJ7BgUFv6aTKZ/QwFLQvpolfXjhK39sztfmHZov5rT6YMb3IULbBYiq678S8VpEpFc3tTtETnUxAiQ==
Shasum	f673f45f93f29bb4bd91448900650e1f9da401d6
Unpacked Size	33,469
File Count	0
Created At	2013-02-04T21:18:35.414Z
Latest Published At	2026-04-09T21:48:40.539Z
Modified At	2026-04-09T21:48:40.829Z

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

yo

nix profile install nixpkgs#yo

normalized package name match
Matched by: Yo

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Chocolatey95%

yo

choco install yo

normalized package name match
Matched by: Yo

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: yo from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.7216','memprofiler'

winget95%

martona.yo

winget install --id martona.yo -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Yo

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: martona.yo from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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source trail

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cross-ecosystem install command graph
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package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
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