# Install bower

Package manager for the web. Version 1.8.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:bower
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bower
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add bower
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bower from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S bower
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bower from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install bower
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: bower from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4052','aks-engine'

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:bower
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bower>
- **Version:** 1.8.14
- **Source summary:** Package manager for the web
- **Homepage:** <https://bower.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bower/bower>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://bower.io/docs/api>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/bower/-/bower-1.8.14.tgz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- bower (cli)
- bower (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.8.14
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://bower.io/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bower
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** bower-mail
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - bower - 1.1.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bower from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | curses frontend for the Notmuch email system | https://github.com/wangp/bower
- apk - bower-doc - 1.1.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bower-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | curses frontend for the Notmuch email system (documentation) | https://github.com/wangp/bower
- pacman - bower - 1.8.14-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bower from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A package manager for the web | https://bower.io/
- Chocolatey - bower: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: bower from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4052','aks-engine'


## Related Links

- [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pulp](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/pulp/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [pnpm](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/pnpm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, package-management, package-manager.
- [spago](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/spago/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, javascript, package-management, package-manager.
- [uv](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/uv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [mint](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/mint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [composer](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/composer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [poetry](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/poetry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [nuget](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/nuget/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [conan](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/conan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, package-management, package-manager.
- [bower](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/npm/bower/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: bower, manager.
- [corepack](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/corepack/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, javascript, management.
- [bower](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/npm/bower/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
