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brew install install-peerdeps

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overview

Package summary

CLI to automatically install peerDeps

Project links

Commands and aliases

install-peerdeps

history

Project history and usage

install-peerdeps is a JavaScript command-line helper for installing an npm package together with its peer dependencies. It exists because npm's peer-dependency behavior made some package installs, especially linting presets, tedious to reproduce by hand.

Project history

The GitHub repository and npm package appeared in 2016. The README explains the motivation directly: starting with npm v3.0, peer dependencies were not automatically installed on npm install, and manually assembling the matching packages was awkward.

The README presents install-peerdeps as a memorable, cross-platform replacement for shell snippets that parse npm info output. It also notes visibility from Airbnb's ESLint config README while disclaiming any affiliation with Airbnb.

The release history shows the tool adapting to package-manager churn. Version 2.x addressed registry behavior, version 3.0.0 moved toward using package-manager commands to get package info, and later 3.x releases fixed Yarn, pnpm, Windows command spawning, version-range parsing, and dependency choices.

Adoption history

The npm registry metadata records the package from 2016 onward with dozens of published versions. Homebrew packages the npm tarball as a formula, which is notable because the project is primarily an npm CLI but also appears in a system package manager.

Adoption followed a practical JavaScript workflow need: installing packages such as eslint-config-airbnb with the exact peers listed by the package, while allowing npm, Yarn, and pnpm command paths.

How it is used

The documented pattern is npx install-peerdeps package@version, or the Yarn and pnpm dlx equivalents. Flags control dev/global installs, installing only peers, dry runs, local node_modules lookup, and extra arguments passed through to the underlying package manager.

The canonical example installs eslint-config-airbnb and its peer ESLint plugins in one command, converting peerDependencies metadata into an install command the user can run or inspect.

Why package nerds care

install-peerdeps is package-nerd archaeology for the npm v3 peer-dependency era. It packaged a common README workaround into a reusable executable and preserved a slice of JavaScript ecosystem pain around peerDependencies, ESLint presets, npm, Yarn, pnpm, and Windows shells.

Its significance is not algorithmic complexity; it is workflow glue. Package managers changed peer-dependency behavior, and this small CLI became a bridge for users and docs that needed reproducible peer installs.

Timeline

2016: GitHub repository and npm package created.
2017: Early 1.x releases appear on npm.
2019: 2.0.0 published in the npm release stream.
2021: 3.0.0 published with package-manager-info changes.
2025: 3.0.7 released with fixes for version-range, Yarn, and option-parsing issues.

Related projects

install-peerdeps is related to npm, Yarn, pnpm, npx, eslint-config-airbnb, ESLint plugin packaging, peerDependencies metadata, and JavaScript package-manager compatibility tools.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`install-peerdeps`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version3.0.7

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/nathanhleung/install-peerdeps

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/nathanhleung/install-peerdepsnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:install-peerdeps
Version	3.0.7
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/install-peerdeps
Homepage	https://github.com/nathanhleung/install-peerdeps
Repository	https://github.com/nathanhleung/install-peerdeps
Upstream docs	https://github.com/nathanhleung/install-peerdeps#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/install-peerdeps/-/install-peerdeps-3.0.7.tgz
Dependencies	node
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	install-peerdeps
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/install-peerdeps.yml

Used sources

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

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