# Install acorn with npm

ECMAScript parser. Version 8.17.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:acorn
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g acorn
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:acorn
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/acorn>
- **Version:** 8.17.0
- **Source summary:** ECMAScript parser
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/acornjs/acorn>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/acornjs/acorn>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/acornjs/acorn>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-8.17.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/acornjs/acorn/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-11T16:39:51.312Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11T16:39:51.312Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- acorn (cli)
- acorn (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 8.17.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-11
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/acornjs/acorn
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 8.17.0
- **Version Count:** 139
- **Maintainers:** marijn, adrianheine, rreverser
- **Publisher:** marijn
- **Engines:** Node: >=0.4.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-xRQbDb9BnwDafYNn6Vwl839DYVjqXYb1XVGtWAZ1kcDc6iwAL4hg3B1dZlRiuENFeO2H53gFG3in621AdERVAg==
- **Shasum:** 1785adb84faf8d8add10369b93826fc2bd08f1fe
- **Unpacked Size:** 562,966
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-09-24T10:10:49.310Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-11T16:39:51.312Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-11T16:39:51.441Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - node-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: node-acorn from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ECMAScript parser for Node.js | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Debian apt - node-debbundle-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: node-debbundle-acorn from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Transitional dummy package for upgrading to node-debbundle-acorn | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Ubuntu apt - node-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: node-acorn from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | ECMAScript parser for Node.js | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- Ubuntu apt - node-debbundle-acorn - 8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: node-debbundle-acorn from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Transitional dummy package for upgrading to node-debbundle-acorn | https://github.com/ternjs/acorn/
- pacman - acorn - 1:8.16.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: acorn from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tiny, fast JavaScript parser, written completely in JavaScript. | https://github.com/acornjs/acorn
- MacPorts - acorn: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/acorn/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/acorn: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/acorn.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - AcornLabs.Acorn: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AcornLabs.Acorn from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [acorn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cask/acorn/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: acorn.
- [esformatter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/esformatter/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: acorn, ecmascript, parser.
- [webpack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webpack/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: acorn, ecmascript, parser.
- [acorn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cask/acorn/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph