# Install autorest with npm

The AutoRest tool generates client libraries for accessing RESTful web services. Input to AutoRest is an OpenAPI spec that describes the REST API. Version 3.8.0 via npm; verified 2026-02-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:autorest
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g autorest
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:autorest
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/autorest>
- **Version:** 3.8.0
- **Source summary:** The AutoRest tool generates client libraries for accessing RESTful web services. Input to AutoRest is an OpenAPI spec that describes the REST API.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Azure/autorest>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Azure/autorest>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Azure/autorest>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/autorest/-/autorest-3.8.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/Azure/autorest/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-02-27T15:54:03.942Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-27T15:54:03.942Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- autorest (cli)

## Build dependencies

- @autorest/common
- @autorest/configuration
- @autorest/core
- @azure-tools/async-io
- @azure-tools/extension
- @azure-tools/tasks
- @azure-tools/uri
- @types/commonmark
- @types/jest
- @types/node
- @types/semver
- @types/source-map-support
- @types/webpack
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- chalk
- copy-webpack-plugin
- cpy-cli
- eslint
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-jest
- eslint-plugin-node
- eslint-plugin-prettier
- eslint-plugin-unicorn
- jest
- mkdirp
- prettier
- rimraf
- safe-buffer
- semver
- source-map
- source-map-support
- ts-jest
- ts-loader
- typescript
- untildify
- webpack
- webpack-cli

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-02-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Azure/autorest
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** V2: 2.0.4413, V3: 3.0.6247, Beta: 3.0.6187, Last: 2.0.4413, Latest: 3.8.0, Next: 3.8.0-dev.1, Preview: 3.0.6187, Previous: 2.0.4413
- **Version Count:** 274
- **Maintainers:** fearthecowboy, windowsazure, azure-sdk
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Publisher:** azure-sdk
- **Engines:** Node: >=12.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-FwpPuDGXuLLnBAR3SCGQcQHPCRoyYXPTMnJ80kN6HRsK+b1/pJ1DtOOzqL4XTCdtq37gth1AoFCerSOwSc3iGQ==
- **Shasum:** 4a5ef103dad4e14a1f5daa740e641bdf31dbc458
- **Unpacked Size:** 10,831,549
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-01-13T21:28:31.646Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-02-27T15:54:03.942Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-02-27T15:54:04.064Z


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [autorest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autorest/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: api, autorest, openapi, swagger.
- [api-spec-converter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/api-spec-converter/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: api, openapi, rest, restful, spec.
- [lingo.dev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/lingo-dev/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: api, client, rest, spec.
- [autorest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autorest/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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