# Install create-index with npm

Creates ES6 ./index.js file in target directories that imports and exports all sibling files and directories. Version 2.6.0 via npm; verified 2020-05-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-index
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-index
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-index
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-index>
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Source summary:** Creates ES6 ./index.js file in target directories that imports and exports all sibling files and directories.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gajus/create-index#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gajus/create-index>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/gajus/create-index#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-index/-/create-index-2.6.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/gajus/create-index/issues>
- **Published:** 2020-05-18T17:13:02.588Z
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-18T17:13:02.588Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- create-index (cli)
- create-index (alias)

## Dependencies

- chalk
- glob
- lodash
- moment
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @babel/cli
- @babel/core
- @babel/plugin-proposal-export-default-from
- @babel/plugin-proposal-export-namespace-from
- @babel/plugin-transform-destructuring
- @babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs
- @babel/plugin-transform-parameters
- @babel/register
- chai
- eslint
- eslint-config-canonical
- husky
- mocha
- semantic-release

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2020-05-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/gajus/create-index
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for create-index. 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: 2.6.0
- **Version Count:** 19
- **Maintainers:** gajus
- **Author:** Gajus Kuizinas
- **Publisher:** gajus
- **Engines:** Node: >=5
- **Integrity:** sha512-c9p7sNMIfiKv+RRORw9jbwxMRLrkt0Hq8PFGLxcDXGoMqqGrwnDIw97tUnpdp9rAkIToAPbqejH6qHpGWQGAww==
- **Shasum:** 6839c1445513a23c655d331bcdb34528466d6bf9
- **Unpacked Size:** 62,679
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-01-06T13:54:06.977Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2020-05-18T17:13:02.588Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-14T02:58:41.592Z


## Related links

- [npm command packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm-cli-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [create-ts-index](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-ts-index/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: chalk, create, file, glob, index.
- [create-wdio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-wdio/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: all, chalk, create, import, yargs.
- [copy-files-from-to](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/copy-files-from-to/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: chalk, create, file, files, glob.

## Sources

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