# Install create-torrent with npm

Create .torrent files. Version 6.1.2 via npm; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-torrent
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-torrent
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-torrent>
- **Version:** 6.1.2
- **Source summary:** Create .torrent files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-torrent/-/create-torrent-6.1.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-25T20:59:07.612Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T20:59:07.612Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- create-torrent (cli)
- create-torrent (alias)

## Dependencies

- bencode
- block-iterator
- fast-readable-async-iterator
- is-file
- join-async-iterator
- junk
- minimist
- once
- piece-length
- queue-microtask
- run-parallel
- uint8-util

## Build dependencies

- @webtorrent/semantic-release-config
- brfs
- parse-torrent
- semantic-release
- standard
- tape
- webtorrent-fixtures

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 6.1.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webtorrent/create-torrent
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for create-torrent. 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: 6.1.2
- **Version Count:** 142
- **Maintainers:** feross, mafintosh, flet, watson, diegorbaquero, hicom150, jhiesey, webtorrent-bot, alxhotel
- **Author:** WebTorrent LLC
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=12
- **Integrity:** sha512-PrqAy9matS8HquhCQp45SyTEgshxK21SiZt9RxFNHybTWp3lYICebjj4zENl6jpjQGzuJ8DdI92TJuV73CO4YA==
- **Shasum:** 0b60f8e90c7a5a9f5a6e0afe4b91d21b31fa5248
- **Unpacked Size:** 35,538
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-05-21T09:12:28.511Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-25T20:59:07.612Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-25T20:59:07.980Z


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [bittorrent-tracker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/bittorrent-tracker/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bencode, bittorrent, microtask, minimist, once.
- [parse-torrent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/parse-torrent/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bencode, bittorrent, file, microtask, peer.
- [create-index](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-index/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: create, file, files.

## Sources

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