# Install create-wdio with npm

Install and setup a WebdriverIO project with all its dependencies in a single run. Version 9.28.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-18.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-wdio
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-wdio
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-wdio>
- **Version:** 9.28.0
- **Source summary:** Install and setup a WebdriverIO project with all its dependencies in a single run
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/create-wdio>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/create-wdio>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-wdio/-/create-wdio-9.28.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-10T19:34:15.443Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T21:04:47.228Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- create-wdio (cli)
- create-wdio (alias)

## Dependencies

- chalk
- commander
- cross-spawn
- ejs
- execa
- import-meta-resolve
- inquirer
- normalize-package-data
- read-pkg-up
- recursive-readdir
- semver
- type-fest
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @types/cross-spawn
- @types/ejs
- @types/fs-extra
- @types/normalize-package-data
- @types/semver
- @types/yargs

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 9.28.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for create-wdio. 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: 9.28.0, Next: 9.18.2-alpha.2
- **Version Count:** 46
- **Maintainers:** wdio-user
- **Author:** WebdriverIO Team
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=12.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-3Oa7tGK5QA9z1bdTFonnEb3OTTyNJtI2np7YzEC6F9es+94PFsFLLn5nIWs+fhJSdoueQyLy8P2cSWBO3Ohijw==
- **Shasum:** c86551856b29f458b0059349ea817db7ff077a1b
- **Unpacked Size:** 1,368,440
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-11-03T09:30:18.668Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-10T19:34:15.443Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-10T19:34:15.723Z


## Related links

- [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [create-react-app](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-react-app/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: chalk, commander, create, cross, cross-spawn.
- [create-medusa-app](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-medusa-app/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: chalk, commander, create, inquirer, project.
- [create-index](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-index/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: all, chalk, create, import, yargs.

## Sources

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