# Install expo with npm

The Expo SDK. Version 56.0.12 via npm; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:expo
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g expo
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:expo
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo>
- **Version:** 56.0.12
- **Source summary:** The Expo SDK
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/main/packages/expo>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/expo/expo>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/main/packages/expo>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/expo/-/expo-56.0.12.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/expo/expo/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-15T11:42:09.657Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T11:42:09.657Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- expo (cli)
- expo-modules-autolinking (cli)
- fingerprint (cli)
- expo (alias)

## Dependencies

- @babel/runtime
- @expo/cli
- @expo/config
- @expo/config-plugins
- @expo/devtools
- @expo/dom-webview
- @expo/fingerprint
- @expo/local-build-cache-provider
- @expo/log-box
- @expo/metro
- @expo/metro-config
- @ungap/structured-clone
- babel-preset-expo
- expo-asset
- expo-constants
- expo-file-system
- expo-font
- expo-keep-awake
- expo-modules-autolinking
- expo-modules-core
- pretty-format
- react-refresh
- whatwg-url-minimum

## Build dependencies

- @expo/dom-webview
- @expo/metro-runtime
- @types/node
- @types/react
- expo-updates
- npm-run-all2
- react
- react-dom
- react-native
- rimraf
- web-streams-polyfill

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 56.0.12
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Canary: 57.0.0-canary-20260526-13e89ca, Canary Sdk 55: 55.0.3-canary-20260429-a5e59cf, Canary Sdk 56: 56.0.6-canary-20260606-4d4666c, Latest: 56.0.12, Next: 56.0.12, Sdk 52: 52.0.49, Sdk 53: 53.0.27, Sdk 54: 54.0.35, Sdk 55: 55.0.26
- **Version Count:** 916
- **Maintainers:** ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, wschurman
- **Author:** Expo
- **Publisher:** alanhughes
- **Peer Dependencies:** @expo/dom-webview, @expo/metro-runtime, react, react-dom, react-native, react-native-web, react-native-webview
- **Integrity:** sha512-FxgdI/Yqva6iJOThZIHfvxlKPxs4EC4uScUnEswwSArR/Fj9k430O13R590LcOQTsdNsjIs+GBHwjfoAY6vmAQ==
- **Shasum:** 7e2e600c2bf38db3ce35e73f803a4b979ca13f07
- **Unpacked Size:** 889,323
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-05-27T20:07:14.149Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-15T11:42:09.657Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-15T11:53:09.048Z


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [expo-modules-autolinking](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/expo-modules-autolinking/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: autolinking, expo, expo-modules-autolinking, modules.
- [react-native-tvos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/react-native-tvos/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: babel, core, devtools, format, metro.
- [eas-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/eas-cli/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, config, config-plugins, core, expo.

## Sources

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