# Install father

A bundless/bundle build tool. Version 4.6.21 via npm; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:father
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g father
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** npm:father
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager URL:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/father>
- **Version:** 4.6.21
- **Source summary:** A bundless/bundle build tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/umijs/father#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/umijs/father>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/umijs/father#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/father/-/father-4.6.21.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/umijs/father/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-25T08:26:23.816Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T08:26:23.816Z
- **Generated:** 2026-05-26T17:25:59+00:00

## Executables

- father (cli): bin/father.js
- father (alias)

## Dependencies

- @microsoft/api-extractor
- @umijs/babel-preset-umi
- @umijs/bundler-utils
- @umijs/bundler-webpack
- @umijs/case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin
- @umijs/core
- @umijs/utils
- @utoo/pack
- @vercel/ncc
- babel-plugin-dynamic-import-node
- babel-plugin-module-resolver
- babel-plugin-styled-components
- babel-plugin-transform-define
- enhanced-resolve
- esbuild
- fast-glob
- file-system-cache
- loader-runner
- minimatch
- piscina
- tsconfig-paths
- typescript
- typescript-transform-paths

## Build Dependencies

- @commitlint/cli
- @commitlint/config-conventional
- @swc/core
- @types/jest
- @types/loader-runner
- @types/minimatch
- @types/node
- @umijs/test
- git-repo-info
- husky
- jest
- jest-mock-process
- lint-staged
- prettier
- prettier-plugin-organize-imports
- prettier-plugin-packagejson
- rimraf
- ts-node
- tsx
- zx

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-05-26
- Package-manager version: 4.6.21
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/umijs/father
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local radioisotope manifest was found for father. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Related Links

- [@umijs/bundler-webpack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/umijs-bundler-webpack/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: babel, babel-preset-umi, bundler, bundler-utils, bundler-webpack.
- [dumi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/dumi/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bundler, bundler-utils, cache, components, core.
- [react-static](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/react-static/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: babel, case, case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin, core, dynamic.
- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/)

## Sources

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