# Install flow-bin with npm

Binary wrapper for Flow - A static type checker for JavaScript. Version 0.318.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:flow-bin
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g flow-bin
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:flow-bin
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/flow-bin>
- **Version:** 0.318.0
- **Source summary:** Binary wrapper for Flow - A static type checker for JavaScript
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/flow-bin/-/flow-bin-0.318.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-10T16:38:08.263Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T01:31:50.742Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- flow (cli)

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.318.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for flow-bin. 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: 0.318.0
- **Version Count:** 449
- **Maintainers:** mroch, gkz, fb, flowtype, samwgoldman, avikchaudhuri, pvekris, jbrown215, mvitousek, marcoww
- **Author:** Sindre Sorhus
- **Publisher:** flowtype
- **Engines:** Node: >=0.10.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-Q4Z1lrjgBeGNwQEdlD3bJNtjU00bAwgM+HDKQF2kH0gB6ZmEx72kOfYZyL2iok/MIiHqfxU9RhugUqH3ue7YjA==
- **Shasum:** a9fca88958c361255c3939b7a0ab7db6ab4feaf3
- **Unpacked Size:** 193,067,923
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-11-18T22:03:10.270Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-10T16:38:08.263Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-10T16:38:08.360Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - flow: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/flow/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - flow: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flow/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/flow: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/flow.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - MadrasCheck.flow: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: MadrasCheck.flow from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [flow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flow/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: checker, flow, javascript, static, type.
- [flow-copy-source](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/flow-copy-source/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: flow, javascript.
- [ggit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ggit/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: check, javascript, js, wrapper.

## Sources

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