# Install hexo with npm

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js. Version 8.1.2 via npm; verified 2026-05-06.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:hexo
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g hexo
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:hexo
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/hexo>
- **Version:** 8.1.2
- **Source summary:** A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.
- **Homepage:** <https://hexo.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hexojs/hexo>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://hexo.io/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/hexo/-/hexo-8.1.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-06T13:19:56.318Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-06T13:19:56.318Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- hexo (cli)

## Dependencies

- abbrev
- bluebird
- fast-archy
- fast-text-table
- hexo-cli
- hexo-front-matter
- hexo-fs
- hexo-i18n
- hexo-log
- hexo-util
- js-yaml
- js-yaml-js-types
- micromatch
- moize
- moment
- moment-timezone
- nunjucks
- picocolors
- pretty-hrtime
- strip-ansi
- tildify
- titlecase
- warehouse

## Build dependencies

- 0x
- @types/abbrev
- @types/bluebird
- @types/chai
- @types/graceful-fs
- @types/js-yaml
- @types/micromatch
- @types/mocha
- @types/node
- @types/nunjucks
- @types/sinon
- c8
- chai
- cheerio
- decache
- eslint
- eslint-config-hexo
- hexo-renderer-marked
- husky
- lint-staged
- mocha
- sinon
- ts-node
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 8.1.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-06
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for hexo. 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: 8.1.2, Legacy: 5.4.1
- **Version Count:** 167
- **Maintainers:** abnerchou, tommy351, jlhwung, tomap, yoshinorin
- **Author:** Tommy Chen
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=20.19.0
- **Funding:** <https://opencollective.com/hexo>
- **Integrity:** sha512-gmpNwL1KnbK12q551ZhGxqvSw8M88ZSjFKOhx6ybUYz1phjPdwGewMgBgwGmjcVcIYFq6tWQAv1MRil/sBrPHQ==
- **Shasum:** 29d9d5d3281d85d59dfe05af93299f95a0e9f6a7
- **Unpacked Size:** 683,564
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-10-07T10:07:39.202Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-06T13:19:56.318Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-15T14:49:14.741Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [hexo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexo/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: blog, cli, developer, developer-tools, fast.
- [hexo-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/hexo-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: abbrev, blog, bluebird, cli, cms.
- [scaffdog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/scaffdog/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ansi, cli, developer, developer-tools, front.
- [hexo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexo/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph