# Install jake with npm

JavaScript build tool, similar to Make or Rake. Version 12.10.1 via npm; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:jake
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g jake
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:jake
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/jake>
- **Version:** 12.10.1
- **Source summary:** JavaScript build tool, similar to Make or Rake
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jakejs/jake#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jakejs/jake>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/jakejs/jake#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/jake/-/jake-12.10.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/jakejs/jake/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-25T23:28:25.408Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T23:28:25.408Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- jake (cli)
- jake (alias)

## Dependencies

- async
- filelist
- picocolors

## Build dependencies

- @eslint/js
- eslint
- eslint-formatter-codeframe
- globals
- mocha
- q

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 12.10.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/jakejs/jake
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for jake. 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: 12.10.1
- **Version Count:** 172
- **Maintainers:** ondrej, danfinlay, benng, mde
- **Author:** Matthew Eernisse
- **Publisher:** mde
- **Engines:** Node: >=10
- **Integrity:** sha512-Wtih7aVgTZrLOEC6TmSJVHo69aODsUWyC+NbtNY+Zyp8hesupTw9Hl1lkCiO8bPPUJmlLnNxvRXNPfHIkJ1rnQ==
- **Shasum:** 118f88a4acc558680c0b024455412ca0b74e8944
- **Unpacked Size:** 182,965
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-03-26T22:06:58.184Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-25T23:28:25.408Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-25T23:28:25.498Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - jake: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/jake/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - jake - 12.10.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jake from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | JavaScript build tool, similar to Make or Rake | https://jakejs.com
- MacPorts - jake: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/jake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tsc-multi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tsc-multi/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [laravel-vite-plugin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/laravel-vite-plugin/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.
- [minimize](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/minimize/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: async, build, build-tools, cli, developer.

## Sources

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