# Install json5 with npm

JSON for Humans. Version 2.2.3 via npm; verified 2022-12-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:json5
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g json5
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:json5
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5>
- **Version:** 2.2.3
- **Source summary:** JSON for Humans
- **Homepage:** <http://json5.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/json5/json5>
- **Upstream docs:** <http://json5.org/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/json5/json5/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-12-31T17:11:32.047Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-31T17:11:32.047Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- json5 (cli)

## Build dependencies

- core-js
- eslint
- eslint-config-standard
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-node
- eslint-plugin-promise
- eslint-plugin-standard
- npm-run-all
- regenerate
- rollup
- rollup-plugin-buble
- rollup-plugin-commonjs
- rollup-plugin-node-resolve
- rollup-plugin-terser
- sinon
- tap
- unicode-10.0.0

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.2.3
- Package-manager updated: 2022-12-31
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/json5/json5
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for json5. 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: 2.2.3, Previous: 1.0.2
- **Version Count:** 27
- **Maintainers:** jordanbtucker, aseemk
- **Author:** Aseem Kishore
- **Publisher:** jordanbtucker
- **Engines:** Node: >=6
- **Integrity:** sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==
- **Shasum:** 78cd6f1a19bdc12b73db5ad0c61efd66c1e29283
- **Unpacked Size:** 235,198
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-05-27T20:32:39.534Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-12-31T17:11:32.047Z
- **Modified At:** 2023-03-04T17:04:33.373Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [json5](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/json5/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: json, json5.
- [json11](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/json11/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: ecmascript, humans, json, json5.
- [regexpu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/regexpu/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ecmascript, es2015, es5.
- [json5](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/json5/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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