# Install md5-file with npm

Get the MD5-sum of a given file, with low memory usage, even on huge files. Version 5.0.0 via npm; verified 2020-04-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:md5-file
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g md5-file
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:md5-file
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/md5-file>
- **Version:** 5.0.0
- **Source summary:** Get the MD5-sum of a given file, with low memory usage, even on huge files.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/roryrjb/md5-file#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/roryrjb/md5-file>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/roryrjb/md5-file#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/md5-file/-/md5-file-5.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/roryrjb/md5-file/issues>
- **Published:** 2020-04-05T11:42:11.707Z
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-05T11:42:11.707Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- md5-file (cli)
- md5-file (alias)

## Build dependencies

- mocha
- standard

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 5.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2020-04-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/roryrjb/md5-file
- 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 md5-file. 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: 5.0.0
- **Version Count:** 29
- **Maintainers:** linusu, roryrjb
- **Publisher:** linusu
- **Engines:** Node: >=10.13.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-xbEFXCYVWrSx/gEKS1VPlg84h/4L20znVIulKw6kMfmBUAZNAnF00eczz9ICMl+/hjQGo5KSXRxbL/47X3rmMw==
- **Shasum:** e519f631feca9c39e7f9ea1780b63c4745012e20
- **Unpacked Size:** 3,925
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-02-07T06:33:42.122Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2020-04-05T11:42:11.707Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-19T17:15:17.605Z


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [age](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/age/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, file, files, security.
- [md5deep](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/md5deep/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: checksums, cli, file, files, security.
- [carrot-scan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/carrot-scan/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, files, security.

## Sources

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