# Install node-gyp-build with npm

Build tool and bindings loader for node-gyp that supports prebuilds. Version 4.8.4 via npm; verified 2024-11-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:node-gyp-build
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g node-gyp-build
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:node-gyp-build
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-gyp-build>
- **Version:** 4.8.4
- **Source summary:** Build tool and bindings loader for node-gyp that supports prebuilds
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.4.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-11-19T14:43:46.572Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-19T14:43:46.572Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- node-gyp-build (cli)
- node-gyp-build-optional (cli)
- node-gyp-build-test (cli)
- node-gyp-build (alias)

## Build dependencies

- array-shuffle
- standard
- tape

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.8.4
- Package-manager updated: 2024-11-19
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build
- 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 node-gyp-build. 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: 4.8.4
- **Version Count:** 40
- **Maintainers:** vweevers, mafintosh
- **Author:** Mathias Buus
- **Publisher:** mafintosh
- **Integrity:** sha512-LA4ZjwlnUblHVgq0oBF3Jl/6h/Nvs5fzBLwdEF4nuxnFdsfajde4WfxtJr3CaiH+F6ewcIB/q4jQ4UzPyid+CQ==
- **Shasum:** 8a70ee85464ae52327772a90d66c6077a900cfc8
- **Unpacked Size:** 13,864
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-01-25T15:20:39.888Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-11-19T14:43:46.572Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-11-19T14:43:46.735Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - node-gyp-build: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp-build/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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.
- [node-gyp-build-optional-packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-gyp-build-optional-packages/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: addons, bindings, build, cli, developer.
- [node-gyp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-gyp/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: addons, bindings, build, cli, developer.
- [node-ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-ninja/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: addons, bindings, build, 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