# Install parse-torrent with npm

Parse a torrent identifier (magnet uri, .torrent file, info hash). Version 11.0.21 via npm; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:parse-torrent
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g parse-torrent
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:parse-torrent
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-torrent>
- **Version:** 11.0.21
- **Source summary:** Parse a torrent identifier (magnet uri, .torrent file, info hash)
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/parse-torrent/-/parse-torrent-11.0.21.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-25T21:50:13.076Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T21:50:13.076Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- parse-torrent (cli)
- parse-torrent (alias)

## Dependencies

- bencode
- cross-fetch-ponyfill
- get-stdin
- magnet-uri
- queue-microtask
- uint8-util

## Build dependencies

- @webtorrent/semantic-release-config
- brfs
- semantic-release
- standard
- tape
- webtorrent-fixtures
- xtend

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 11.0.21
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for parse-torrent. 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: 11.0.21
- **Version Count:** 98
- **Maintainers:** feross, mafintosh, flet, watson, diegorbaquero, hicom150, jhiesey, webtorrent-bot, alxhotel
- **Author:** WebTorrent LLC
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=12.20.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-yQeIv9PaT/AQGhyyYpj0h2W5iP7Eka5CyaG6ECw/4SeoFK9lcIxCG3EqBHisrM3LA+LrtGzo68DLcE4rSd5YLA==
- **Shasum:** 40b034247d3afa4d88bd029230f02facde409cf2
- **Unpacked Size:** 29,284
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-02-24T07:54:02.995Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-25T21:50:13.076Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-25T21:50:13.522Z


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [bittorrent-tracker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/bittorrent-tracker/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bencode, bittorrent, cross, cross-fetch-ponyfill, fetch.
- [create-torrent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-torrent/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bencode, bittorrent, file, microtask, peer.
- [plantuml-parser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/plantuml-parser/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: file, get, get-stdin, parse, read.

## Sources

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