# Install pm-detect with npm

A CLI tool to detect the node package manager used in a project. Version 0.6.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:pm-detect
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g pm-detect
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:pm-detect
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm-detect>
- **Version:** 0.6.0
- **Source summary:** A CLI tool to detect the node package manager used in a project
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/pm-detect/-/pm-detect-0.6.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-27T13:29:35.485Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T13:29:35.485Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- pm-detect (cli)
- pm-detect (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @eslint/js
- @tsconfig/node24
- @tsconfig/recommended
- @types/node
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- globals
- prettier
- typescript
- typescript-eslint
- vitest

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/jackw/pm-detect
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pm-detect. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Canary: 0.4.0--canary.12.21389574240.0, Latest: 0.6.0
- **Version Count:** 17
- **Maintainers:** jwestbrook
- **Author:** Jack Westbrook
- **Publisher:** jwestbrook
- **Engines:** Node: >=20
- **Integrity:** sha512-6AEOAESzTqn/6pgqa1hotfinO5P76hCFQWma5qo7xMbfB8K98NWxuqG+dAuqGOss64Tsb2qzwfD7o6X30xEe1g==
- **Shasum:** 398985e5fee52416096071821a4392b973173a01
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2025-08-04T11:10:31.495Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-27T13:29:35.485Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-27T13:29:35.795Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [spago](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spago/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, javascript, management.
- [only-allow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/only-allow/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, management, manager.
- [patch-package](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/patch-package/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, javascript, management.

## Sources

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