# Install solc with npm

Solidity compiler. Version 0.8.35 via npm; verified 2026-04-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:solc
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g solc
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:solc
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/solc>
- **Version:** 0.8.35
- **Source summary:** Solidity compiler
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/solc/-/solc-0.8.35.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-04-29T10:06:36.578Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-29T10:06:36.578Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- solcjs (cli)
- solcjs (alias)

## Dependencies

- command-exists
- commander
- follow-redirects
- js-sha3
- memorystream
- semver
- tmp

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- @types/semver
- @types/tape
- @types/tmp
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- coveralls
- eslint
- eslint-config-standard
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-node
- eslint-plugin-promise
- nyc
- tape
- tape-spawn
- ts-node
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.8.35
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for solc. 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: 0.8.35, Series0.4: 0.4.26, Series0.5: 0.5.17
- **Version Count:** 124
- **Maintainers:** ekpyron, cameel, r0qs, matheus.pit, clonker, nikola-matic
- **Author:** chriseth
- **Publisher:** nikola-matic
- **Engines:** Node: >=12.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-OaP/4zyoKRo2CjqZDxbtkeRlEo6MxP4FLCxntw1Agf9OSoecmwYKoFBSB34UcSKBFBucrTh3Mb0nRoJou62ibw==
- **Shasum:** 48f48d82d2ed49929953243066229fbf308938cb
- **Unpacked Size:** 9,476,843
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-09-28T17:49:26.305Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-04-29T10:06:36.578Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-29T10:06:36.706Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - solc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/solc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [traceur](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/traceur/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, commander, compiler.
- [node-minify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/node-minify/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, commander, compiler.
- [nw-gyp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/nw-gyp/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: build, build-tools, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## 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