# Install stockfish with npm

The Stockfish chess engine in Web Assembly (WASM). Version 18.0.8 via npm; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:stockfish
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g stockfish
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:stockfish
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/stockfish>
- **Version:** 18.0.8
- **Source summary:** The Stockfish chess engine in Web Assembly (WASM)
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/stockfish/-/stockfish-18.0.8.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-15T17:08:37.262Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T17:08:37.262Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- stockfish (cli)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: defined
- Lifecycle scripts: postinstall
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 18.0.8
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nmrugg/stockfish.js
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for stockfish. 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: 18.0.8
- **Version Count:** 25
- **Maintainers:** nmrugg
- **Author:** Nathan Rugg
- **Publisher:** nmrugg
- **Integrity:** sha512-z+f2UMPXLylDBGjv9e9zU8QulY7hUl8MYHesLRrdddewlOXjJrUSmtNmbtID1/F72EPhq0CCkCNxgWS5MQVWtQ==
- **Shasum:** f361d4b05f4c829a6f17da5cf18328525c5268f6
- **Unpacked Size:** 251,054,382
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-04-12T00:35:24.167Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-15T17:08:37.262Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-15T17:08:37.535Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - stockfish - 17-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: stockfish from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | strong chess engine, to play chess against | https://stockfishchess.org
- Nix - stockfish: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stockfish/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - stockfish - 16-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: stockfish from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | strong chess engine, to play chess against | https://stockfishchess.org
- apk - stockfish - 18-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stockfish from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Strong chess engine | https://stockfishchess.org/
- dnf - stockfish - 18-1.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: stockfish from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Powerful open source chess engine | http://stockfishchess.org
- zypper - stockfish - 18-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: stockfish from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Chess engine | https://stockfishchess.org
- winget - Stockfish.Stockfish: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Stockfish.Stockfish from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [stockfish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stockfish/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: chess, cli, engine, games, stockfish.
- [corsixth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corsixth/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, engine, games.
- [crispy-doom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crispy-doom/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, engine, games.
- [stockfish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stockfish/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## 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