# Install vscode-grammar-updater with npm

Utility to update TextMate grammars that are part of VSCode language extensions. Version 1.1.0 via npm; verified 2022-05-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:vscode-grammar-updater
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g vscode-grammar-updater
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:vscode-grammar-updater
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/vscode-grammar-updater>
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Utility to update TextMate grammars that are part of VSCode language extensions
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-grammar-updater#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-grammar-updater>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-grammar-updater#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-grammar-updater/-/vscode-grammar-updater-1.1.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-05-18T07:44:39.143Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-18T07:44:39.143Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- vscode-grammar-updater (cli)
- vscode-grammar-updater (alias)

## Dependencies

- cson-parser
- fast-plist

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- typescript

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2022-05-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-grammar-updater
- 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 vscode-grammar-updater. 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: 1.1.0
- **Version Count:** 6
- **Maintainers:** chrisdias, aeschli, joaomoreno.ms
- **Author:** Microsoft Corporation
- **Publisher:** aeschli
- **Integrity:** sha512-rWcJXyEFK27Mh9bxfBTLaul0KiGQk0GMXj2qTDH9cy3UZVx5MrF035B03os1w4oIXwl/QDhdLnsBK0j2SNiL1A==
- **Shasum:** 030eacd8b8ba8f3f2fe43c9032601f839ba811c4
- **Unpacked Size:** 11,677
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2021-01-15T20:56:39.771Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-05-18T07:44:39.143Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-05-23T11:02:14.609Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [vscode-tmgrammar-test](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/vscode-tmgrammar-test/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, grammar, grammars.
- [vscode-extension-tester](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/vscode-extension-tester/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, extensions, that.
- [vscode-languageserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/vscode-languageserver/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, language, vscode.

## Sources

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