# Install webpack-dev-server with npm

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Version 5.2.5 via npm; verified 2026-07-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:webpack-dev-server
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g webpack-dev-server
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:webpack-dev-server
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-dev-server>
- **Version:** 5.2.5
- **Source summary:** Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-5.2.5.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-12T21:39:35.856Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-03T03:21:22.875Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- webpack-dev-server (cli)
- webpack-dev-server (alias)

## Dependencies

- @types/bonjour
- @types/connect-history-api-fallback
- @types/express
- @types/express-serve-static-core
- @types/serve-index
- @types/serve-static
- @types/sockjs
- @types/ws
- ansi-html-community
- bonjour-service
- chokidar
- colorette
- compression
- connect-history-api-fallback
- express
- graceful-fs
- http-proxy-middleware
- ipaddr.js
- launch-editor
- open
- p-retry
- schema-utils
- selfsigned
- serve-index
- sockjs
- spdy
- webpack-dev-middleware
- ws

## Build dependencies

- @babel/cli
- @babel/core
- @babel/eslint-parser
- @babel/plugin-transform-object-assign
- @babel/plugin-transform-runtime
- @babel/preset-env
- @babel/runtime
- @changesets/cli
- @changesets/get-github-info
- @commitlint/cli
- @commitlint/config-conventional
- @eslint/markdown
- @hono/node-server
- @types/compression
- @types/graceful-fs
- @types/node
- @types/node-forge
- @types/sockjs-client
- @types/trusted-types
- acorn
- babel-jest
- babel-loader
- connect
- core-js
- cspell
- css-loader
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-config-webpack
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-jest
- eslint-plugin-jsdoc
- eslint-plugin-n
- execa
- hono
- html-webpack-plugin
- http-proxy
- husky
- jest
- jest-environment-jsdom
- klona
- less
- less-loader
- lint-staged
- marked
- memfs
- npm-run-all
- prettier
- puppeteer
- readable-stream
- require-from-string
- rimraf
- simple-git
- sockjs-client
- style-loader
- supertest
- tcp-port-used
- typescript
- typescript-eslint
- wait-for-expect
- webpack
- webpack-cli
- webpack-merge

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.2.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 3.0.1-beta.0, Latest: 5.2.5, Next: 4.0.0-rc.1, Version 3: 3.11.3, Version 4: 4.15.2, Webpack 1: 1.16.5, Webpack 3: 2.11.5
- **Version Count:** 224
- **Maintainers:** 15000621931, ev1stensberg, __hai, sokra, avivkeller, evilebottnawi, jhnns, hiroppy
- **Author:** Tobias Koppers @sokra
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >= 18.12.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** webpack
- **Funding:** <https://opencollective.com/webpack>
- **Integrity:** sha512-4wZtCquSuv9CKX8oybo+mqxtxZqWz47uM1Ch94lxowBztOhWCbhqvRbfC/mODOwxgV2brY+JGZpHq58/SuVFYg==
- **Shasum:** 648fceaac6a5736b0935e5c1e55d6aa1d0626119
- **Unpacked Size:** 562,705
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-09-18T15:45:14.544Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-12T21:39:35.856Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-12T21:39:36.152Z


## Related links

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- [polyserve](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/polyserve/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: browser, compression, dev, express, html.
- [webpack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/webpack/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: browser, graceful, graceful-fs, schema, schema-utils.
- [budo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/budo/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: ansi, browser, chokidar, connect, dev.

## Sources

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