# Install yaml-front-matter with npm

yaml front matter for JS. Parse yaml or JSON from the beginning of files. Version 4.1.1 via npm; verified 2020-12-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:yaml-front-matter
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g yaml-front-matter
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:yaml-front-matter
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml-front-matter>
- **Version:** 4.1.1
- **Source summary:** yaml front matter for JS. Parse yaml or JSON from the beginning of files.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dworthen/js-yaml-front-matter#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dworthen/js-yaml-front-matter>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/dworthen/js-yaml-front-matter#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml-front-matter/-/yaml-front-matter-4.1.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/dworthen/js-yaml-front-matter/issues>
- **Published:** 2020-12-13T04:12:10.891Z
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-13T04:12:10.891Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- yaml-front-matter (cli)
- yaml-front-matter (alias)

## Dependencies

- commander
- js-yaml

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @babel/preset-env
- babel-loader
- mocha
- should
- standard-version
- webpack
- webpack-cli

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.1.1
- Package-manager updated: 2020-12-13
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/dworthen/js-yaml-front-matter
- 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 yaml-front-matter. 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: 4.1.1, Next: 4.0.0-4
- **Version Count:** 20
- **Maintainers:** dworthen
- **Author:** Derek Worthen
- **Publisher:** dworthen
- **Integrity:** sha512-ULGbghCLsN8Hs8vfExlqrJIe8Hl2TUjD7/zsIGMP8U+dgRXEsDXk4yydxeZJgdGiimP1XB7zhmhOB4/HyfqOyQ==
- **Shasum:** 66eaa9a998fc3dd723708c73aa8e06e79cac91c9
- **Unpacked Size:** 213,963
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2012-07-11T03:48:11.011Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2020-12-13T04:12:10.891Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-29T06:48:04.070Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [yaml-schema-validator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-schema-validator/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: commander, files, js-yaml, json, yaml.
- [yaml-cfn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-cfn/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: js-yaml, json, yaml.
- [yaml-lint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-lint/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: files, js-yaml, yaml.

## Sources

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