# Install yaml with npm

JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML. Version 2.9.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:yaml
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g yaml
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:yaml
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/yaml>
- **Version:** 2.9.0
- **Source summary:** JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML
- **Homepage:** <https://eemeli.org/yaml/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/eemeli/yaml>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://eemeli.org/yaml/>
- **License:** ISC
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.9.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/eemeli/yaml/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-11T10:16:24.045Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-11T10:16:24.045Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- yaml (cli)
- yaml (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @babel/plugin-transform-typescript
- @babel/preset-env
- @eslint/js
- @rollup/plugin-babel
- @rollup/plugin-replace
- @rollup/plugin-typescript
- @types/jest
- @types/node
- babel-jest
- eslint
- eslint-config-prettier
- fast-check
- jest
- jest-resolve
- jest-ts-webcompat-resolver
- prettier
- rollup
- tslib
- typescript
- typescript-eslint

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.9.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-11
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/eemeli/yaml
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for yaml. 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: 2.9.0, Next: 3.0.0-1
- **Version Count:** 103
- **Maintainers:** eemeli
- **Author:** Eemeli Aro
- **Publisher:** eemeli
- **Engines:** Node: >= 14.6
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/sponsors/eemeli>
- **Integrity:** sha512-2AvhNX3mb8zd6Zy7INTtSpl1F15HW6Wnqj0srWlkKLcpYl/gMIMJiyuGq2KeI2YFxUPjdlB+3Lc10seMLtL4cA==
- **Shasum:** 78274afd93598a1dfdd6130df6a566defcbf9aa4
- **Unpacked Size:** 685,953
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2011-04-15T16:25:52.216Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-11T10:16:24.045Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-11T10:16:24.145Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - yaml - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML
- apk - yaml-dev - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C (development files) | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML
- apk - yaml-static - 0.2.5-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: yaml-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | YAML 1.1 parser and emitter written in C (static library) | https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [yaml-cfn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-cfn/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: parser, yaml.
- [yaml-diff-patch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-diff-patch/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: yaml.
- [yaml-front-matter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/yaml-front-matter/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: yaml.

## Sources

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