# Install protoc-gen-js

Protocol buffers JavaScript generator plugin. Version 4.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:protoc-gen-js
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install protoc-gen-js
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add protoc-gen-js
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: protoc-gen-js from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#protoc-gen-js
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-js/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:protoc-gen-js
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/protoc-gen-js>
- **Version:** 4.0.2
- **Source summary:** Protocol buffers JavaScript generator plugin
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-21T21:54:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- protoc-gen-js (cli)
- protoc-gen-js (alias)

## Dependencies

- abseil
- protobuf

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-21
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript
- Upstream latest detected: v4.0.2 (current)

## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** protoc-gen-js
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - protoc-gen-js: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-js/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - protoc-gen-js - 4.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: protoc-gen-js from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | protoc-gen-js javascript protobuf generator | https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript


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