Command-line tool

bower

brew/bower

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC · Still published on npm

Package manager for the web

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g bower

macOS

brew install bower
npm install -g bower

Linux

brew install bower
npm install -g bower

Install a project's dependencies, listed in its `bower.json`

bower install

Install one or more packages to the bower_components directory

bower install package1 package2 ...

Uninstall packages locally from the bower_components directory

bower uninstall package1 package2 ...

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