# yeoman-environment > Handles the lifecyle and bootstrapping of generators in a specific environment Latest version **7.0.0** (published 2026-09-06) · BSD-2-Clause license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install yeoman-environment pnpm add yeoman-environment yarn add yeoman-environment bun add yeoman-environment ``` Provides the command `yoe`. ## Health **Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active. Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score. Warnings: low downloads. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 7.0.0 | | Published | 2026-09-06 | | First published | 2014-10-06 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | BSD-2-Clause | | TypeScript types | bundled | | Module format | ESM + CommonJS | | Node | ^22.18.0 \|\| >=24.11.0 | | Dependencies | 21 | | Unpacked size | 122.2 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) | | GitHub stars | 131 | | Author | Yeoman | | Maintainers | sboudrias, mischah, ulisesgascon, mshima, joshuakgoldberg, eddiemonge, sindresorhus, addyosmani | | Keywords | development, dev, build, tool, cli, scaffold, scaffolding, generate, generator, yeoman, app | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/yeoman-environment - Repository: https://github.com/yeoman/environment - Homepage: http://yeoman.io - Issues: https://github.com/yeoman/environment/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/yeoman-environment ## Dependencies (21) - [chalk](https://npm.io/package/chalk.md) ^6.0.0 - [debug](https://npm.io/package/debug.md) ^4.4.3 - [execa](https://npm.io/package/execa.md) ^10.0.1 - [slash](https://npm.io/package/slash.md) ^5.1.0 - [arrify](https://npm.io/package/arrify.md) ^3.0.0 - [globby](https://npm.io/package/globby.md) ^16.2.4 - [mem-fs](https://npm.io/package/mem-fs.md) ^6.0.0 - [semver](https://npm.io/package/semver.md) ^7.8.5 - [commander](https://npm.io/package/commander.md) ^15.0.0 - [lodash-es](https://npm.io/package/lodash-es.md) ^4.18.1 - [untildify](https://npm.io/package/untildify.md) ^6.0.0 - [fly-import](https://npm.io/package/fly-import.md) ^1.0.0 - [locate-path](https://npm.io/package/locate-path.md) ^8.0.0 - [@yeoman/types](https://npm.io/package/@yeoman/types.md) ^1.13.1 - [grouped-queue](https://npm.io/package/grouped-queue.md) ^2.1.0 - [mem-fs-editor](https://npm.io/package/mem-fs-editor.md) ^12.0.9 - [@yeoman/adapter](https://npm.io/package/@yeoman/adapter.md) ^5.0.0 - [@yeoman/namespace](https://npm.io/package/@yeoman/namespace.md) ^2.1.0 - [@yeoman/transform](https://npm.io/package/@yeoman/transform.md) ^2.1.2 - [@yeoman/conflicter](https://npm.io/package/@yeoman/conflicter.md) ^4.2.0 - [which-package-manager](https://npm.io/package/which-package-manager.md) ^1.0.1 ## Alternatives - [raw-loader](https://npm.io/package/raw-loader.md) — 4.3M weekly downloads - [plop](https://npm.io/package/plop.md) — 1.4M weekly downloads - [webpack-deadcode-plugin](https://npm.io/package/webpack-deadcode-plugin.md) — 80.3K weekly downloads - [@storybook/preact-vite](https://npm.io/package/@storybook/preact-vite.md) — 54.2K weekly downloads - [vite-plugin-transform](https://npm.io/package/vite-plugin-transform.md) — 2.4K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 7.0.0 (latest) — 2026-09-06 - 5.0.0-beta.2 (next) — 2025-09-24 - 3.0.0-rc.1 (next-3) — 2021-02-20 - 6.3.0 — 2026-09-02 - 6.2.0 — 2026-08-24 - 6.1.0 — 2026-04-29 - 6.0.1 — 2026-04-09 - 6.0.0 — 2026-02-28 - 5.1.3 — 2026-02-05 - 5.1.2 — 2025-12-19 - 5.1.1 — 2025-11-19 - 5.1.0 — 2025-11-17 - 5.0.0 — 2025-09-25 - 5.0.0-beta.1 — 2025-08-19 - 5.0.0-beta.0 — 2025-05-13 - … 127 more at https://npm.io/package/yeoman-environment/versions ## README # Yeoman Environment [![npm](https://badge.fury.io/js/yeoman-environment.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/yeoman-environment) [![NPM Test](https://github.com/yeoman/environment/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/yeoman/environment/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/yeoman/environment/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/yeoman/environment?branch=master) [![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitter-Join_the_Yeoman_chat_%E2%86%92-00d06f.svg)](https://gitter.im/yeoman/yeoman) > Handles the lifecycle and bootstrapping of generators in a specific environment It provides a high-level API to discover, create and run generators, as well as further tuning of where and how a generator is resolved. ## Install ``` $ npm install yeoman-environment ``` ## Usage Full documentation available [here](http://yeoman.io/authoring/integrating-yeoman.html). ```js import { createEnv } from 'yeoman-environment'; // The #lookup() method will search the user computer for installed generators // The search if done from the current working directory await env.lookup(); await env.run('angular', { skipInstall: true }); ``` For advance usage, see [our API documentation for latest yeoman-environment](http://yeoman.github.io/environment). [API documentation for yeoman-environment v2.x](http://yeoman.github.io/environment/2.x). ## License BSD-2-Clause © Yeoman --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/yeoman-environment · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._