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| npmrank | LavaMoat | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | |
| 282 | 815 | |
| - | 3.2% | |
| 3.5 | 9.8 | |
| 6 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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Node.js packages don't deserve your trust
This is not the exact thing you're looking for but it's a place to start:
https://gist.github.com/anvaka/8e8fa57c7ee1350e3491
That code in that gist is generated by this: https://github.com/anvaka/npmrank
Just found that from a quick google search. It would be nice if it had a way to search by max package size, or by max files in the package (if that's even possible)
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Ledger's NPM account has been hacked
Just yesterday I watched a talk [0] at WarsawJS about LavaMoat [1], a set of tools to protect against malicious behaviour from npm dependencies. Guess it’s time to look into it deeper.
[0]: https://naugtur.pl/pres3/lava/2023end.html
[1]: https://github.com/LavaMoat/LavaMoat
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Dozens of malicious PyPI packages discovered targeting developers
You are basically talking about Lavamoat. It provides tooling and policies for SES, which aims to make it into standards.
https://github.com/LavaMoat/LavaMoat
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Supply chain security - prevent, not avoid
Enter: lavamoat. https://github.com/LavaMoat/LavaMoat
- LavaMoat: Tools for sandboxing your dependency graph
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Deno.js in Production. Key Takeaways.
You should check out Lavamoat: https://github.com/LavaMoat/LavaMoat
It attempts to do what you're essentially describing. It was built by the MetaMask team, where supply chain attacks are an obviously huge risk.
I've spent some time trying to get it working in an app, but haven't been able to get it all the way working. It's still pretty beta and not well documented.
- Node.js packages don't deserve your trust
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How to respond to growing supply chain security risks?
And it is happening right now. Github is opening the GitHub Advisory Database to community submissions. Awesome community NodeSecure builds cool things like scanner and js-x-ray. There are also lockfile-lint, LavaMoat, Jfrog-npm-tools (and I am sure there is more).
- On node-ipc and the importance of trusting trust
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NPM package compromised by author: erases files on RU / BY computers on install
There is a proposal to add OCAPs on a language level in TC39[0]. There is already a drop-in implementation which already works in both Nodejs and browsers[1].
As a developer who wants to sandbox your own (recursive) dependencies, this is made accessible today in Lavamoat[2]. Basically a package or app can provide a policy manifest specifying which capabilities (e.g. network or filesystem access) should be granted for each dependency. Also comes with a tool that will auto-generate a starting point from your existing dependency tree.
IMO this is the future. Currently it does come with a performance penalty but hopefully this idea will catch on and make it into runtime implementations.
Lavamoat is still marked as "preprod" on npm but talking to the author it's a matter of days or weeks until the first stable release.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30703817
[1]: https://github.com/endojs/endo/tree/master/packages/ses
[2]: https://github.com/LavaMoat/LavaMoat
- Node runtime that sandboxes all NPM dependencies by default
What are some alternatives?
proposal-ses - Draft proposal for SES (Secure EcmaScript)
metamask-extension - :globe_with_meridians: :electric_plug: The MetaMask browser extension enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
create-vue - 🛠️ The recommended way to start a Vite-powered Vue project
vue-cli - 🛠️ webpack-based tooling for Vue.js Development
cli - the package manager for JavaScript
handlebars-helpers - 188 handlebars helpers in ~20 categories. Can be used with Assemble, Ghost, YUI, express.js etc.
EventSource - a polyfill for http://www.w3.org/TR/eventsource/
proposal-shadowrealm - ECMAScript Proposal, specs, and reference implementation for Realms
bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned - OUTDATED!!!!! - Replaced by "The Bumblebee Project" and "Ironhide"
sdc-check - Small tool to inform you about potential risks in project dependencies list
lockfile-lint - Lint an npm or yarn lockfile to analyze and detect security issues
toolbox - Tool for interactive command line environments on Linux