How to secure JavaScript applications right from the CLI

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SurveyJS - JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor
Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.
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Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video.
Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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  1. snyk

    Discontinued Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities. [Moved to: https://github.com/snyk/cli]

    There are a number of ways that you can install the Snyk CLI on your machine, ranging from using the available stand-alone executables to using package managers such as Homebrew for macOS and Scoop for Windows.

  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.

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  3. berry

    📦🐈 Active development trunk for Yarn ⚒

    However, the easiest way to install the Snyk CLI for your JavaScript application is to do so using the npm or Yarn global installation since you most likely already have Node.js installed. Ensure you're using Node.js version 12 or later and run the following command to install the Snyk CLI as a global npm package:

  4. vulnnode

    A vulnerable Node.js project, part of the Securing JavaScript from the CLI blog post on the Snyk website

    To help you quickly set up a project test with the Snyk CLI, a sample JavaScript project has been made available in this GitHub repository with all the necessary manifest files. The project is a simple quote API that uses Lodash and Express as their dependencies. The quote API has a GET / endpoint that returns a list of quotes and a GET /random endpoint that returns a random quote.

  5. vulnnode

    Vulnerable quotes API Node.js project for Snyk CLI demo (by iamgideonidoko)

    git clone https://github.com/IamGideonIdoko/vulnnode.git

  6. Scoop

    A command-line installer for Windows.

    There are a number of ways that you can install the Snyk CLI on your machine, ranging from using the available stand-alone executables to using package managers such as Homebrew for macOS and Scoop for Windows.

  7. lodash

    A modern JavaScript utility library delivering modularity, performance, & extras.

    To help you quickly set up a project test with the Snyk CLI, a sample JavaScript project has been made available in this GitHub repository with all the necessary manifest files. The project is a simple quote API that uses Lodash and Express as their dependencies. The quote API has a GET / endpoint that returns a list of quotes and a GET /random endpoint that returns a random quote.

  8. Express

    Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

    To help you quickly set up a project test with the Snyk CLI, a sample JavaScript project has been made available in this GitHub repository with all the necessary manifest files. The project is a simple quote API that uses Lodash and Express as their dependencies. The quote API has a GET / endpoint that returns a list of quotes and a GET /random endpoint that returns a random quote.

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    There are a number of ways that you can install the Snyk CLI on your machine, ranging from using the available stand-alone executables to using package managers such as Homebrew for macOS and Scoop for Windows.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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