npmsafe

use npm safety

Problem

Nodejs应用仓库钓鱼

npm repository may contain some harmful packages,
and these packages may protect them use some similar words as popular package,
such as goodjs to good-js, but good-js may contain harmful codes.

Solution

use npmsafe instead of npm

Badgers

Installation

Through npm:

npm i npmsafe -g

Through GitHub:

git clone git@github.com:ueqt/npmsafe.git
cd npmsafe
npm link

Uninstall

npm remove npmsafe -g

Publish

npm publish

Usage

npmsafe xxx

support all commands and arguments that npm support.

Example:

$ npmsafe install express

npmsafe check

cd to folder which contains package.json, this command will check packages in package.json.
if something not verified, you can check it's downloads count in last month to judge it safe or not.

Example:

$ npmsafe check

Analysing ~/git/xxx/package.json
 Not verified(package[downloads in npmjs in last month or stars in github(todo)]): 7
mysql [ 171232 ]
moment [ 1025532 ]
later [ 6008 ]
nodemailer [ 242134 ]
nodeutil [ 1111 ]
lodash [ 7512304 ]
influx [ 5146 ]
You can choose one choice:
[  1  ].Stop(Default)
[  2  ].Continue
[  3  ].Continue and save to whitelist
Please input your choice:

custom whitelist

I will add much internal whitelist, but you still need more whitelist.
So when you choose 3 in install time, it will save to your custom whiltelist.
Custom whitelist is at ~/.npmsafe/customWhiteList.txt , you can also edit it manually.

Version History

• 1.0.12 Searching remote whitelist update when start npmsafe to ensure your whitelist is latest.

Todo

make a tool to automatically check npmjs repository and create whitelist.json more reliable