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Package evidence

@ably/[email protected]

Install-time lifecycle script: postinstall="[ \"$CI\" = \"true\" ] || (test -f ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js && node ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js || echo \"Skipping welcome script (not found)\")"

Trust signals

Why this verdict

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Weekly downloads
112
Versions published
52Mature · −50% score
First published
Mar 2025
Publisher
ably-realtime

Effective trust discount applied: −50% (max across signals — discounts don’t stack). New install-lifecycle deltas vs the previous release would clear the discount.

Recommended action

Review before promoting

Mixed signals: the package has indicators worth reading before allowing the update in automated dependency flows.

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Publisherably-realtime
Artifact bytes408,019
Previous version0.16.0
Published2026-03-09T10:33:02.734Z
SHA-256a710f7bfa840df3d89b4190dd86476aa03b16625b3be780dd47c89ed7825f8f7

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Install-time lifecycle script: postinstall="[ \"$CI\" = \"true\" ] || (test -f ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js && node ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js || echo \"Skipping welcome script (not found)\")"

Not observed: package install, lifecycle script execution, or sandbox execution. PkgRadar only inspects on-disk artifacts.

Availability ledger

available

review
Last checked
reviewRisk
2Score
0.17.0Version
Status history (1 event)
  1. new → available · risk review · score 2 · status changed

Evidence

Static findings

1 static · 0 from release diff · showing high-signal first.

No high-signal findings — see all findings below.

Show all 1 findings (low-signal and informational)
SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
lowInstall-time lifecycle scriptpackage.jsonpostinstall="[ \"$CI\" = \"true\" ] || (test -f ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js && node ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js || echo \"Skipping welcome script (not found)\")"5

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts46
  • ai-initecho 'AI Assistant Instructions:' && cat .claude/CLAUDE.md
  • buildshx rm -rf dist && tsc -b
  • build:allpnpm build && pnpm build:packages && pnpm build:examples
  • build:examplespnpm -r --filter './examples/*' build
  • build:packagespnpm -r --filter './packages/*' build
  • cleanrm -rf dist node_modules/.cache tsconfig.tsbuildinfo oclif.manifest.json
  • clibin/run.js
  • devpnpm run build && node bin/run.js
  • dev:examplespnpm build:packages && pnpm build:examples && cd examples/web-cli && pnpm dev
  • linteslint . --ext .ts
  • lint:fixeslint . --fix
  • postinstall[ "$CI" = "true" ] || (test -f ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js && node ./dist/scripts/postinstall-welcome.js || echo "Skipping welcome script (not found)")
  • pre-commitpnpm validate
  • pretestpnpm build && chmod +x bin/run.js
  • preversionpnpm run prepare
  • testvitest run
  • test:coveragevitest run --coverage
  • test:coverage:checkvitest run --coverage
  • test:coverage:integrationvitest run --project integration --coverage
  • test:coverage:reportvitest run --coverage --reporter=html
  • test:coverage:unitvitest run --project unit --coverage
  • test:e2evitest run --project e2e
  • test:e2e:authvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/auth
  • test:e2e:basicvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/core/basic-cli
  • test:e2e:benchvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/bench
  • test:e2e:channelsvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/channels
  • test:e2e:connectionsvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/connections
  • test:e2e:controlvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/control
  • test:e2e:roomsvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/rooms
  • test:e2e:spacesvitest run --project e2e test/e2e/spaces
  • …and 16 more.
Dependencies24
  • @ably/chat^1.0.0
  • @ably/spaces^0.4.0
  • @inquirer/prompts^5.1.3
  • @oclif/core^4.2.10
  • @oclif/plugin-autocomplete^3.2.30
  • @oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available^3.1.41
  • @xterm/addon-fit^0.10.0
  • @xterm/addon-web-links^0.11.0
  • @xterm/xterm^5.5.0
  • ably^2.14.0
  • chalk5
  • cli-table3^0.6.5
  • color-json^3.0.5
  • fast-levenshtein^3.0.0
  • inquirer^9.2.16
  • jsonwebtoken^9.0.2
  • node-fetch^3.3.2
  • open^10.1.0
  • ora^8.2.0
  • react^18.3.1
  • react-dom^18.3.1
  • smol-toml^1.5.2
  • ws^8.16.0
  • zod^3.24.2