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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 bytes598,721
Previous version0.17.0
Published2026-05-01T12:23:32.383Z
SHA-256f05142aadcd267bf93ec1981a0970b2533abe7f5d4b5227cfe882da44d8cd2aa

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
1.0.0Version
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

Scripts47
  • 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
  • generate-doccp scripts/doc-template.md OCLIF_AUTOGENERATED_DOC.md && GENERATING_DOC=true NO_COLOR=1 oclif readme --readme-path OCLIF_AUTOGENERATED_DOC.md
  • 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
  • …and 17 more.
Dependencies25
  • @ably/chat^1.3.1
  • @ably/spaces^0.5.2
  • @inquirer/prompts^5.5.0
  • @oclif/core^4.10.5
  • @oclif/plugin-autocomplete^3.2.45
  • @oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available^3.1.60
  • @xterm/addon-fit^0.11.0
  • @xterm/addon-web-links^0.12.0
  • @xterm/xterm^6.0.0
  • ably^2.21.0
  • chalk^5.6.2
  • cli-table3^0.6.5
  • color-json^3.0.5
  • fast-levenshtein^3.0.0
  • inquirer^9.3.8
  • jsonwebtoken^9.0.3
  • node-fetch^3.3.2
  • open^11.0.0
  • ora^9.3.0
  • react^19.2.5
  • react-dom^19.2.5
  • slugify^1.6.9
  • smol-toml^1.6.1
  • ws^8.20.0
  • zod^3.25.76