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Package evidence

@followthecode/[email protected]

Install-time lifecycle script: postinstall="node scripts/post-install.js"

Trust signals

Why this verdict

PkgRadar discounts a release’s score when public reputation argues against novel malware. The verdict above already reflects these — the panel just explains what was applied.

Weekly downloads
670
Versions published
79Established · −30% score
First published
Jul 2025
Publisher
jheisong

Effective trust discount applied: 30% (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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curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PKGRADAR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"specs":["@followthecode/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"review"}'

GitHub Actions step:

- name: PkgRadar gate
  run: |
    curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.PKGRADAR_TOKEN }}" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"specs":["@followthecode/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"review"}'
Publisherjheisong
Artifact bytes238,354,640
Previous version3.1.0
Published2026-04-10T14:07:51.504Z
SHA-256

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Install-time lifecycle script: postinstall="node scripts/post-install.js"

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

Availability ledger

available

review
Last checked
reviewRisk
3Score
3.1.1Version
Status history (2 events)
  1. scan_erroravailable · risk review · score 3 · status scan_error -> available, risk none -> review, score none -> 3
  2. newscan_error · risk none · score · refusing to fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/@followthecode/cli/-/cli-3.1.1.tgz: content-length 102858636 exceeds 50000000

Evidence

Static findings

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

No high-signal findings — see all findings below.

Show all 2 findings (low-signal and informational)
SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
lowInstall-time lifecycle scriptpackage.jsonpostinstall="node scripts/post-install.js"5
lowOversized Unscannedmanifesttarball exceeds the 50MB fetch cap; scanned registry metadata (install scripts + dependencies) only0

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts22
  • buildnpm run sync-version && npm run build:all && npm run setup
  • build:allnpm run build:win && npm run build:mac && npm run build:linux
  • build:linuxdotnet publish ftc.collect.cli.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 -o ./bin/linux-x64
  • build:macdotnet publish ftc.collect.cli.csproj -c Release -r osx-x64 -o ./bin/osx-x64
  • build:windotnet publish ftc.collect.cli.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 -o ./bin/win-x64
  • cleandotnet clean
  • copy-confignode scripts/copy-config.js
  • copy-wrappernode scripts/copy-wrapper
  • postinstallnode scripts/post-install.js
  • promotenode scripts/promote.js
  • publishnode scripts/publish.js
  • publish:majornode scripts/publish.js --major
  • publish:minornode scripts/publish.js --minor
  • publish:patchnode scripts/publish.js --patch
  • set-permissionsnode scripts/set-permissions.js
  • setupnpm run copy-config && npm run copy-wrapper && npm run set-permissions
  • sync-versionnode scripts/sync-version.js
  • testdotnet test
  • test:installnpm run test:install:win
  • test:install:linuxbash scripts/test-installation.sh
  • test:install:winpowershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/test-simple.ps1
  • test:install:wslwsl bash scripts/test-installation.sh
Dependencies1
  • node-fetch^3.3.0