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commander — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of commander on npm: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 9/7/2026
Approvedcommander@2.20.3View on registry ↗latest: 2.20.3

Legitimate, widely-used commander CLI library (v2.20.3) with no static findings, no suspicious files, and clean sandbox install.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

Commander is an npm package that provides a complete solution for building command-line programs in Node.js. Its main entry point is index.js with no runtime dependencies. Package scripts are limited to linting and testing.

Capabilities

  • Parses command-line arguments for Node.js programs
  • Defines CLI commands and options

Data access

  • None observed

Network

  • No network access observed

Widely used library for CLI argument handling with no dependencies or install-time scripts. Standard review of its index.js is still recommended before adoption.

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

the complete solution for node.js command-line programs

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Files in package (12)

LICENSEpackage/LICENSEindex.jspackage/index.jspackage.jsonpackage/package.jsonCHANGELOG.mdpackage/CHANGELOG.mdReadme.mdpackage/Readme.mdtypings/index.d.tspackage/typings/index.d.ts

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