List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Contains URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.3
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
10 packages
found in 
Top 100
 52 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 959 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 183924 packages
in community
Executes files during installation or upon launch.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeQueries the value of an environment variable.12
search
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
32 packages
found in 
Top 100
 147 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 2296 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 636391 packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.2
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
39 packages
found in 
Top 100
 300 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 3776 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1056717 packages
in community
Serializes data into the JSON format.2
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in 
Top 100
 219 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 3011 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1167590 packages
in community
Might output messages to console.2
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
68 packages
found in 
Top 100
 385 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 4383 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 1965755 packages
in community
Contains multi-line comments.26
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
92 packages
found in 
Top 100
 716 packages
found in 
Top 1k
 7171 packages
found in 
Top 10k
 2147304 packages
in community