List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Executes files during installation or upon launch.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
95 packages
found in
Top 100
726 packages
found in
Top 1k
7488 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.56M packages
in community
Starts the HTTP or HTTPS server listening for incoming connections.10
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
30 packages
found in
Top 1k
418 packages
found in
Top 10k
138.89k packages
in community
Creates an HTTP server.10
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
31 packages
found in
Top 1k
442 packages
found in
Top 10k
141.99k packages
in community
Contains URLs that use non-standard ports.1
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
42 packages
found in
Top 1k
867 packages
found in
Top 10k
519.35k packages
in community
Might communicate with server over HTTP using Fetch API.22
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
4 packages
found in
Top 100
35 packages
found in
Top 1k
653 packages
found in
Top 10k
214.01k packages
in community
Makes HTTP GET requests.5
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
56 packages
found in
Top 1k
868 packages
found in
Top 10k
335.76k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.11
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
305 packages
found in
Top 1k
3796 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.13M packages
in community
Reads from files.3
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
37 packages
found in
Top 100
186 packages
found in
Top 1k
2304 packages
found in
Top 10k
715.47k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "path" module which provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.3
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
232 packages
found in
Top 1k
2692 packages
found in
Top 10k
859.79k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "fs" module which is used for interacting with the filesystem.3
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
52 packages
found in
Top 100
233 packages
found in
Top 1k
2586 packages
found in
Top 10k
839.11k packages
in community
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