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
Queries the value of an environment variable.3
search
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
33 packages
found in
Top 100
148 packages
found in
Top 1k
2322 packages
found in
Top 10k
692.01k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.4
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
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
218 packages
found in
Top 1k
3028 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.25M packages
in community
Searches for a match in a string using a regular expression.4
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
33 packages
found in
Top 100
188 packages
found in
Top 1k
2090 packages
found in
Top 10k
575.86k packages
in community
Replaces a substring in a string using a regular expression.4
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
32 packages
found in
Top 100
170 packages
found in
Top 1k
1960 packages
found in
Top 10k
553.47k packages
in community
Creates a regular expression.4
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
38 packages
found in
Top 100
214 packages
found in
Top 1k
2284 packages
found in
Top 10k
625.04k packages
in community
Concatenates strings.4
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
72 packages
found in
Top 100
465 packages
found in
Top 1k
5356 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.75M packages
in community
Might output messages to console.2
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
380 packages
found in
Top 1k
4401 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.08M packages
in community
Contains single-line comments.5
behavior
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
97 packages
found in
Top 100
819 packages
found in
Top 1k
8086 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.83M packages
in community
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