fastpotify
The package downloads prebuilt binaries from GitHub releases, which is a common but unverified practice; however, the source is from the project's official repository, and the binaries are standard for the target architecture, posing low risk.
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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads prebuilt binaries from GitHub releases, which is a common but unverified practice; however, the source is from the project's official repository, and the binaries are standard for the target architecture, posing low risk.
PKGBUILD
# Maintainer: Carmine Paolino <carmine@paolino.me>
pkgname=fastpotify
pkgver=0.1.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Fast native Spotify client with local playback and Spotify Connect"
arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
url="https://github.com/crmne/fastpotify"
license=('MIT')
install="${pkgname}.install"
# alsa-lib and libpulse are linked directly; the rest are dlopened by winit
# and glutin at startup, and this is a GUI-only application, so all of them
# have to be there for it to run at all.
depends=('alsa-lib' 'libpulse' 'libglvnd' 'libxkbcommon' 'wayland' 'libx11')
optdepends=('libxkbcommon-x11: keyboard handling in X11 sessions'
'pipewire-pulse: PipeWire as the PulseAudio server')
conflicts=('fastpotify-git')
options=('!debug' '!strip')
_repo="https://github.com/crmne/fastpotify"
source_x86_64=("${_repo}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/fastpotify-v${pkgver}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz")
source_aarch64=("${_repo}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/fastpotify-v${pkgver}-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz")
sha256sums_x86_64=('f9a42b7dd4aa1e44113f7aa37c350c7a871977b2c8e9eace04cb8025aad717eb')
sha256sums_aarch64=('4af68ee405da455706bee62b88e1098f1ad73b160a65adbf84bbdcebeaa69dd1')
package() {
local target
case "$CARCH" in
x86_64) target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;;
aarch64) target="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" ;;
esac
local dir="${srcdir}/fastpotify-v${pkgver}-${target}"
install -Dm755 "${dir}/fastpotify" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/fastpotify"
install -Dm644 "${dir}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
install -Dm644 "${dir}/README.md" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}/README.md"
install -Dm644 "${dir}/packaging/applications/fastpotify.desktop" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/fastpotify.desktop"
install -Dm644 "${dir}/packaging/icons/fastpotify.svg" \
"${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/fastpotify.svg"
}
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| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 13:32:42 | Low | 2 |