gb-studio-git

maintainer orphaned · 1 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The npx command is used to run electron-forge make, which is a standard build tool for Electron applications and part of the project's legitimate build process from its own source; the source is from a trusted upstream GitHub repository, and the executed code is not obfuscated or from an untrusted remote location.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 90%): The npx command is used to run electron-forge make, which is a standard build tool for Electron applications and part of the project's legitimate build process from its own source; the source is from a trusted upstream GitHub repository, and the executed code is not obfuscated or from an untrusted remote location.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

MEDIUM npx/bunx/deno executes a remote package remote_code_tool

`npx`/`bunx`/`pnpm dlx`/`deno run <url>` downloads AND runs a remote package at build time — the moral equivalent of piping a download into a shell. Severity downgraded: Node.js consumer context.

PKGBUILD:51 npx electron-forge make --targets @electron-forge/maker-zip

PKGBUILD

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      1# Ex-Maintainer: Valentijn V. <neko at catgirlsin dot space>
    
      2# Maintainer: Riley T. <rt@hellscaped.dev>
    
      3pkgname=gb-studio-git # '-bzr', '-git', '-hg' or '-svn'
    
      4_pkgname=gb-studio
    
      5pkgver=4.0.0.r3.g11278cb3a
    
      6pkgrel=1
    
      7pkgdesc="Visual retro game maker"
    
      8arch=('x86_64')
    
      9url="https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio"
    
      10license=('MIT')
    
      11groups=()
    
      12depends=('gtk3' 'libnotify' 'nss' 'libxss' 'libxtst' 'xdg-utils' 'util-linux' 'trash-cli')
    
      13makedepends=('git' 'yarn' 'npm' 'nvm' 'nodejs')
    
      14provides=("gb-studio")
    
      15conflicts=("gb-studio")
    
      16replaces=()
    
      17backup=()
    
      18options=()
    
      19install=
    
      20source=('git+https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio.git')
    
      21noextract=()
    
      22md5sums=('SKIP')
    
      23
    
      24_ensure_local_nvm() {
    
      25    # let's be sure we are starting clean
    
      26    which nvm >/dev/null 2>&1 && nvm deactivate && nvm unload
    
      27    export NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
    
      28
    
      29    # The init script returns 3 if version specified
    
      30    # in ./.nvrc is not (yet) installed in $NVM_DIR
    
      31    # but nvm itself still gets loaded ok
    
      32    source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
    
      33}
    
      34
    
      35pkgver() {
    
      36	cd "$srcdir/${_pkgname}"
    
      37	printf "%s" "$(git describe --long | sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g')"
    
      38}
    
      39
    
      40build() {
    
      41	cd "${_pkgname}"
    
      42	msg2 "Setting up NVM to switch NodeJS version..."
    
      43	_ensure_local_nvm
    
      44	nvm install
    
      45        msg2 "Installing yarn packages..."
    
      46	yarn
    
      47	msg2 "Hacky fix until they merge my PR for the linux target..."
    
      48	sed 's/\"win32\"\]/\"win32\"\, \"linux\"]/' forge.config.js > temporaryhackplsignoreuntilmyprismerged
    
      49	mv temporaryhackplsignoreuntilmyprismerged forge.config.js
    
      50	msg2 "Building zip file..."
    
      51        npx electron-forge make --targets @electron-forge/maker-zip
    
      52        cd out/make/zip/linux/x64
    
      53	msg2 "Extracting zip file..."
    
      54	buildzip=$(ls *.zip)
    
      55        bsdtar -xf "${buildzip}"
    
      56}
    
      57
    
      58package() {
    
      59	cd "${_pkgname}/out/make/zip/linux/x64/GB Studio-linux-x64"
    
      60	mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/gb-studio"
    
      61	mkdir "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      62        cp -r ./* "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/gb-studio"
    
      63	ln -s /usr/lib/gb-studio/gb-studio "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/gb-studio"
    
      64
    
      65        install -D -m644 ./LICENSES.chromium.html "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
    
      66        install -D -m644 ./LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/COPYRIGHT"
    
      67}
    
      68

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2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	2
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	2
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2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2
2026-07-15 00:09:25	LOW	2