ghost-chat

MEDIUM
maintainer zxp19821005 0 votes scanned 2026-11-01 00:21:48.120785
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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD installs pnpm via npm using a version derived from package.json, which is a remote dependency resolution via an unverifiable source, posing a supply-chain risk if the registry is compromised or spoofed.

Triggered rules

Medium External install via pipx/uv/poetry/cargo/go/gem alt_pkg_manager_install

A non-pip/npm package manager (pipx, uv, poetry, cargo install, go install, gem, conda…) fetches and builds an external package at build time, outside source=() and makepkg's checksums.

  • PKGBUILD:104 go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest
Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD installs pnpm via npm using a version derived from package.json, which is a remote dependency resolution via an unverifiable source, posing a supply-chain risk if the registry is compromised or spoofed.

  • PKGBUILD:88 npm install -g "pnpm@${_pnpmver}" --prefix "${HOME}/.pnpm" \

PKGBUILD

2 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=ghost-chat
3_pkgname=GhostChat
4pkgver=4.9.0
5_nodeversion=24
6pkgrel=1
7pkgdesc="Transparent chat overlay for streamers. Twitch, YouTube, and Kick in one window."
8arch=('any')
9url="https://getghostchat.com/"
10_ghurl="https://github.com/Enubia/ghost-chat"
11license=('LicenseRef-DBAD')
12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
13depends=(
14 'webkitgtk-6.0'
15 'gtk3'
16)
17makedepends=(
18 'pnpm'
19 'npm'
20 'gendesk'
21 'go'
22 'nvm'
23 'git'
24)
25source=(
26 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::${_ghurl}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
27 "modifiers_linux.go"
28)
29sha256sums=('a1de9e2788ea271949669cc2b8aca0f08a87f4426a777e9247002a1adbab96ca'
30 '131035c2816a154359af542ff002e53f48419311e6ab083eb9f944a5e2f0d24c')
31_get_project_dir() {
32 local d
33 while IFS= read -r d; do
34 find "$d" -name "go.mod" -o -name "go.sum" 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && { echo "$d"; return; }
35 done < <(find "${srcdir}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d ! -name '.*')
36}
37_ensure_local_nvm() {
38 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
39 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
40 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
41 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
42}
43_set_go_build_env() {
44 export HOME="${srcdir}/.home"
45 export GOPATH="${HOME}/go"
46 export GOCACHE="${HOME}/go-build"
47 export GOENV="${HOME}/go/env"
48 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
49 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
50 export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
51 export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
52 export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
53 export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
54 export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
55 export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
56 export GOWORK=off
57 mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${GOCACHE}" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}" "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" "$(dirname "${GOENV}")"
58 : > "${GOENV}"
59 export PATH="${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
60}
61_set_pnpm_build_env() {
62 export HOME="${srcdir}/.home"
63 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
64 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
65 export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
66 export XDG_STATE_HOME="${HOME}/.local/state"
67 export PNPM_HOME="${HOME}/.pnpm/bin"
68 export pnpm_config_cache_dir="${HOME}/.pnpm_cache"
69 export pnpm_config_store_dir="${HOME}/.pnpm_store"
70 export pnpm_config_global_dir="${HOME}/.pnpm/global"
71 export pnpm_config_state_dir="${HOME}/.pnpm/state"
72 export pnpm_config_node_linker=hoisted
73 export pnpm_config_minimum_release_age=0
74 export pnpm_config_update_notifier=false
75 export COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY="${COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY:-${NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY:-https://registry.npmjs.org}}"
76 export COREPACK_HOME="${HOME}/.corepack"
77 mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${PNPM_HOME}" "${pnpm_config_cache_dir}" "${pnpm_config_store_dir}" "${pnpm_config_global_dir}" "${pnpm_config_state_dir}" "${COREPACK_HOME}"
78 export PATH="${PNPM_HOME}:${PATH}"
79 local _pnpmver=""
80 local _pkgjson="$(_get_project_dir)/package.json"
81 if [ -f "${_pkgjson}" ]; then
82 _pnpmver="$(grep -o '"packageManager"[^,]*' "${_pkgjson}" 2>/dev/null | grep -oE 'pnpm@[^"+]+' | head -n1 | sed 's/^pnpm@//')"
83 if [ -z "${_pnpmver}" ]; then
84 _pnpmver="$(grep -oE '"pnpm"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]+"' "${_pkgjson}" 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9][0-9.]*' | head -n1)"
85 fi
86 fi
87 if [ -n "${_pnpmver}" ]; then
88 npm install -g "pnpm@${_pnpmver}" --prefix "${HOME}/.pnpm" \
89 --registry "${COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY}"
90 fi
91}
92prepare() {
93 cd "$(_get_project_dir)"
94 gendesk -f -n -q \
95 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
96 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
97 --categories="Utility" \
98 --name="${_pkgname}" \
99 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
100 _ensure_local_nvm
101 _set_pnpm_build_env
102 _set_go_build_env
103 cp "${srcdir}/modifiers_linux.go" internal/hotkey/modifiers_linux.go
104 go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest
105 cd "$(_get_project_dir)/frontend"
106 export NODE_ENV=development
107 pnpm install
108}
109build() {
110 cd "$(_get_project_dir)/build"
111 _ensure_local_nvm
112 _set_pnpm_build_env
113 _set_go_build_env
114 go mod tidy
115 wails3 generate bindings -f '-tags production -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s -X main.version=v4.0.1"' -clean=true -ts
116 cd "$(_get_project_dir)/frontend"
117 export NODE_ENV=production
118 pnpm run build
119 cd "$(_get_project_dir)"
120 go build -tags production -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s -X main.version=v4.0.1" -o bin/ghost-chat
121}
122package() {
123 install -Dm755 "$(_get_project_dir)/bin/${pkgname}" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
124 install -Dm644 "$(_get_project_dir)/build/appicon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/${pkgname}.png"
125 install -Dm644 "$(_get_project_dir)/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
126 install -Dm644 "$(_get_project_dir)/LICENSE.md" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
127}
128

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-10-30 00:29
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-11-01 00:21
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
pkgname=ghost-chat
_pkgname=GhostChat
-pkgver=4.8.0
+pkgver=4.9.0
_nodeversion=24
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Transparent chat overlay for streamers. Twitch, YouTube, and Kick in one window."
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::${_ghurl}/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
"modifiers_linux.go"
)
-sha256sums=('fb4c02c2ad7a5997fd7f37e0b480b51d6493807cb978a9b808243e9bd4c9d65f'
+sha256sums=('a1de9e2788ea271949669cc2b8aca0f08a87f4426a777e9247002a1adbab96ca'
'131035c2816a154359af542ff002e53f48419311e6ab083eb9f944a5e2f0d24c')
_get_project_dir() {
local d
@@ -40,12 +40,25 @@
nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
}
-_set_build_env() {
- export ELECTRON_DIST="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
- export ELECTRON_OVERRIDE_DIST_PATH="${ELECTRON_DIST}"
- export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
- export ELECTRON_BUILDER_OFFLINE=true
- export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/^v//')"
+_set_go_build_env() {
+ export HOME="${srcdir}/.home"
+ export GOPATH="${HOME}/go"
+ export GOCACHE="${HOME}/go-build"
+ export GOENV="${HOME}/go/env"
+ export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
+ export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
+ export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+ export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+ export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+ export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+ export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
+ export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+ export GOWORK=off
+ mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${GOCACHE}" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}" "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" "$(dirname "${GOENV}")"
+ : > "${GOENV}"
+ export PATH="${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
+}
+_set_pnpm_build_env() {
export HOME="${srcdir}/.home"
export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
@@ -75,21 +88,6 @@
npm install -g "pnpm@${_pnpmver}" --prefix "${HOME}/.pnpm" \
--registry "${COREPACK_NPM_REGISTRY}"
fi
- export GOPATH="${HOME}/go"
- export GOCACHE="${HOME}/go-build"
- export GOENV="${HOME}/go/env"
- export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
- export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
- export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
- export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
- export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
- export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
- export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
- export GOTOOLCHAIN=local
- export GOWORK=off
- export PATH="${PATH}:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
- mkdir -p "${HOME}" "${GOCACHE}" "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}" "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" "$(dirname "${GOENV}")"
- : > "${GOENV}"
}
prepare() {
cd "$(_get_project_dir)"
@@ -100,7 +98,8 @@
--name="${_pkgname}" \
--exec="${pkgname} %U"
_ensure_local_nvm
- _set_build_env
+ _set_pnpm_build_env
+ _set_go_build_env
cp "${srcdir}/modifiers_linux.go" internal/hotkey/modifiers_linux.go
go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest
cd "$(_get_project_dir)/frontend"
@@ -108,9 +107,10 @@
pnpm install
}
build() {
- _set_build_env
+ cd "$(_get_project_dir)/build"
_ensure_local_nvm
- cd "$(_get_project_dir)/build"
+ _set_pnpm_build_env
+ _set_go_build_env
go mod tidy
wails3 generate bindings -f '-tags production -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s -X main.version=v4.0.1"' -clean=true -ts
cd "$(_get_project_dir)/frontend"

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