ghost-chat

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The package installs 'wails3' via 'go install' from a public module, which is a common build step for Go-based projects and not inherently malicious, though it reduces supply-chain control.

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-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package installs 'wails3' via 'go install' from a public module, which is a common build step for Go-based projects and not inherently malicious, though it reduces supply-chain control.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
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:76 go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=ghost-chat
3_pkgname=GhostChat
4pkgver=4.6.0
5_nodeversion=24
6pkgrel=1
7pkgdesc="A Standalone chat overlay for Twitch, Kick, YouTube and other streaming platforms."
8arch=('any')
9url="https://github.com/Enubia/ghost-chat"
10license=('LicenseRef-DBAD')
11conflicts=("${pkgname}")
12depends=(
13 'webkitgtk-6.0'
14 'gtk3'
15)
16makedepends=(
17 'pnpm'
18 'npm'
19 'gendesk'
20 'go'
21 'nvm'
22 'curl'
23 'git'
24)
25source=(
26 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
27 "modifiers_linux.go"
28)
29sha256sums=('6ed8a00c74cbcee1f5ee5fb814acd376cafdbd2b980afca1a978d1d18e8a9e50'
30 '131035c2816a154359af542ff002e53f48419311e6ab083eb9f944a5e2f0d24c')
31_ensure_local_nvm() {
32 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
33 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
34 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
35 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
36}
37_set_build_env() {
38 export HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
39 export PATH="${HOME}/go/bin:$PATH"
40 export CGO_ENABLED=1
41 export GO111MODULE=on
42 export GOOS=linux
43 export GOCACHE="${srcdir}/go-build"
44 export GOMODCACHE="${srcdir}/go/pkg/mod"
45 {
46 export PNPM_LINK_WORKSPACE_PACKAGES=true
47 export PNPM_FETCH_RETRY_MAXTIMEOUT=10000
48 export PNPM_CACHE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_cache"
49 export PNPM_STORE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_store"
50 export PNPM_VIRTUAL_STORE_DIR="${srcdir}/.pnpm_store"
51 export PNPM_SHAMEFULLY_HOIST=true
52 export PNPM_VIRTUAL_STORE_DIR_MAX_LENGTH=80
53 export PNPM_NODE_LINKER=hoisted
54 export PNPM_NETWORK_CONCURRENCY=32
55 }
56 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
57 {
58 export pnpm_config_registry="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
59 export npm_config_registry="https://registry.npmmirror.com"
60 export NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node"
61 export GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn,direct
62 }
63 fi
64}
65prepare() {
66 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
67 gendesk -f -n -q \
68 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
69 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
70 --categories="Utility" \
71 --name="${_pkgname}" \
72 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
73 _set_build_env
74 _ensure_local_nvm
75 cp "${srcdir}/modifiers_linux.go" internal/hotkey/modifiers_linux.go
76 go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latest
77 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/frontend"
78 NODE_ENV=development pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
79}
80build() {
81 _set_build_env
82 _ensure_local_nvm
83 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build"
84 go mod tidy
85 wails3 generate bindings -f '-tags production -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s -X main.version=v4.0.1"' -clean=true -ts
86 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/frontend"
87 NODE_ENV=production pnpm run build
88 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
89 go build -tags production -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s -X main.version=v4.0.1" -o bin/ghost-chat
90}
91package() {
92 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/bin/${pkgname}" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
93 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/build/appicon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
94 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
95 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE.md" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
96}
97

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