gitify-git

maintainer xiota · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The PKGBUILD is a legitimate AUR package for the Gitify GitHub notification app. The flagged pattern (npm install -g pnpm) installs pnpm from the official npm registry, which is a well-known, audited package manager. This is sloppy packaging — pnpm should be in makedepends or installed via a proper AUR dependency — but it is not malicious. The rest of the build process is standard: cloning from the official GitHub repo, using nvm to manage Node.js versions, building with electron-builder against the system electron, and packaging the result. No obfuscated payloads, no exfiltration, no attacker-controlled hosts. The only real concern is the undeclared runtime dependency on pnpm fetched at build time, which is a packaging quality issue rather than a security risk.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this HIGH, but an AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 85%): The PKGBUILD is a legitimate AUR package for the Gitify GitHub notification app. The flagged pattern (npm install -g pnpm) installs pnpm from the official npm registry, which is a well-known, audited package manager. This is sloppy packaging — pnpm should be in makedepends or installed via a proper AUR dependency — but it is not malicious. The rest of the build process is standard: cloning from the official GitHub repo, using nvm to manage Node.js versions, building with electron-builder against the system electron, and packaging the result. No obfuscated payloads, no exfiltration, no attacker-controlled hosts. The only real concern is the undeclared runtime dependency on pnpm fetched at build time, which is a packaging quality issue rather than a security risk.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

HIGH npm/yarn/pnpm install of an undeclared external package npm_install_external

Runs `npm/yarn/pnpm install <package>` for a package not in source=(), pulling unpinned, unreviewed code at build time.

PKGBUILD:81 npm install -g pnpm

PKGBUILD

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      1# Maintainer:
    
      2# Contributor: Brad Johnson <bradsk88@gmail.com>
    
      3
    
      4: ${_install_path:=usr/share}
    
      5: ${_electron_version=}
    
      6
    
      7_pkgname="gitify"
    
      8pkgname="$_pkgname-git"
    
      9pkgver=6.17.0.r36.g75e2e19
    
      10pkgrel=1
    
      11pkgdesc="GitHub tray icon and notifications"
    
      12url="https://github.com/gitify-app/gitify"
    
      13license=('MIT')
    
      14arch=("any")
    
      15
    
      16depends=(
    
      17  "electron${_electron_version:-}"
    
      18)
    
      19makedepends=(
    
      20  'git'
    
      21  'libicns'
    
      22  'nvm'
    
      23)
    
      24
    
      25provides=("$_pkgname")
    
      26conflicts=(
    
      27  "$_pkgname"
    
      28  'gitify-bin'
    
      29)
    
      30
    
      31_pkgsrc="$_pkgname"
    
      32source=("git+$url.git${_commit:+#commit=$_commit}")
    
      33sha256sums=('SKIP')
    
      34
    
      35pkgver() {
    
      36  cd "$_pkgsrc"
    
      37  git describe --long --tags --abbrev=7 \
    
      38    | sed -E 's/^[^0-9]*//;s/([^-]*-g)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
    
      39}
    
      40
    
      41prepare() {
    
      42  icns2png -x "$_pkgsrc/assets/images/app-icon.icns"
    
      43  mv app-icon_512x512x32.png "$_pkgname.png"
    
      44}
    
      45
    
      46_nvm_env() {
    
      47  # avoid cluttering user home
    
      48  export HOME="$srcdir/node-home"
    
      49  export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
    
      50  export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
    
      51  export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
    
      52
    
      53  export NVM_DIR="$srcdir/node-nvm"
    
      54
    
      55  export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
    
      56
    
      57  export NODE_ENV=production
    
      58  _nodeversion=$(cat "$_pkgsrc/.nvmrc")
    
      59
    
      60  # set up nvm
    
      61  source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
    
      62  nvm install $_nodeversion
    
      63  nvm use $_nodeversion
    
      64}
    
      65
    
      66build() (
    
      67  _nvm_env
    
      68
    
      69  local _electron_version=$(cat /usr/lib/electron${_electron_version:-}/version)
    
      70  local _electron_builder_options=(
    
      71    --linux dir
    
      72    --publish never
    
      73    -c.electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electron_version%%.*}"
    
      74    -c.electronVersion="${_electron_version:?}"
    
      75  )
    
      76
    
      77  sed -E -e 's#("electron"): "[^"]+",#\1: "'${_electron_version}'",#' \
    
      78    -i "$_pkgsrc/package.json"
    
      79
    
      80  cd "$_pkgsrc"
    
      81  npm install -g pnpm
    
      82  NODE_ENV=development pnpm install --ignore-scripts
    
      83
    
      84  pnpm run build
    
      85  pnpm -c exec "electron-builder ${_electron_builder_options[*]}"
    
      86)
    
      87
    
      88package() {
    
      89  local _electron_version=$(cat /usr/lib/electron${_electron_version:-}/version)
    
      90  depends=("electron${_electron_version%%.*}")
    
      91
    
      92  mkdir -pm755 "$pkgdir/$_install_path/$_pkgname"
    
      93  cp "$_pkgsrc/dist/linux-unpacked/resources"/* "$pkgdir/$_install_path/$_pkgname/"
    
      94
    
      95  install -Dm644 "$_pkgname.png" -t "$pkgdir/$_install_path/pixmaps/"
    
      96
    
      97  install -Dm644 "$_pkgsrc/LICENSE" -t "$pkgdir/$_install_path/licenses/$pkgname/"
    
      98
    
      99  install -Dm755 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/$_install_path/applications/$_pkgname.desktop" << END
    
      100[Desktop Entry]
    
      101Type=Application
    
      102Name=${_pkgname^}
    
      103Comment=$pkgdesc
    
      104Exec=$_pkgname %U
    
      105Icon=$_pkgname
    
      106Terminal=false
    
      107StartupWMClass=${_pkgname^}
    
      108Categories=Development;
    
      109END
    
      110
    
      111  install -Dm755 /dev/stdin "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$_pkgname" << END
    
      112#!/usr/bin/env bash
    
      113
    
      114name=$_pkgname
    
      115flags_file="\${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-\$HOME/.config}/\${name}-flags.conf"
    
      116
    
      117lines=()
    
      118if [[ -f "\${flags_file}" ]]; then
    
      119  mapfile -t lines < "\${flags_file}"
    
      120fi
    
      121
    
      122flags=()
    
      123for line in "\${lines[@]}"; do
    
      124  if [[ ! "\${line}" =~ ^[[:space:]]*#.* ]] && [[ -n "\${line}" ]]; then
    
      125    flags+=("\${line}")
    
      126  fi
    
      127done
    
      128
    
      129: \${ELECTRON_IS_DEV:=0}
    
      130export ELECTRON_IS_DEV
    
      131: \${ELECTRON_FORCE_IS_PACKAGED:=true}
    
      132export ELECTRON_FORCE_IS_PACKAGED
    
      133
    
      134exec electron${_electron_version%%.*} "/$_install_path/\${name}/app.asar" "\${flags[@]}" "\$@"
    
      135END
    
      136}
    
      137

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