gui-butler
The package downloads a prebuilt butler binary from itch.zone, a non-whitelisted but project-related host; however, it is used as a bundled tool and not executed directly in a risky context, and the rest of the build uses verifiable source from GitHub, making the overall risk low.
Triggered rules
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 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt butler binary from itch.zone, a non-whitelisted but project-related host; however, it is used as a bundled tool and not executed directly in a risky context, and the rest of the build uses verifiable source from GitHub, making the overall risk low.
1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
source_untrusted_domain
One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).
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PKGBUILD:31
"butler-${pkgver}.zip::https://broth.itch.zone/butler/linux-amd64/LATEST/archive/default"
PKGBUILD
1 offending line(s) highlighted# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
pkgname=gui-butler
pkgver=2.3.4
_electronversion=28
_nodeversion=20
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="A wrapper for itch.io's butler which lets you take advantage of the basic features without having to go through a CLI or set up build scripts for each new project.(Use system-wide electron)"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://seansleblanc.itch.io/gui-butler"
_ghurl="https://github.com/seleb/gui-butler"
license=('MIT')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
noextract=("butler-${pkgver}.zip")
depends=(
"electron${_electronversion}"
'nodejs'
)
makedepends=(
'npm'
'gendesk'
'nvm'
'curl'
'git'
)
options=(
'!strip'
'!emptydirs'
)
source=(
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${_ghurl}#tag=v${pkgver}"
"butler-${pkgver}.zip::https://broth.itch.zone/butler/linux-amd64/LATEST/archive/default"
"${pkgname}.sh"
)
sha256sums=('94ef03cda13f5668bc6d6d3cf076b6f58b1d1c9be494e297e3115b2253d13bfc'
'bee1d708b5ed3dc7efcda3b5416ad5ca87a04d7e5fb6ebada510f3ba0cba3b69'
'f2fe8c189974ffb9d445e9a42bd4f1d5b60185607c3fcafae79ab44be224e013')
_ensure_local_nvm() {
export NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
}
prepare() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
sed -i -e "
s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
s/@runname@/app/g
s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
s/@options@/env ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto/g
" "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
_ensure_local_nvm
gendesk -f -n -q \
--pkgname="${pkgname}" \
--pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
--categories="Development" \
--name="${pkgname}" \
--exec="${pkgname} %U"
export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
{
echo -e '\n'
#echo 'build_from_source=true'
echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
echo "maxsockets=32"
} >> .npmrc
if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
{
echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
} >> .npmrc
find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
fi
sed -i "s/favicon\.ico/favicon\.png/g" package.json
NODE_ENV=development npm install --force
install -Dm755 -d "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/bin/${pkgname}-linux-x64/resources/app/butler"
bsdtar -xf "${srcdir}/butler-${pkgver}.zip" -C "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/bin/${pkgname}-linux-x64/resources/app/butler"
}
build() {
cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
NODE_ENV=production npm run build
}
package() {
install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
cp -Pr --no-preserve=ownership "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/bin/${pkgname}-linux-x64/resources/app" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/favicon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
}
Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 00:27:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-16 00:03:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 00:25:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-14 00:27:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-13 00:19:54 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-12 00:25:17 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-11 00:19:22 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 00:22:44 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 00:04:09 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-08 00:18:08 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-07 00:30:15 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-06 00:17:06 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-05 00:16:27 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-04 00:03:13 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 00:15:47 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 00:02:31 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 00:11:19 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 00:19:57 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-30 00:04:14 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 00:29:17 | Low | 2 |