modrinth-enhanced-bin
The package installs a prebuilt binary from a GitHub release by a third party, but it is a modified version of a legitimate app and the source is transparent; the build process adds a minor shim and wrapper script, with no evidence of malicious behavior.
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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package installs a prebuilt binary from a GitHub release by a third party, but it is a modified version of a legitimate app and the source is transparent; the build process adds a minor shim and wrapper script, with no evidence of malicious behavior.
PKGBUILD
# Maintainer: Felitendo
# This PKGBUILD is updated automatically:
# https://github.com/Felitendo/PKGBUILDS
pkgname=modrinth-enhanced-bin
pkgver=0.21.2
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Modrinth App without ads or telemetry, with offline and Ely.by accounts and Linux fixes (upstream binary)"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/Felitendo/Modrinth-Enhanced"
license=('GPL-3.0-only')
depends=('cairo' 'dbus' 'gdk-pixbuf2' 'glib2' 'glibc' 'gtk3' 'hicolor-icon-theme'
'libdrm' 'libgcc' 'libsoup3' 'webkit2gtk-4.1'
# loaded by Minecraft, not by the launcher
'libgl' 'libpulse' 'libx11' 'libxcursor' 'libxext' 'libxxf86vm')
optdepends=('xorg-xrandr: for older Minecraft versions')
provides=('modrinth-enhanced')
conflicts=('modrinth-enhanced')
options=('!strip' '!debug')
# A new revision of the patches on the same Modrinth App release is tagged
# v0.21.2-2, which pkgver spells 0.21.2.r2; see pkg.sh.
_tag="v0.21.2"
_asset="Modrinth.Enhanced_0.21.2_amd64.deb"
# With the NVIDIA driver WebKitGTK paces the app with a 60 fps timer whatever
# the monitor's refresh rate. vblank-shim.c, preloaded by modrinth-enhanced.sh,
# paces it at the monitor's rate instead and keeps the app on X11, the only
# place that works; it is not part of upstream's release.
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://github.com/Felitendo/Modrinth-Enhanced/releases/download/${_tag}/${_asset}"
"vblank-shim.c"
"modrinth-enhanced.sh")
noextract=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb")
sha256sums=('32ed32575050b4ac1a990b54a894e82c17860a48d5a228ce0d1ce7fc2c9d5d6f' '0190921b8ff2fb1deec3209cba71c01541ca1f013e3ba41680f1636e185fd455' 'b24872f82645c52ee4804599cd678d138876fb193c754403fa9c5cf92bd745b9')
build() {
# GLib for its headers only: the shim looks GTK and GLib up at run time
gcc $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -shared -fPIC -o libwebkit-vblank-shim.so vblank-shim.c \
$(pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags --libs libdrm)
}
package() {
bsdtar -xOf "$srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb" 'data.tar.*' \
| bsdtar -xpf - -C "$pkgdir" usr
# the binary moves behind the script that preloads the shim
install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced"
mv "$pkgdir/usr/bin/ModrinthEnhanced" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced/"
install -Dm755 libwebkit-vblank-shim.so -t "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced/"
install -Dm755 modrinth-enhanced.sh "$pkgdir/usr/bin/ModrinthEnhanced"
ln -s ModrinthEnhanced "$pkgdir/usr/bin/modrinth-enhanced"
}
Changes since previous scan
--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-15 19:20+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-15 21:20@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ pkgname=modrinth-enhanced-bin pkgver=0.21.2-pkgrel=1+pkgrel=2 pkgdesc="Modrinth App without ads or telemetry, with offline and Ely.by accounts and Linux fixes (upstream binary)" arch=('x86_64') url="https://github.com/Felitendo/Modrinth-Enhanced" license=('GPL-3.0-only') depends=('cairo' 'dbus' 'gdk-pixbuf2' 'glib2' 'glibc' 'gtk3' 'hicolor-icon-theme'- 'libgcc' 'libsoup3' 'webkit2gtk-4.1'+ 'libdrm' 'libgcc' 'libsoup3' 'webkit2gtk-4.1' # loaded by Minecraft, not by the launcher 'libgl' 'libpulse' 'libx11' 'libxcursor' 'libxext' 'libxxf86vm') optdepends=('xorg-xrandr: for older Minecraft versions')@@ -21,13 +21,31 @@ # v0.21.2-2, which pkgver spells 0.21.2.r2; see pkg.sh. _tag="v0.21.2" _asset="Modrinth.Enhanced_0.21.2_amd64.deb"-source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://github.com/Felitendo/Modrinth-Enhanced/releases/download/${_tag}/${_asset}")+# With the NVIDIA driver WebKitGTK paces the app with a 60 fps timer whatever+# the monitor's refresh rate. vblank-shim.c, preloaded by modrinth-enhanced.sh,+# paces it at the monitor's rate instead and keeps the app on X11, the only+# place that works; it is not part of upstream's release.+source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb::https://github.com/Felitendo/Modrinth-Enhanced/releases/download/${_tag}/${_asset}"+ "vblank-shim.c"+ "modrinth-enhanced.sh") noextract=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb")-sha256sums=('32ed32575050b4ac1a990b54a894e82c17860a48d5a228ce0d1ce7fc2c9d5d6f')+sha256sums=('32ed32575050b4ac1a990b54a894e82c17860a48d5a228ce0d1ce7fc2c9d5d6f' '0190921b8ff2fb1deec3209cba71c01541ca1f013e3ba41680f1636e185fd455' 'b24872f82645c52ee4804599cd678d138876fb193c754403fa9c5cf92bd745b9')++build() {+ # GLib for its headers only: the shim looks GTK and GLib up at run time+ gcc $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -shared -fPIC -o libwebkit-vblank-shim.so vblank-shim.c \+ $(pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0) $(pkg-config --cflags --libs libdrm)+} package() { bsdtar -xOf "$srcdir/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.deb" 'data.tar.*' \ | bsdtar -xpf - -C "$pkgdir" usr++ # the binary moves behind the script that preloads the shim+ install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced"+ mv "$pkgdir/usr/bin/ModrinthEnhanced" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced/"+ install -Dm755 libwebkit-vblank-shim.so -t "$pkgdir/usr/lib/modrinth-enhanced/"+ install -Dm755 modrinth-enhanced.sh "$pkgdir/usr/bin/ModrinthEnhanced" ln -s ModrinthEnhanced "$pkgdir/usr/bin/modrinth-enhanced" } Scan history
| Scanned at (UTC) | Severity | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 21:20:38 | Low | 2 |
| 2026-09-15 19:20:17 | Medium | 2 |