witsy

maintainer zxp19821005 · 0 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287
LOW
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Why flagged The npm install runs in a controlled build environment, uses a locked package.json from the source repo, and only adds a declared dev dependency for building with system Electron; no untrusted external code is executed.

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-07-25) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 90%): The npm install runs in a controlled build environment, uses a locked package.json from the source repo, and only adds a declared dev dependency for building with system Electron; no untrusted external code is executed.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
MEDIUM 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. Severity downgraded: the package declares/looks like a Node.js consumer, where build-time installs are expected.

  • PKGBUILD:79 NODE_ENV=development npm add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron

PKGBUILD

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1# Maintainer: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com>
2pkgname=witsy
3_pkgname=Witsy
4pkgver=3.5.2
5_electronversion=38
6_nodeversion=22
7pkgrel=2
8pkgdesc="Generative AI desktop application.(Use system-wide electron)"
9arch=('any')
10url="https://github.com/Kochava-Studios/witsy"
11license=('Apache-2.0')
12conflicts=("${pkgname}")
13depends=(
14 "electron${_electronversion}"
15 'libevdev'
16 'java-runtime'
17)
18makedepends=(
19 'gendesk'
20 'npm'
21 'nvm'
22 'curl'
23 'git'
24 'jq'
25)
26source=(
27 "${pkgname}-${pkgver}::git+${url}#tag=v${pkgver}"
28 "${pkgname}.sh"
29)
30sha256sums=('34700f1f741cef1f61d040448f6eb50c93be1adc351bdf895489d3f92b84d38f'
31 '31ad33b633744f5361abd964be306cea53ae1050e760c787115f7eca60045ae6')
32_ensure_local_nvm() {
33 local NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
34 source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
35 nvm install "${_nodeversion}"
36 nvm use "${_nodeversion}"
37}
38_get_electron_version() {
39 _elec_ver=$(jq -r '.devDependencies["electron"] // .dependencies["electron"]' "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/package.json" | tr -d '^')
40 _main_ver=$(echo "${_elec_ver}" | cut -d. -f1)
41 echo -e "The electron version is: \033[1;31m${_main_ver}\033[0m"
42}
43prepare() {
44 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
45 _get_electron_version
46 sed -i -e "
47 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
48 s/@appname@/${pkgname}/g
49 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
50 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
51 s/@options@/env ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=auto/g
52 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh"
53 gendesk -q -f -n \
54 --pkgname="${pkgname}" \
55 --pkgdesc="${pkgdesc}" \
56 --categories="Utility" \
57 --name="${_pkgname}" \
58 --exec="${pkgname} %U"
59 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
60 export SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION="$(electron${_electronversion} -v | sed 's/v//g')"
61 HOME="${srcdir}/.electron-gyp"
62 {
63 echo -e '\n'
64 #echo 'build_from_source=true'
65 echo "cache=${srcdir}/.npm_cache"
66 echo "maxsockets=32"
67 } >> .npmrc
68 if [[ "$(curl -s ipinfo.io/country)" == *"CN"* ]]; then
69 {
70 echo 'registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com'
71 echo 'electron_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron/'
72 echo 'electron_builder_binaries_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/electron-builder-binaries/'
73 } >> .npmrc
74 find ./ -type f -name "package-lock.json" -exec sed -i "s/registry.npmjs.org/registry.npmmirror.com/g" {} +
75 fi
76 _ensure_local_nvm
77 sed -i "s/\"electron\": \"[^\"]*\"/\"electron\": \"${SYSTEM_ELECTRON_VERSION}\"/g" package.json
78 NODE_ENV=development npm install
79 NODE_ENV=development npm add -D @electron-forge/plugin-local-electron
80}
81build() {
82 cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
83 _ensure_local_nvm
84 export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
85 local electronDist="/usr/lib/electron${_electronversion}"
86 sed -i "/^[[:space:]]*plugins:[[:space:]]*\[.*\$/a\\
87 {\\
88 name: \"@electron-forge/plugin-local-electron\",\\
89 config: {\\
90 electronPath: \'${electronDist}\',\\
91 },\\
92 }," forge.config.*
93 NODE_ENV=production npm run package
94}
95package() {
96 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname}"
97 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}"
98 cp -a "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/out/${_pkgname}-linux-"*"/resources/". "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname}/"
99 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/assets/icon.png" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/${pkgname}.png"
100 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${pkgname}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
101 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
102}
103

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