zcode-bin

LOW
maintainer AnRan 3 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658
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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt .deb from the project's own CDN (cdn-zcode.z.ai), which is plausibly official; the source is not from a swappable host like a personal file locker, and the build process only repackages and patches paths in the official binary, with no evidence of malicious behavior.

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 downloads a prebuilt .deb from the project's own CDN (cdn-zcode.z.ai), which is plausibly official; the source is not from a swappable host like a personal file locker, and the build process only repackages and patches paths in the official binary, with no evidence of malicious behavior.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)
Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

  • PKGBUILD:32 "${pkgname%-bin}-${pkgver}-x86_64.deb::https://cdn-zcode.z.ai/zcode/electron/releases/${pkgver}/linux-x64/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-linux-x64.deb"

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted
1# Maintainer: AnRan <2318621872 at qq dot com>
2# Contributor: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com> (launcher script approach)
3pkgname=zcode-bin
4_pkgname=ZCode
5pkgver=3.11.2
6_electronversion=41
7pkgrel=1
8pkgdesc="ZCode - AI-powered code editor by ZAI"
9arch=('x86_64')
10url="https://zcode.z.ai/"
11license=('LicenseRef-ZCode')
12depends=(
13 "electron${_electronversion}"
14 'python'
15 'python-reportlab'
16 'python-lxml'
17 'python-pillow'
18 'python-defusedxml'
19 'libstdc++'
20 'nodejs'
21 'libgcc'
22 'ripgrep'
23 'xdg-utils'
24)
25makedepends=(
26 'asar'
27)
28options=(
29 '!strip'
30)
31source=(
32 "${pkgname%-bin}-${pkgver}-x86_64.deb::https://cdn-zcode.z.ai/zcode/electron/releases/${pkgver}/linux-x64/${_pkgname}-${pkgver}-linux-x64.deb"
33 "LICENSE"
34 "${pkgname%-bin}.sh"
35)
36# First entry: upstream .deb, pinned by zcode-update-checker.sh on each update.
37# LICENSE and zcode.sh are local repo files tracked by git, kept as SKIP.
38sha256sums=('7d13b838631302cf61e1b8040cb67f349ec23566795897f1746432c5c5d77d5b'
39 'SKIP'
40 'SKIP')
41
42_get_app_dir() {
43 find "${srcdir}" -type f -name "resources.pak" -exec dirname {} + | head -n 1
44}
45
46_check_electron_version() {
47 echo "Verifying Electron version..."
48 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
49 local _main_exe=""
50 if [[ -n "${_app_dir}" ]]; then
51 _main_exe=$(find "${_app_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -printf '%s %p\n' | sort -nr | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f2-)
52 fi
53 if [[ -n "${_main_exe}" ]]; then
54 local _elec_ver=$(strings "${_main_exe}" | grep '^Chrome/[0-9.]* Electron/[0-9]' | cut -d'/' -f3 | cut -d'.' -f1 | head -n 1)
55 if [[ -n "${_elec_ver}" ]]; then
56 if [[ "${_elec_ver}" != "${_electronversion}" ]]; then
57 echo -e "\033[1;31mWarning: Electron version mismatch! Detected: ${_elec_ver}, Expected: ${_electronversion}\033[0m"
58 else
59 echo -e "Electron version verified: \033[1;31m${_elec_ver}\033[0m"
60 fi
61 fi
62 else
63 echo -e "\033[1;33mNote: Could not find Electron binary for version verification.\033[0m"
64 fi
65}
66
67prepare() {
68 bsdtar -xf "${srcdir}/data."*
69 _check_electron_version
70
71 # Substitute placeholders in launcher script
72 sed -i -e "
73 s/@electronversion@/${_electronversion}/g
74 s/@appname@/${pkgname%-bin}/g
75 s/@runname@/app.asar/g
76 s/@cfgdirname@/${_pkgname}/g
77 " "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-bin}.sh"
78
79 # Fix .desktop file: remove /opt/ZCode/ prefix so Exec references the launcher directly
80 sed -i "s/\/opt\/${_pkgname}\///g" "${srcdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-bin}.desktop"
81
82 # Unpack app.asar, patch process.resourcesPath, and repack
83 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
84 asar e "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar" "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked"
85 rm -rf "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar"
86 find "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked/out" -type f -exec sed -i "s/process.resourcesPath/'\/usr\/lib\/${pkgname%-bin}'/g" {} +
87 asar p "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked" "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar"
88 rm -rf "${srcdir}/app.asar.unpacked"
89
90 # Use system ripgrep instead of bundled
91 ln -sf "/usr/bin/rg" "${_app_dir}/resources/tools/ripgrep/rg"
92
93 # Remove unnecessary files to reduce package size
94 rm -rf \
95 "${_app_dir}/resources/"{apparmor-profile,package-type} \
96 "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lydell" \
97 "${_app_dir}/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/node-pty/"{bin,deps/winpty,prebuilds/{darwin-*,win32-*,linux-arm64}}
98}
99
100package() {
101 # Install launcher script
102 install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/${pkgname%-bin}.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/${pkgname%-bin}"
103
104 # Install app resources
105 install -Dm755 -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-bin}"
106 local _app_dir=$(_get_app_dir)
107 cp -a "${_app_dir}/resources/." "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/${pkgname%-bin}/"
108
109 # Install .desktop file
110 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname%-bin}.desktop" -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications"
111
112 # Install icons
113 find "${srcdir}" -type f \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.svg" \) -path "*share/icons/*" | while read -r _i; do
114 _extension="${_i##*.}"
115 _icon_path="${_i#*share/icons/}"
116 _target_dir="/usr/share/icons/$(dirname "${_icon_path}")"
117 install -Dm644 "${_i}" "${pkgdir}${_target_dir}/${pkgname%-bin}.${_extension}"
118 done
119
120 # Install license
121 install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
122}
123

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-05 00:16
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-09-17 00:27
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Contributor: zxp19821005 <zxp19821005 at 163 dot com> (launcher script approach)
pkgname=zcode-bin
_pkgname=ZCode
-pkgver=3.10.1
+pkgver=3.11.2
_electronversion=41
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="ZCode - AI-powered code editor by ZAI"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
)
# First entry: upstream .deb, pinned by zcode-update-checker.sh on each update.
# LICENSE and zcode.sh are local repo files tracked by git, kept as SKIP.
-sha256sums=('1deceec01e0545a4c7f8e26516269b1e845dfc3524598b1655e38bc61acbf08b'
+sha256sums=('7d13b838631302cf61e1b8040cb67f349ec23566795897f1746432c5c5d77d5b'
'SKIP'
'SKIP')

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