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npm browserctrl @0.5.2

score
0.9793 high
flagged 2026-06-23 00:51
signals by category
content 1 cadence 1 topology 1 enrichment 1

maintainers added:

package profile →

amplifiers co-occurring signal pairs that lift the final score

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
content
new_install_script 1.0 first time ['postinstall'] present
cadence
rapid_release 0.8 3 versions in last 24h: ['0.5.0', '0.5.1', '0.5.2']
topology
typosquat 1.0 combosquat of 'browse'
enrichment
repo_doesnt_exist 1.0 claimed repo DeRaowl/browserctrl returns 404 on github.com

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

{
  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "deraowl"
  ],
  "versions": 66
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/browserctrl/-/browserctrl-0.5.2.tgz",
    "unpackedSize": 14257
  },
  "dist-tags": {
    "latest": "0.5.2"
  },
  "latest_version": "0.5.2",
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "rahulreddy93m@gmail.com",
      "name": "deraowl"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 69,
  "repository": {
    "directory": "npm/meta",
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/DeRaowl/browserctrl.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "node postinstall.js",
    "prepublishOnly": "cp ../../LICENSE LICENSE",
    "test": "node --test test/"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "_amplifiers": [
      "typosquat + new_install_script: typosquat shape with active payload or stub-rush surface (+0.15)"
    ],
    "new_install_script": "first time ['postinstall'] present",
    "rapid_release": "3 versions in last 24h: ['0.5.0', '0.5.1', '0.5.2']",
    "repo_doesnt_exist": "claimed repo DeRaowl/browserctrl returns 404 on github.com",
    "typosquat": "combosquat of 'browse'"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2026-05-21T11:50:33.132Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-23T05:21:50.606Z"
  }
}