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npm less @4.9.1

score
0.7 high
flagged 2026-11-06 01:07
signals by category
topology 2

maintainers added: —

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
topology
dist_tag_anomaly 0.5 dist-tags.latest=4.9.1 but max published is 5.0.0-alpha.1
shared_repo_different_publisher 0.9 repo 'git+https://github.com/less/less.js.git' also claimed by 1 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@less/test-data']

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

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  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "matthew-dean",
    "cloudhead",
    "meri",
    "seven-phases-max",
    "lukeapage"
  ],
  "versions": 149
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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  },
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  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "matthewdean.me@gmail.com",
      "name": "matthew-dean"
    },
    {
      "email": "alexis@cloudhead.io",
      "name": "cloudhead"
    },
    {
      "email": "sommeridevel@gmail.com",
      "name": "meri"
    },
    {
      "email": "seven.phases.max@gmail.com",
      "name": "seven-phases-max"
    },
    {
      "email": "luke.a.page@gmail.com",
      "name": "lukeapage"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 168,
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/less/less.js.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "node build/rollup.js --dist",
    "grunt": "grunt",
    "lint": "eslint '**/*.{ts,js}'",
    "lint:fix": "eslint '**/*.{ts,js}' --fix",
    "prepublishOnly": "npm run typecheck && grunt dist && grunt test:node",
    "quicktest": "grunt quicktest",
    "test": "grunt test",
    "test:coverage": "c8 -r lcov -r json-summary -r text-summary -r html --include=\"lib/**/*.js\" --include=\"bin/**/*.js\" --exclude=\"dist/**\" --exclude=\"**/*.test.js\" --exclude=\"**/*.spec.js\" --exclude=\"test/**\" --exclude=\"tmp/**\" --exclude=\"**/abstract-file-manager.js\" --exclude=\"**/abstract-plugin-loader.js\" grunt shell:test && node scripts/coverage-report.js && node scripts/coverage-lines.js",
    "test:node": "grunt test:node",
    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "dist_tag_anomaly": "dist-tags.latest=4.9.1 but max published is 5.0.0-alpha.1",
    "shared_repo_different_publisher": "repo 'git+https://github.com/less/less.js.git' also claimed by 1 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@less/test-data']"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2011-01-23T22:28:07.815Z",
    "modified": "2026-10-30T18:06:30.745Z"
  }
}