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npm appium @3.9.0

score
0.7789 high
flagged 2026-11-06 01:08
signals by category
identity 1 topology 2

maintainers added: eglitise

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
identity
maintainer_churn 1.0 added: ['eglitise']
topology
dist_tag_anomaly 0.5 dist-tags.latest=3.9.0 but max published is 4.0.0-beta.0
shared_repo_different_publisher 0.9 repo 'git+https://github.com/appium/appium.git' also claimed by 10 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@appium/test-support', 'npm/@appium/types', 'npm/@appium/universal-xml-plugin'] ...

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

{
  "had_install_script": true,
  "maintainers": [
    "jlipps",
    "nick.mokhnach",
    "kazucocoa",
    "npm",
    "imurchie",
    "dangraham",
    "umut.uzgur"
  ],
  "versions": 460
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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  "dist": {
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    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/appium/-/appium-3.9.0.tgz",
    "unpackedSize": 1159863
  },
  "dist-tags": {
    "beta": "4.0.0-beta.7",
    "fake": "1.20.0-fake.0",
    "latest": "3.9.0",
    "next": "2.0.1",
    "rc": "3.0.0-rc.2"
  },
  "latest_version": "3.9.0",
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "jlipps@gmail.com",
      "name": "jlipps"
    },
    {
      "email": "mokhnach@gmail.com",
      "name": "nick.mokhnach"
    },
    {
      "email": "fly.49.89.over@gmail.com",
      "name": "kazucocoa"
    },
    {
      "email": "edgars.eglitis@outlook.com",
      "name": "eglitise"
    },
    {
      "email": "npm@npmjs.com",
      "name": "npm"
    },
    {
      "email": "isaac@saucelabs.com",
      "name": "imurchie"
    },
    {
      "email": "dan@saucelabs.com",
      "name": "dangraham"
    },
    {
      "email": "umutuzgur@gmail.com",
      "name": "umut.uzgur"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 472,
  "repository": {
    "directory": "packages/appium",
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/appium/appium.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build:docs": "node docs/scripts/build-docs.js",
    "build:docs:cli": "node docs/scripts/gen-cli-args-docs.js",
    "build:docs:preview": "cross-env APPIUM_DOCS_PREVIEW=1 npm run build:docs",
    "build:docs:reference": "node docs/scripts/build-reference.js",
    "check:docs:llmstxt": "node docs/scripts/check-llmstxt.js",
    "dev:docs": "npm run dev:docs:en",
    "dev:docs:en": "appium-docs build --serve --mkdocs-yml ./docs/mkdocs-en.yml",
    "dev:docs:ja": "appium-docs build --serve --mkdocs-yml ./docs/mkdocs-ja.yml",
    "dev:docs:zh": "appium-docs build --serve --mkdocs-yml ./docs/mkdocs-zh.yml",
    "install-docs-deps": "appium-docs init --no-mkdocs",
    "postinstall": "node ./scripts/autoinstall-extensions.js",
    "publish:docs": "cross-env APPIUM_DOCS_PUBLISH=1 npm run build:docs",
    "test": "npm run test:unit",
    "test:e2e": "node --test --enable-source-maps --test-force-exit --test-concurrency=1 --test-timeout=200000 \"./build/test/e2e/**/*.spec.js\"",
    "test:smoke": "cross-env APPIUM_HOME=./local_appium_home node ./index.js driver install uiautomator2 && cross-env APPIUM_HOME=./local_appium_home node ./index.js driver list",
    "test:unit": "node --test --enable-source-maps --test-timeout=5000 \"./build/test/unit/**/*.spec.js\""
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "dist_tag_anomaly": "dist-tags.latest=3.9.0 but max published is 4.0.0-beta.0",
    "maintainer_churn": "added: ['eglitise']",
    "shared_repo_different_publisher": "repo 'git+https://github.com/appium/appium.git' also claimed by 10 package(s) under different publishers: ['npm/@appium/test-support', 'npm/@appium/types', 'npm/@appium/universal-xml-plugin'] ..."
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2013-01-22T00:36:11.275Z",
    "modified": "2026-10-31T21:18:11.384Z"
  }
}