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Feature: Add typosquatting detection #12

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@ProduktEntdecker

Feature Description

Detect packages that look like typos of popular packages:

npm install lodahs   # typo of lodash
npm install axois    # typo of axios

Implementation Ideas

  • Levenshtein distance to popular packages
  • Maintain list of top 1000 npm/pypi packages
  • Warn if name is within edit distance 2

Difficulty: Medium

Priority: Medium


Found in security audit 2024-01-06

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