datasette-apps

v0.1a0 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

Create apps that live inside Datasette

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package has a moderate risk score due to its novelty and lack of community engagement, despite showing no direct signs of malicious intent.

  • New package with limited maintainer history
  • Limited community engagement
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package requires network functionality.
  • Shell: Shell execution might be part of package functionality but needs verification if it handles commands securely.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious activity related to code obfuscation.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, suggesting the package does not pose a risk for stealing secrets or credentials.
  • Metadata: The package is new, with no community engagement and limited maintainer history, raising suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

Shell / Subprocess Execution score 2.0

Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)

  • ] self.process = subprocess.Popen( command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

Git Repository History score 2.5

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
Maintainer History score 6.0

3 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Package uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-04T22:46:24.000Z)
  • Author "Simon Willison" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)