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)

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