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 command so you can get useful information about an npm package, right in the terminal.

In this release, we display the package's scores whenever you run the 

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We use a similar rating and color coding system as on the Socket website to indicate the score health. Green represents a healthy metric with low risk, orange is medium, and red is a poor metric with potential high risk.

For example, this is what the output looks like for TypeScript version 5.3.2.

If an npm package has security issues, the 

 command will now display a list of these issues, with a link to get more information for each issue. 

If you want to learn more about other issues, check out the comprehensive 

If you do not know the exact version of a package, you can now use its dist tags. For example, you can run the command 

Also, if you'd like to get information about the latest version of a package, you can use the 

 dist tag or only use the package name, without specifying a version, for example, 

We're regularly making improvements to the Socket CLI, working towards a version 1.0 release. If you'd like to learn more about all the commands and features available, please check out 

We just released v0.9.0 of the Socket CLI with some improvements to the socket info command so you can get useful information about an npm package, right in the terminal.

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Install the Socket GitHub app to receive real-time dependency scanning and reports with every pull request.

Integrate Socket into your GitHub SCM to prevent risky dependencies from being installed.

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Integrate Socket into your VS Code IDE to prevent risky dependencies from being installed.

Get a POST request anytime Socket runs a new analysis, has a new finding, or a policy has changed.

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Create API tokens to authenticate with the Socket API and CLI.

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Socket CLI v0.9.0 Now Available

We just released v0.9.0 of the Socket CLI with some improvements to the socket info command so you can get useful information about an npm package, right in the terminal.

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Socket CLI v0.9.0 Now Available

We just released v0.9.0 of the Socket CLI with some improvements to the socket info command so you can get useful information about an npm package, right in the terminal.

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View a package's issues#

Use dist tags#

What's next#

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