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SANDWORM_MODE: Shai-Hulud-Style npm Worm Hijacks CI Workflows and Poisons AI Toolchains
An emerging npm supply chain attack that infects repos, steals CI secrets, and targets developer AI toolchains for further compromise.
@swc/core-darwin-x64
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@swc/core-darwin-x64This is the x86_64-apple-darwin binary for @swc/core
Babel is a widely-used JavaScript compiler that allows you to use next-generation JavaScript, today. It can transpile ES6 and beyond into backwards compatible JavaScript and handle JSX for React applications. Babel is plugin-based and has a larger ecosystem, but it is generally slower than SWC.
The TypeScript compiler is used to transpile TypeScript code to JavaScript. It provides type checking and the latest ECMAScript features. While TypeScript is powerful for type checking, it is not as fast as SWC for transpilation and does not include minification.
UglifyJS is a JavaScript minifier that can parse, minify, and compress JavaScript files. It is focused on minification and does not handle transpilation or JSX transformation, making it less versatile than SWC but still useful for reducing the size of JavaScript files.
Esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. It can also transpile JavaScript and TypeScript code. Esbuild is known for its speed, which rivals that of SWC, and it has a simple API. However, it does not have as extensive a plugin ecosystem as Babel.
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The npm package @swc/core-darwin-x64 receives a total of 870,589 weekly downloads. As such, @swc/core-darwin-x64 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @swc/core-darwin-x64 demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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