Research
Security News
Kill Switch Hidden in npm Packages Typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar
Socket researchers found several malicious npm packages typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar, targeting Node.js developers with kill switches and data theft.
dice-coefficient
Advanced tools
Install:
npm install dice-coefficient
Use:
var dice = require('dice-coefficient')
dice('abc', 'abc') // => 1
dice('abc', 'xyz') // => 0
dice('night', 'nacht') // => 0.25
dice('night', 'nacht') === dice('NiGhT', 'NACHT') // => true
Install:
npm install -g dice-coefficient
Use:
Usage: dice-coefficient [options] <word> <word>
Sørensen–Dice coefficient
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-v, --version output version number
Usage:
# output edit distance
$ dice-coefficient night nacht
# 0.25
# output edit distance from stdin
$ echo "saturday sunday" | dice-coefficient
# 0.3333333333333333
levenshtein-edit-distance
— Levenshtein edit distancelancaster-stemmer
— Lancaster stemming algorithmdouble-metaphone
— Double Metaphone implementationsoundex-code
— Fast Soundex implementationsyllable
— Syllable count in an English wordFAQs
Sørensen–Dice coefficient
The npm package dice-coefficient receives a total of 4,542 weekly downloads. As such, dice-coefficient popularity was classified as popular.
We found that dice-coefficient demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Research
Security News
Socket researchers found several malicious npm packages typosquatting Chalk and Chokidar, targeting Node.js developers with kill switches and data theft.
Security News
pnpm 10 blocks lifecycle scripts by default to improve security, addressing supply chain attack risks but sparking debate over compatibility and workflow changes.
Product
Socket now supports uv.lock files to ensure consistent, secure dependency resolution for Python projects and enhance supply chain security.