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cyberMEDIUM2026-05-07 12:38 UTC

Before Cloning a GitHub Repository: How to Check If It’s Safe

As developers, we clone GitHub repositories almost every day. Sometimes to learn a new framework, sometimes to test an open-source project, and sometimes simply because a repository looks interesting. But here’s the problem: Running unknown code on your machine can be risky. A simple npm install, pi

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