> We've been working on some updates that will allow Deno to easily import npm packages and make the vast majority of npm packages work in Deno within the next three months. This is really huge and will be a huge boost to the Deno ecosystem. On the other hand, I quite enjoyed that it wasn't jacked into NPM. There were reasonable alternatives like https://jspm.org/. This is a big swing at Node and I'll be watching... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

But I really want to make it clear that I'm so incredibly proud of this project and the people who have contributed to it. Snowpack meaningfully pushed the entire web development industry forward, and that's pretty cool. Even if you never use Snowpack directly, the work that we pioneered around npm package handling for ESM is already being built on and improved on across the entire web tooling landscape in... - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

Another option is to use a Dependency Firewall, such as Bytesafe, which allows you to quarantine unwanted open source packages with vulnerabilities or non-compliant licenses. The platform provides a policy engine where you define the open source usage and security rules and the Dependency Firewall does the enforcement. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

There are a few companies in this space that are trying to do the "Security Seal of Approval" thing to various degrees. Tidelift is one company that has a bunch of "catalogs"[0] of packages. I'm not sure how their package metadata is generated though -- maybe semi-manually? There is also Bytesafe[1] which is supposed to help give you a way to "firewall" yourself from unapproved dependencies. I don't think they... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

I was trying bytesafe.dev recently and it was good for me, as it would stop the npm install of any package that had a security issue. But now that I am out of the free trial, it is to limited for me without paying for an upgraded plan. And their support never replies to my requests. Source: about 2 years ago

These steps will let you get your own private repository using Bytesafe:. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago

When using private repositories from Bytesafe, public dependencies will be proxied, pulling any required (and allowed) version into your private Maven repository. Using public repositories like Maven Central as an upstream makes sure you can access your organization's required open source dependencies - while maintaining security and control. - Source: dev.to / over 2 years ago