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prettier — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of prettier on npm: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 9/20/2026
Approvedprettier@2.8.8View on registry ↗latest: 2.8.8

Prettier 2.8.8 is the legitimate, widely-used code formatter. No static findings, only standard package files present, and sandbox install succeeded with no suspicious behavior observed.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter that parses and reformats source code. It ships with multiple language-specific parsers and supports both CLI and library usage.

Capabilities

  • Code formatting
  • Multiple language parsers (babel, html, markdown, graphql, yaml, etc.)
  • CLI entry via bin-prettier.js
  • Standalone and ESM builds

Data access

  • Filesystem

Network

  • No network access observed

Widely used formatter with zero dependencies and no observed network or post-install behavior; standard low-risk utility for developers.

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter

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Files in package (56)

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