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6/29/2026
🛡️ NPM Safety Guard — All 23 Security Layers Explained

🛡️ NPM Safety Guard — All 23 Security Layers Explained

Short summary

NPM Safety Guard is a free, open-source IDE extension that detects 23 types of npm supply-chain threats—from malicious packages and typosquatting to exposed secrets and dependency confusion. It catches issues npm audit misses, including unmaintained packages and credential theft. Install free on VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and JetBrains (MIT license).

  • •Detects 23 types of supply-chain threats in npm packages (malware, typosquatting, secrets, dependency confusion)
  • •Catches security issues that npm audit alone misses, including unmaintained packages and AI credential theft
  • •Free, open-source tool available on VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and JetBrains IDEs under MIT license

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