Gathering detailed insights and metrics for @brainsights/opn
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for @brainsights/opn
Open stuff like URLs, files, executables. Cross-platform.
Installations
npm install @brainsights/opnDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
No
Module System
N/A
Min. Node Version
>=4
Node Version
8.14.0
NPM Version
6.6.0
Score
67.5
Supply Chain
94.3
Quality
74.8
Maintenance
100
Vulnerability
100
License
Releases
46
Languages
2
JavaScript
TypeScript
JavaScript (96.34%)
TypeScript (3.66%)
Developer
sindresorhus
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
3,863
Last Day
1
Last Week
5
Last Month
13
Last Year
102
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
3,295 Stars
203 Commits
253 Forks
29 Watchers
1 Branches
56 Contributors
Updated on Jun 27, 2025
Bundle Size
1.44 kB
Minified
750.00 B
Minified + Gzipped
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
5.4.0
Package Id
@brainsights/opn@5.4.0
Unpacked Size
5.92 kB
Size
2.88 kB
File Count
4
NPM Version
6.6.0
Node Version
8.14.0
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
3,863
Last Day
-50%
1
Compared to previous day
Last Week
0%
5
Compared to previous week
Last Month
-38.1%
13
Compared to previous month
Last Year
3%
102
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
opn
A better node-open. Opens stuff like websites, files, executables. Cross-platform.
Why?
- Actively maintained
- Supports app arguments
- Safer as it uses
spawninstead ofexec - Fixes most of the open
node-openissues - Includes the latest
xdg-openscript for Linux
Install
$ npm install opn
Usage
1const opn = require('opn'); 2 3// Opens the image in the default image viewer 4opn('unicorn.png').then(() => { 5 // image viewer closed 6}); 7 8// Opens the url in the default browser 9opn('http://sindresorhus.com'); 10 11// Specify the app to open in 12opn('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: 'firefox'}); 13 14// Specify app arguments 15opn('http://sindresorhus.com', {app: ['google chrome', '--incognito']});
API
Uses the command open on macOS, start on Windows and xdg-open on other platforms.
opn(target, [options])
Returns a promise for the spawned child process. You would normally not need to use this for anything, but it can be useful if you'd like to attach custom event listeners or perform other operations directly on the spawned process.
target
Type: string
The thing you want to open. Can be a URL, file, or executable.
Opens in the default app for the file type. For example, URLs opens in your default browser.
options
Type: Object
wait
Type: boolean
Default: true
Wait for the opened app to exit before fulfilling the promise. If false it's fulfilled immediately when opening the app.
On Windows you have to explicitly specify an app for it to be able to wait.
app
Type: string Array
Specify the app to open the target with, or an array with the app and app arguments.
The app name is platform dependent. Don't hard code it in reusable modules. For example, Chrome is google chrome on macOS, google-chrome on Linux and chrome on Windows.
Related
- opn-cli - CLI for this module
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
security policy file detected
Details
- Info: security policy file detected: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found linked content: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found text in security policy: .github/security.md:1
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: license:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: license:0
Reason
5 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 4
Reason
Found 10/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/main.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:16: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/open/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:17: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/open/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:21
- Info: 0 out of 2 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 npmCommand dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'main'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 10 are checked with a SAST tool
Score
4.7
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-06-23
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