Gathering detailed insights and metrics for global-cache-dir
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for global-cache-dir
Installations
npm install global-cache-dirDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
ESM
Min. Node Version
>=18.18.0
Node Version
23.10.0
NPM Version
10.9.2
Releases
15
Languages
2
JavaScript
TypeScript
JavaScript (87.8%)
TypeScript (12.2%)
Developer
ehmicky
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
0
Last Day
0
Last Week
0
Last Month
0
Last Year
0
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
6 Stars
713 Commits
1 Forks
2 Watchers
1 Branches
1 Contributors
Updated on May 25, 2025
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
6.0.1
Package Id
global-cache-dir@6.0.1
Unpacked Size
6.38 kB
Size
3.10 kB
File Count
5
NPM Version
10.9.2
Node Version
23.10.0
Published on
Mar 29, 2025
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
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NaN
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0%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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Dependencies
2
Get the global cache directory.
Ensures the directory exists.
The cache directory location is OS-specific.
Example
1import globalCacheDir from 'global-cache-dir' 2 3const cacheDir = await globalCacheDir('myapp') 4// Depending on the OS: 5// => '/Users/ehmicky/Library/Caches/myapp' 6// => '/home/ehmicky/.cache/myapp' 7// => 'C:\Users\ehmicky\AppData\Local\myapp\Cache'
Install
1npm install global-cache-dir
This package works in Node.js >=18.18.0.
This is an ES module. It must be loaded using
an import or import() statement,
not require(). If TypeScript is used, it must be configured to
output ES modules,
not CommonJS.
Usage
globalCacheDir(name)
name: string
Returns: Promise<string>
name must only use digits, letters or dashes.
See also
node-cachedir: underlying logic for this modulefind-cache-dir: get the local cache directory
Support
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No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: LICENSE:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: LICENSE:0
Reason
7 existing vulnerabilities detected
Details
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-968p-4wvh-cqc8
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-x4c5-c7rf-jjgv
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-h5c3-5r3r-rr8q
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-rmvr-2pp2-xj38
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-xx4v-prfh-6cgc
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cxrh-j4jr-qwg3
Reason
2 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
Reason
Found 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Reason
no SAST tool detected
Details
- Warn: no pull requests merged into dev branch
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/workflow.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/workflow.yml:5: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/ehmicky/global-cache-dir/workflow.yml/main?enable=pin
- Info: 0 out of 1 third-party GitHubAction dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
security policy file not detected
Details
- Warn: no security policy file detected
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
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'
Score
2.9
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-07-07
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