simplex-chat / simplex-chat/simplex-chat
Installation instructions suggest piping into bash
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Description
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/stable/install.sh | bash
Please don’t do this. Users should check what commands they are running if they get them from the internet to make sure what they are running isn’t malicious. This bypasses that and some users may actually just run it who would otherwise check what the installation script is doing.
An alternative would be providing a download link to the script directly and having this as a second option or providing individual installation commands if reasonable.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the documentation for the exact curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/stable/install.sh | bash command. Replace or supplement the pipe-to-bash instruction with a way for users to inspect the script first, then verify the installation instructions render correctly and remain usable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, shell
- Domain
- documentation, security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100