A simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Use it to escape user-controlled inputs to shell commands to prevent shell injection.
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- Advanced shell detection
- Lightweight
- Supports MacOS, Linux, and Windows
- Prevents environment variable access
The following shells are officially supported and extensively tested. It is recommended to only use shells found in this list.
If you want to use Shescape with another shell you can request it on GitHub by opening an issue.
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Install
shescape
:npm install shescape
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Import
shescape
:import { Shescape } from "shescape";
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Initialize
Shescape
.const shescape = new Shescape(/* options */);
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Use
shescape
.
View the migration guidelines for help.
View the recipes for examples of how to use Shescape.
View the API documentation of Shescape.
View the testing documentation for how to test code that uses Shescape.
Read the tips for additional ways to protect against shell injection.
The source code is licensed under the MPL-2.0
license, see LICENSE for
the full license text. The documentation text is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0;
code snippets under the MIT license.
Supporting code, such a scripts and tests, is generally licensed under the MIT
or MIT-0
license. Individual files may be licensed differently depending on
the intend or origin.
The license under which a given file is available can always be found in the file's banner comment.