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Exorcist: a local Gemma that hunts ghosts in your node_modules

TL;DR — A CLI that scans your installed npm packages for malicious ones. Four fast rules pick the suspects, then a Gemma 3 4B model running on your own laptop reads each one and says what it's actually doing. Nothing leaves your machine. MIT, 125 tests, github.com/Ackberry/exorcist . If you're not…

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  1. 2026-11-01 15:24 · DEV Community — AI
    Exorcist: a local Gemma that hunts ghosts in your node_modules

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