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Refuse

Block vulnerable package installs for you and your AI

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Refuse sits in front of npm, pip, cargo, gem, go + 13 more package managers and refuses known-vulnerable installs before they hit disk — the moment you (or your coding agent) run them. Also, Open-source, self-hostable, one Docker container.

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