vet-run/vet
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vet is a command-line tool that acts as a safety net for the risky curl | bash pattern. It lets you inspect, diff against previous versions, and lint remote scripts before asking for your explicit approval to execute. Promoting a safer, more transparent way to handle remote code execution.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2025-06-28 · latest 2026-02-09
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Maybe tools like https://github.com/vet-run/vet could help with these projects that would rather you use their custom install script instead of complying to distro-specific supply chains.
comment by gchamonlive · 2026-02-09 · in More Mac malware from Google search -
https://github.com/vet-run/vet/pull/22
comment by dgl · 2025-07-25 · in Vet is a safety net for the curl | bash pattern -
…the `curl | bash` pattern, can be installed via the `curl | bash` pattern but it's documented under https://github.com/vet-run/vet?tab=readme-ov-file#the-trusti... . I don't see it in arch's aur though. That would be my preferred install…
comment by gchamonlive · 2025-07-24 · in Vet is a safety net for the curl | bash pattern -
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Vet is a safety net for the curl | bash patternstory by mooreds · 2025-07-24 · 191 comments
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…interested in that direction, I'd love to get your thoughts on the feature request over on GitHub: https://github.com/vet-run/vet/issues/4 Thanks again for all the great feedback!
comment by a10r · 2025-06-29 · in Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts -
…knows about wget, but your server doesn't. Sad. I also think you should be telling people to pull " https://github.com/vet-run/vet/blob/main/scripts/install.sh " instead of trying to be cute, but that's just me. > I'd love to hear your…
comment by geocar · 2025-06-29 · in Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts -
…you to check the installer script before running it! I'd love to hear your feedback. The repo is at https://github.com/vet-run/vet
comment by a10r · 2025-06-28 · in Show HN: Vet – A tool for safely running remote shell scripts