FERS

v0.1.64 suspicious
5.0
Medium Risk

Finite Element Method library written in Rust with Python interface

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows signs of potential typosquatting and has a new maintainer with limited history, raising concerns about its legitimacy and security posture.

  • Potential typosquatting targeting 'keras'
  • New maintainer with limited history
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The network call pattern suggests the package is making HTTP requests, which could be legitimate for API interactions or updates. However, without more context, there's a slight risk of unexpected behavior.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating low risk for direct system command execution.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious intent related to code obfuscation.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious intent related to stealing secrets or credentials.
  • Metadata: The package shows signs of potential typosquatting and has a new maintainer with limited history.
  • Typosquatting target: keras

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls score 3.0

Found 2 network call pattern(s)

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Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting score 3.0

Possible typosquat of: keras

  • "FERS" is 2 edit(s) from "keras"
Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: ferscloud.com>

Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

Git Repository History

No GitHub repository linked

  • No GitHub repository link found
Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with FERS
Create a fully functional mini-application that simulates structural analysis using the FERS package, a powerful finite element method (FEM) library written in Rust with a Python interface. This application will serve as a tool for engineers and students to better understand and visualize the behavior of different structures under various loading conditions. The project will include the following steps and features:

1. **Project Setup**: Initialize a new Python project and install the FERS package.
2. **Define Geometry**: Implement a user-friendly interface where users can input basic geometric parameters of the structure they want to analyze (e.g., length, width, height, number of elements).
3. **Material Properties**: Allow users to specify material properties such as Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for the structure being analyzed.
4. **Boundary Conditions**: Provide options for defining boundary conditions (e.g., fixed, pinned, roller supports).
5. **Loading Conditions**: Enable users to apply different types of loads (e.g., point loads, distributed loads) to the structure.
6. **Mesh Generation**: Use FERS to automatically generate a mesh based on the defined geometry and desired element size.
7. **Analysis Execution**: Utilize FERS to solve the system of equations resulting from the FEM discretization, obtaining displacements, stresses, and strains at each node and element.
8. **Visualization**: Develop a visualization component that displays the deformed shape of the structure, stress distribution, and other relevant results.
9. **Results Export**: Include functionality to export the results in a readable format like CSV or JSON for further analysis or reporting.

Throughout the development process, ensure that the application is well-documented, modular, and adheres to best coding practices. Focus on making the application intuitive and accessible to users who may not have extensive programming experience but are familiar with engineering concepts.