Are you aware that RawGit will soon be shut down?

Question

It appears that RawGit https://rawgit.com/ will soon be shut down. This is a site I have used for some time and now need to find alternatives. The site itself suggests:

jsDelivr
GitHub Pages
CodeSandbox
unpkg

GitCND, Dropbox and Google Drive may also offer a useful alternative. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Answer 1

Sadly it seems that one of the reasons for RawGit shutting down is people using it to distribute malware

A shame that it is happening for such a reason

I also used it for some of the projects i have here on SL and it been a great help

I found out about it being shut down just few days ago when i tried generating a link to one of my project

That's how i find about GitCDN https://gitcdn.link

So far it seems to be working just fine so it might be a good alternative

Answer 2

I've personally used all of them apart gitcdn and codesandbox, i remember using another one but forgot its name...
i'd recommend unpkg and dropbox.

Answer 3

Run your own? There's a "Source" link in the upper right-hand corner. Installation instructions on nodeJS appear to be dead simple.

And...the shutdown may not affect malware distribution:
~ Github only bans active exploits (+ C2 distribution) but source code isn't 'active' (plus...learning) so it gets to stay.
~ Endpoint security should be taking up the transport slack, if you argue the transport (gitter) should not care
~ Effective malware evasion strategies will treat the loss of this transport as a "don't care" anyway
~ Anyone can fire up a replacement, anywhere.

For rawgit to be a useful conduit implies AV performance isn't enough (like dynamic packages beating AV sigs), suggesting the transport will continue having this problem.

The question in my mind is how to stop a don't-care repository from distributing malware via rawgitters under bad actor control.

Answer 4

Just to say thank you to everyone who responded to this question.

Answer 5

https://www.drupal.org/project/webform/issues/2950961
Why use RawGit? [#2950961] | Drupal.org

Answer 6

Closing down because of malware...wuuuut? Seriously, that's like banning sexual intercourse because of STIs.
In the immortal words of Genesis:
"There's too many men, too many people, making too many problems..."

Answer 7

the rawgit Dev has faced so many issues with malware

Answer 8

http://combinatronics.com is a replacement for rawgit.

Answer 9

привет я ты Новинский обесните Чо как а то я сам не чего непонел

Answer 10

wat is rawgit