feat: add @scarf/scarf install analytics - #849
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Adds scarf-js as a postinstall-only dependency to give Dapr maintainers anonymized SDK install counts (OS, package version; request IP is used by Scarf for company-level aggregation and not stored). - allowTopLevel: false — installs inside a js-sdk checkout are not reported - Opt-outs honored: SCARF_ANALYTICS=false, DO_NOT_TRACK=1, consumer scarfSettings.enabled=false, or --ignore-scripts - README gains an Installation Analytics disclosure section Signed-off-by: nelson.parente <nelson_parente@live.com.pt>
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closing ... @WhitWaldo flagged that npm 12 (Jul 2026) blocks dependency install scripts by default, which kills scarf-js's mechanism |
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Proposal: add
@scarf/scarfinstall-time analytics to@dapr/dapr.Why: npm exposes only aggregate download counts, so the project has no visibility into SDK adoption. Dapr already uses Scarf for analytics elsewhere — the docs.dapr.io footer pixel, Maven Central download stats for the Java SDK, and Scarf.sh is listed as a community-managed tool in COMMUNITY-MANAGER.md. This extends the same visibility to the JS SDK. Related: dapr/cli#1689 routes CLI install-script downloads through a Scarf gateway.
What it does:
@dapr/dapris installed as a dependency of another project — no runtime footprint, nothing imported at runtime.allowTopLevel: false— contributors runningnpm installinside a js-sdk checkout are not reported.SCARF_ANALYTICS=false, theDO_NOT_TRACK=1standard,"scarfSettings": { "enabled": false }in the consumer's package.json, or installing with--ignore-scripts.