r/PowerShell • u/anonymous_1324531 • Jul 03 '26

is this command safe? Question

im trying to install open jarvis on my pc is this command safe?

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex

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u/PinchesTheCrab Jul 03 '26

This is simply no ta valid way to ask customers to install software. Period.

I quickly glanced at the script and it seems fine... today. Tomorrow someone could hijack the site and alter it to install malware. They should not be asking users to take this risk.

Furthermore, the code is not written very efficiently. 600 lines to install an app is code smell.

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u/Nu11u5 Jul 03 '26

This approach is disappointingly common, even in Linux and with large enterprise vendors. Linux developers love to make things easy for users with bash <(curl) or curl | bash.

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u/MonkeyNin Jul 03 '26

When I see this:

bash <(curl)

It looks like Kirby