Set up a basic dependabot.yml

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[Sweaterdog]

I don't think this would be useful since we have to patch mineflayer nearly every update, so pushing new packages could break these patches. I'll leave it to @MaxRobinsonTheGreat

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I don't think this would be useful since we have to patch mineflayer nearly every update, so pushing new packages could break these patches. I'll leave it to @MaxRobinsonTheGreat

However, some dependencies are extremely outdated and have potential security and usability issues. NPM even warns about this during install. Dependabot is a good way to address that.

[Sweaterdog]

I don't think this would be useful since we have to patch mineflayer nearly every update, so pushing new packages could break these patches. I'll leave it to @MaxRobinsonTheGreat

However, some dependencies are extremely outdated and have potential security and usability issues. NPM even warns about this during install. Dependabot is a good way to address that.

Can you verify the project installs without a hitch on your current device? I can test on Linux later. If it works, it works.

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Can you verify the project installs without a hitch on your current device? I can test on Linux later. If it works, it works.

2026-04-01T08_03_51_802Z-debug-0.log
Here's the log. I have VS 2026 installed but npm doesn't detect it for some reason. And here's the shorter terminal output:

PS C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft> npm i
npm warn deprecated whatwg-encoding@3.1.1: Use @exodus/bytes instead for a more spec-conformant and faster implementation
npm warn deprecated prebuild-install@7.1.3: No longer maintained. Please contact the author of the relevant native addon; alternatives are available.
npm warn deprecated tar@6.2.1: Old versions of tar are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated node-domexception@1.0.0: Use your platform's native DOMException instead
npm warn deprecated glob@10.5.0: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm warn cleanup   [
npm warn cleanup     '\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\ttski\\Projects\\mindcraft\\node_modules\\prismarine-viewer',
npm warn cleanup     [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\prismarine-viewer'] {
npm warn cleanup       errno: -4048,
npm warn cleanup       code: 'EPERM',
npm warn cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm warn cleanup       path: 'C:\\Users\\ttski\\Projects\\mindcraft\\node_modules\\prismarine-viewer'
npm warn cleanup     }
npm warn cleanup   ]
npm warn cleanup ]
npm error code 1
npm error path C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-canvas-webgl\node_modules\gl
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
npm error prebuild-install warn install No prebuilt binaries found (target=25.6.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=win32)
npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using node-gyp@10.3.1
npm error gyp info using node@25.6.1 | win32 | x64
npm error (node:18916) [DEP0169] DeprecationWarning: `url.parse()` behavior is not standardized and prone to errors that have security implications. Use the WHATWG URL API instead. CVEs are not issued for `url.parse()` vulnerabilities.
npm error (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.14.3 found at "C:\Users\ttski\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\python.exe"
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
npm error gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
npm error gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer, try re-running with '--loglevel silly' for more details.
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS Failure details: undefined
npm error gyp ERR! find VS unknown version "undefined" found at "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community"
npm error gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2015 as it is only supported up to Node.js 18
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm error gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
npm error gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
npm error gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
npm error gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
npm error gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! configure error
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
npm error gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:118:11)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio (C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:17)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at async createBuildDir (C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:112:18)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at async run (C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js:81:18)
npm error gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.26200
npm error gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\ttski\\Projects\\mindcraft\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\ttski\Projects\mindcraft\node_modules\node-canvas-webgl\node_modules\gl
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v25.6.1
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.3.1
npm error gyp ERR! not ok
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\ttski\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2026-04-01T08_03_51_802Z-debug-0.log

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I don't exactly know how to fix this error, but I do see it isn't related to dependencies. Should I install an old version of VS/node? Though that would indicate even deeper version support problems for this repo.