v1.13.0

honojs/honov1.13.0Mar 24, 2026by yamadashy

AI Summary

This release strengthens security with remote config sandboxing and delivers significant performance improvements across the core pipeline.

Key Highlights

  • Remote config files are now skipped by default to prevent potential remote code execution (RCE).
  • Switched to `fast-xml-builder` to eliminate CVEs and reduce dependency size from 831KB to 176KB.
  • File tree generation is approximately 82% faster, and path sorting is up to 30x faster at 10K files.
  • Added Turkish language support and JSON-LD structured data optimization to the website.

Breaking Changes

  • Remote config files are now skipped by default. Users must use the `--remote-trust-config` flag to enable them.

New Features

  • `--remote-trust-config` flag to explicitly trust and load remote repository config files.

Full Release Notes

This release strengthens security with remote config sandboxing and a cleaner dependency footprint, while delivering significant performance improvements across the core pipeline!

## What's New 🚀

### Prevent Remote Config File Execution (#1292)

Previously, when packing a remote repository, Repomix would automatically load and execute any `repomix.config.ts` or `repomix.config.js` found in the repository. Since TypeScript/JavaScript configs are executed via `jiti`, a malicious repository could embed arbitrary code in its config file, leading to remote code execution (RCE) on the user's machine.

Remote config files are now **skipped by default**. If you trust a remote repository and want to use its config, you can opt in with the new `--remote-trust-config` flag:

```bash
# Remote config is now safely ignored by default
repomix --remote https://github.com/user/repo

# Explicitly trust the remote config
repomix --remote https://github.com/user/repo --remote-trust-config
```

## Improvements ⚡

### Replace fast-xml-parser with fast-xml-builder (#1253, #1219)

Repomix only uses `XMLBuilder` for output generation, not the XML parser. Switched to `fast-xml-builder` directly to eliminate recurring CVEs from the parser side, bringing `npm audit` to **0 vulnerabilities** and reducing dependency size from 831KB to 176KB.

### Performance Optimizations (#1234, #1235, #1255)

Several performance improvements across the core pipeline:
- **File tree generation**: Map-based O(1) child lookups and single-pass sorting — `generateFileTree` **~82% faster**, `treeToString` **~70% faster** on 10,000 files
- **Path sorting**: Decorate-sort-undecorate pattern with pre-computed `path.split()` — **6-7x faster**. `Set.has()` for `filterOutUntrustedFiles` — **up to 30x faster** at 10K files
- **Compile cache propagation**: V8 compile cache (introduced in v1.12.0) now extends to Tinypool worker processes via environment variables, not just the main process

### Fix Closure Memory Leaks (#1233)

Replaced arrow functions with `.bind()` in `setTimeout`/`setInterval` callbacks to prevent closures from capturing scope and retaining references to large objects. Added proper `dispose()` methods and `.unref()` calls for cleanup.

## Website Enhancements 🌐

### Turkish Language Support (#1194)

Added Turkish (Türkçe) translation to [repomix.com](https://repomix.com), based on Google Analytics data showing strong engagement from Turkish-speaking users.

### LLMO Optimization with JSON-LD and llms.txt (#1236)

Added JSON-LD structured data (schema.org `WebSite` and `SoftwareApplication` markup) and generated `llms.txt`/`llms-full.txt` for LLM-friendly documentation discovery.

## How to Update

```bash
npm update -g repomix
```

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