aud was a utility that allowed developers to run npm audit even without a lockfile present, by automatically generating a temporary lockfile. It was designed for developers and CI environments who wanted to ensure their dependencies were free of vulnerabilities, regardless of whether their project used a lockfile. However, as of npm v10.2+, this tool is no longer needed since npm audit now works without a lockfile.
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