Repository Analysis

composer/composer

Dependency Manager for PHP

7.0 Low AI signal View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of composer/composer, a PHP project with 29,479 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 151,426 lines of code across 741 source files, recording 1050 pattern matches distributed across 3 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 7.0 places this repository in the Low AI signal band.

The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).

7.0
Adjusted Score
7.0
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-07-10
Last Push
29.5K
Stars
PHP
Language
151.4K
Lines of Code
741
Files
1.1K
Pattern Hits
2026-07-14
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Score
Primary synthetic code indicator. Raw score normalised per 1,000 lines of code and multiplied by the temporal discount factor. This is the definitive comparative metric — use it to rank repositories by AI authorship density.
Raw Score
The unmodified sum of all severity-weighted, context-multiplied pattern match scores before temporal discounting. Reflects the absolute signal strength independent of when the repository was last active.
Time Factor
The temporal discount multiplier (0–100%) applied to the raw score. Repositories last updated before ChatGPT's launch (Nov 2022) receive a 5% factor. Full signal is only assigned to repositories active in the post-adoption era (Jan 2024+).
Pattern Hits
Total count of individual pattern matches across all files and categories. A high hit count with a low score may indicate a very large codebase with isolated AI snippets; a low count with a high score indicates dense, concentrated AI signatures.
HC Hit Rate
High+Critical pattern hits per file, averaged across the repository. This orthogonal signal catches repositories where a few files are densely packed with high-severity AI tells — a strong indicator even when the normalised score appears moderate due to codebase size.
Lines of Code / Files
Total lines and files analysed. The scanner examines 94 file extensions. These denominators are used to normalise the score, enabling fair comparison between repositories of vastly different sizes.

Score History

This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.

Severity Breakdown

Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 0MEDIUM 0LOW 1050

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 1050 distinct pattern matches across 3 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers1032 hits · 1042 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/Composer/Test/CacheTest.php85 public function testRemoveFilesWhenCacheIsTooLarge(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstalledVersionsTest.php197 public function testGetVersionOutOfBounds(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstalledVersionsTest.php250 public function testGetInstalledPackagesByType(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstalledVersionsTest.php270 public function testWithClassLoaderLoaded(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ComposerTest.php37 public function testSetGetRepositoryManager(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ComposerTest.php46 public function testSetGetDownloadManager(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ComposerTest.php56 public function testSetGetInstallationManager(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstallerTest.php252 public function testIntegrationWithPoolOptimizer(string $file, string $message, ?string $condition, array $composerCCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstallerTest.php268 public function testIntegrationWithRawPool(string $file, string $message, ?string $condition, array $composerConfig,CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/InstallerTest.php493 public static function provideSlowIntegrationTests(): arrayCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php29 public function testDefaultValuesAreAsExpected(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php53 public function testGetComposerJsonPathFailsIfDir(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php61 public function testGetComposerJsonPathFromEnv(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/TestCase.php323 protected static function ensureDirectoryExistsAndClear(string $directory): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/DefaultConfigTest.php22 public function testDefaultValuesAreAsExpected(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php646 public function testOverridesGlobalBooleanPluginsConfig(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php656 public function testAllowsAllPluginsFromLocalBoolean(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php666 public function testSourceFallbackDefaultsToFalse(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php672 public function testSourceFallbackCanBeDisabled(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php679 public function testSourceFallbackCanBeSetFromString(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php28 public function testAddPackagistRepository(array $expected, array $localConfig, ?array $systemConfig = null): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php39 public static function dataAddPackagistRepository(): arrayCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php146 public function testPreferredInstallAsString(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php155 public function testMergePreferredInstall(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php213 public function testFetchingRelativePaths(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php227 public function testOverrideGithubProtocols(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php236 public function testGitDisabledByDefaultInGithubProtocols(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php259 public function testProhibitedUrlsThrowException(string $url): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php310 public function testProhibitedUrlsWarningVerifyPeer(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php328 public function testDisableTlsCanBeOverridden(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php377 public function testGetSourceOfValueEnvVariables(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php484 public function testPolicyListBoolTrueAndEmptyObjectAreEquivalentInLayering(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php497 public function testPolicyListFalseOverridesPriorTrueOrEmptyEquallyAcrossLayers(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php514 public function testPolicyMasterTrueAfterDetailedConfigDoesNotEraseDetail(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php530 public function testPolicyDeepMergesIgnoreAcrossSources(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php568 public function testPolicyDeepMergesIgnoreForMalwareAndAbandonedAndCustomList(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php617 public function testGetDefaultsToAnEmptyArray(): voidCODE
LOW…/Composer/Test/Repository/FilesystemRepositoryTest.php48 public function testCorruptedRepositoryFile(): voidCODE
LOW…/Composer/Test/Repository/FilesystemRepositoryTest.php67 public function testUnexistentRepositoryFile(): voidCODE
LOW…/Composer/Test/Repository/FilesystemRepositoryTest.php127 public function testRepositoryWritesInstalledPhp(): voidCODE
LOW…/Composer/Test/Repository/FilesystemRepositoryTest.php201 public function testSafelyLoadInstalledVersions(): voidCODE
LOW…sts/Composer/Test/Repository/RepositoryManagerTest.php88 public static function provideRepoCreationTestCases(): arrayCODE
LOW…sts/Composer/Test/Repository/RepositoryManagerTest.php111 public function testInvalidRepoCreationThrows(string $type, array $options): voidCODE
LOW…sts/Composer/Test/Repository/RepositoryManagerTest.php128 public static function provideInvalidRepoCreationTestCases(): arrayCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php220 public function testSearchWithSpecialChars(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php247 public function testSearchWithAbandonedPackages(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php323 public static function provideCanonicalizeUrlTestCases(): arrayCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php361 public function testGetProviderNamesWillReturnPartialPackageNames(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php390 public function testGetSecurityAdvisoriesAssertRepositoryHttpOptionsAreUsed(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php439 public function testGetSecurityAdvisoriesAssertRepositoryAdvisoriesIsZeroIndexedArrayWithConsecutiveKeys(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php518 public function testGetFilterWithMatchingLists(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php566 public function testUserFilterDisabledFalseShortCircuitsHasFilterAndGetFilterLists(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php584 public function testUserFilterPerListOptOut(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php627 public function testUserFilterAcceptsTrueAsNoOp(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php671 public function testGetFilterSkipsMetadataFetchesForPackagesNotInSummary(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php735 public function testGetFilterSkipsSummaryListsNotInConfiguredLists(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php784 public function testGetFilterSkipsPackagesWithNonIntersectingSummaryConstraint(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php830 public function testGetFilterSkipsSummaryWhenMetadataAlreadyFetched(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php956 public function testGetFilterUsesApiUrlInsteadOfSummary(): voidCODE
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ComposerRepositoryTest.php1025 public function testGetFilterSkipsApiUrlWhenMetadataAlreadyFetched(): voidCODE
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Fake / Example Data15 hits · 16 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/Composer/Test/ConfigTest.php297 'http://💛@example.org',CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Repository/VcsRepositoryTest.php73 $exec('git config user.email composertest@example.org');CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php44 ['svn://johndoe@example.org', ['--username', 'johndoe', '--password', '']],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/ProcessExecutorTest.php83 ['echo http://foo@example.org', 'echo http://foo@example.org'],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/UrlTest.php114 ['http://10a***:***@example.org', 'http://10a8f08e8d7b7b9:foo@example.org'],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/UrlTest.php125 ['http://10a***@example.org', 'http://10a8f08e8d7b7b9@example.org'],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/UrlTest.php134 ['10a***:***@example.org', '10a8f08e8d7b7b9:foo@example.org'],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Util/UrlTest.php141 ['10a***@example.org', '10a8f08e8d7b7b9@example.org'],CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Command/InitCommandTest.php175 'email' => 'test@example.org',CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Command/InitCommandTest.php463 'authors' => [['name' => 'Mr. Test', 'email' => 'test@example.org']],CODE
LOW…oser/Test/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoaderTest.php61 'email' => 'alice@example.org',CODE
LOW…oser/Test/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoaderTest.php71 'email' => 'mail@example.org',CODE
LOWtests/Composer/Test/Package/Loader/ArrayLoaderTest.php100 ['name' => 'Bob', 'email' => 'bob@example.org', 'homepage' => 'example.org', 'role' => 'Developer'],CODE
LOWdoc/04-schema.md268 "email": "support@example.org",CODE
LOWdoc/articles/authentication-for-private-packages.md183 "url": "https://username:password@example.org"CODE
Over-Commented Block3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ArtifactRepositoryTest.php81 foreach ($repo->getPackages() as $package) {COMMENT
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ArtifactRepositoryTest.php101// "subdir/extra2.txt" => "Testing testing testing",COMMENT
LOW…ts/Composer/Test/Repository/ArtifactRepositoryTest.php121//COMMENT