encode/django-rest-framework

17.1

Adjusted Score

17.1

Raw Score

100%

Time Factor

2026-08-25

Last Push

30.1K

Stars

Python

Language

65.7K

Lines of Code

307

Files

1.0K

Pattern Hits

2026-08-29

Scan Date

0.04

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 7HIGH 5MEDIUM 28LOW 984

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 1024 distinct pattern matches across 16 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 Identifiers921 hits · 894 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	87	def test_resource_root_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	93	def test_resource_instance_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	101	def test_resource_instance_customname_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	109	def test_nested_resource_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	118	def test_nested_resource_instance_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	128	def test_broken_url_breadcrumbs_handled_gracefully(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	132	def test_modelviewset_resource_instance_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	140	def test_modelviewset_list_action_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	148	def test_modelviewset_detail_action_breadcrumbs(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	157	def test_modelviewset_action_name_kwarg(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_utils.py	166	def test_modelviewset_action_suffix_kwarg(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_utils.py	207	def test_valid_unicode_preserved(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_utils.py	217	def test_valid_unicode_replaced(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_utils.py	239	def test_valid_unicode_removed(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_utils.py	258	def test_it_formats_correctly(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	42	def test_filtered_items_are_paginated(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	67	def test_setting_page_size_over_maximum(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	85	def test_setting_page_size_to_zero(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	99	def test_additional_query_params_are_preserved(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	110	def test_empty_query_params_are_preserved(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	263	def test_get_paginated_response_schema(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	407	def test_pagination_not_applied_if_limit_or_default_limit_not_set(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	575	def test_get_paginated_response_schema(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	619	def test_use_with_ordering_filter(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	637	def test_use_with_ordering_filter_without_ordering_default_value(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	724	def test_cursor_pagination_current_page_empty_forward(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	747	def test_cursor_pagination_current_page_empty_reverse(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	770	def test_cursor_pagination_with_page_size(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	782	def test_cursor_pagination_with_page_size_over_limit(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	794	def test_cursor_pagination_with_page_size_zero(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	861	def test_cursor_pagination_with_page_size_negative(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	928	def test_get_paginated_response_schema(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_pagination.py	1105	def test_get_displayed_page_numbers():	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	57	def test_foreign_key_retrieve(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_relations_slug.py	68	def test_foreign_key_retrieve_select_related(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_relations_slug.py	74	def test_reverse_foreign_key_retrieve(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_relations_slug.py	83	def test_reverse_foreign_key_retrieve_prefetch_related(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	107	def test_foreign_key_update_incorrect_type(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	114	def test_reverse_foreign_key_update(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	161	def test_reverse_foreign_key_create(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	179	def test_foreign_key_update_with_invalid_null(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	198	def test_foreign_key_retrieve_with_null(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	208	def test_foreign_key_create_with_valid_null(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	227	def test_foreign_key_create_with_valid_emptystring(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	251	def test_foreign_key_update_with_valid_null(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_relations_slug.py	269	def test_foreign_key_update_with_valid_emptystring(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/conftest.py	137	def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	27	def test_authtoken_can_be_imported_when_not_included_in_installed_apps(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	35	def test_model_admin_displayed_fields(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	41	def test_model_admin__username_field(self, mock_register):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	63	def test_token_string_representation(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	66	def test_validate_raise_error_if_no_credentials_provided(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	70	def test_whitespace_in_password(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	76	def test_token_creation_collision_raises_integrity_error(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	84	def test_key_generated_on_save_when_cleared(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	97	def test_clearing_key_on_existing_token_raises_integrity_error(self):	CODE
LOW	tests/test_authtoken.py	109	def test_saving_existing_token_without_changes_does_not_alter_key(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	122	def test_command_create_user_token(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	128	def test_command_create_user_token_invalid_user(self):	CODE
LOW⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	132	def test_command_reset_user_token(self):	CODE
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Hallucination Indicators7 hits · 70 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
CRITICAL	tests/test_fields.py	13	from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError	CODE
CRITICAL	rest_framework/fields.py	15	from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError	CODE
CRITICAL	rest_framework/validators.py	9	from django.core.exceptions import FieldError	CODE
CRITICAL	rest_framework/serializers.py	22	from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError as DjangoValidationError	CODE
CRITICAL	rest_framework/generics.py	4	from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError	CODE
CRITICAL	rest_framework/authtoken/admin.py	5	from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError	CODE
CRITICAL	…framework/static/rest_framework/js/jquery-3.7.1.min.js	2	!function(e,t){"use strict";"object"==typeof module&&"object"==typeof module.exports?module.exports=e.document?t(e,!0):f	CODE

Decorative Section Separators21 hits · 54 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	tests/test_model_serializer.py	39	# ---------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_model_serializer.py	603	# ------------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_serializer.py	22	# -------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_serializer.py	62	# -----------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_validators.py	22	# ---------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_validators.py	142	# -----------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_validators.py	882	# ----------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_validators.py	951	# ----------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_validators.py	990	# ----------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_validators.py	1117	# ---------------------------------	STRING
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_fields.py	2788	# --------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_fields.py	2805	# --------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	31	# ---------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	126	# ---------------------------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	700	# ----------------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	2820	# --------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	2846	# ---------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_fields.py	2858	# ---------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	rest_framework/serializers.py	85	# --------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	rest_framework/serializers.py	272	# -----------------------------------	COMMENT
MEDIUM	rest_framework/serializers.py	823	# --------------------------------------------	COMMENT

Deep Nesting26 hits · 24 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	tests/test_views.py	27	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	160	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	694	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	832	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	1188	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	1243	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	1309	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	1254	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	1452	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	1475	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/renderers.py	179	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/renderers.py	558	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/renderers.py	778	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/routers.py	266	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/filters.py	20	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/filters.py	84	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/filters.py	112	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/negotiation.py	35	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/templatetags/rest_framework.py	182	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/utils/encoders.py	23	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/utils/representation.py	70	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py	215	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py	269	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py	338	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py	552	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/generators.py	72	CODE

Cross-File Repetition3 hits · 15 pts

Severity	File	Snippet	Context
HIGH	tests/test_relations_slug.py	the emptystring should be interpreted as null in the context of relationships.	STRING
HIGH	tests/test_relations_hyperlink.py	the emptystring should be interpreted as null in the context of relationships.	STRING
HIGH	tests/test_relations_pk.py	the emptystring should be interpreted as null in the context of relationships.	STRING

Unused Imports15 hits · 14 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	tests/conftest.py	111	CODE
LOW	tests/importable/__init__.py	6	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/compat.py	145	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	53	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	53	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	53	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	53	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	60	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	60	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	60	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	66	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	69	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/apps.py	10	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py	25	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py	26	CODE

Self-Referential Comments5 hits · 14 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	85	# Create a new user for this test to avoid conflicts with setUp token	COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡	tests/test_authtoken.py	88	# Create a token without a key - it should generate one automatically	COMMENT
MEDIUM	tests/test_model_serializer.py	941	# Creating the instance, relationship attributes should be set.	STRING
MEDIUM	tests/test_model_serializer.py	989	# Creating the instance, relationship attributes should be set.	STRING
MEDIUM	rest_framework/serializers.py	1138	# Create the serializer field.	COMMENT

Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping8 hits · 8 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_urlpatterns.py	27	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	tests/test_urlpatterns.py	43	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/request.py	364	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/renderers.py	199	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/views.py	316	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/views.py	525	except Exception as exc:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py	19	except Exception:	CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py	284	except Exception:	CODE

Fake / Example Data7 hits · 6 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	README.md	132	"email": "admin@example.com",	CODE
LOW	tests/schemas/test_openapi.py	1073	assert properties['email']['default'] == 'foo@bar.com'	CODE
LOW	tests/schemas/views.py	131	email = serializers.EmailField(default='foo@bar.com')	CODE
LOW	docs/tutorial/quickstart.md	229	"email": "admin@example.com",	CODE
LOW	docs/tutorial/quickstart.md	249	"email": "admin@example.com",	CODE
LOW	docs/topics/html-and-forms.md	111	style={'placeholder': 'Email', 'autofocus': True}	CODE
LOW	docs/topics/html-and-forms.md	115	style={'input_type': 'password', 'placeholder': 'Password'}	CODE

Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary2 hits · 6 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	rest_framework/relations.py	291	# We include this simply for dependency injection in tests.	COMMENT
MEDIUM	rest_framework/views.py	117	# Allow dependency injection of other settings to make testing easier.	COMMENT

Cross-Language Confusion1 hit · 5 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	tests/test_fields.py	2772	(b'{"a": 1, "3": null, "b": ["some", "list", true, 1.23]}', {	CODE

Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	docs/tutorial/2-requests-and-responses.md	20	return Response(data) # Renders to content type as requested by the client.	CODE

Redundant / Tautological Comments3 hits · 4 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	rest_framework/settings.py	222	# Check if present in user settings	COMMENT
LOW	rest_framework/decorators.py	97	# Check if func is actually a view function (result of APIView.as_view())	COMMENT
LOW	rest_framework/utils/breadcrumbs.py	22	# Check if this is a REST framework view,	COMMENT

AI Structural Patterns2 hits · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	rest_framework/fields.py	293		CODE
LOW	rest_framework/schemas/__init__.py	29		CODE

Slop Phrases1 hit · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	rest_framework/serializers.py	1646	# Note that we make sure to check `unique_together` both on the	COMMENT

Overly Generic Function Names1 hit · 0 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	tests/test_fields.py	68	def test_function(self):	CODE

Analysis Overview

What These Metrics Mean

Score History

Severity Breakdown

Directory Score Breakdown

Pattern Findings