multiple GNOME terminals in one window
This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of gnome-terminator/terminator, a Python project with 2,636 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 19,271 lines of code across 81 source files, recording 271 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 14.3 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).
Longitudinal tracking requires multiple scan runs. Once this repository is re-scanned after new commits land, this chart will visualise how the synthetic code signal evolves over time — enabling you to detect whether AI authorship is growing, stabilising, or being actively corrected by human engineers.
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.
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.
The scanner identified 271 distinct pattern matches across 10 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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tests/test_window_title.py | 44 | def test_background_terminal_cannot_override_window_title(): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 21 | def detect_close_message_dialog(prefs_editor, message_dialog_token): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 51 | def test_non_empty_default_keybinding_accels_are_distinct(): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 84 | def test_message_dialog_is_shown_on_duplicate_accel_assignment( | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 132 | def test_duplicate_accels_not_possible_to_set(accel_params): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 222 | def test_keybinding_edit_produce_expected_accels( | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_prefseditor_keybindings.py | 271 | def test_keybinding_successfully_reassigned_after_clearing(accel_params): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 388 | def connect_gsetting_callbacks(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 445 | def on_gsettings_change_event(self, settings, key): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 771 | def restore_config_with_suffix(self, suffix): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/config.py | 790 | def remove_config_with_suffix(self, suffix): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 388 | def apply_window_decoration_style(self, style): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 823 | def deferred_set_rough_geometry_hints(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 831 | def do_deferred_set_rough_geometry_hints(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 246 | def switch_to_previous_profile(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 704 | def do_autocleangroups_toggle(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1454 | def ensure_visible_and_focussed(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1519 | def deferred_on_vte_size_allocate(self, widget, allocation): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1527 | def do_deferred_on_vte_size_allocate(self, widget, allocation): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 2271 | def key_preferences_keybindings(self): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 149 | def deregister_launcher_window(self, window): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/ipc.py | 102 | def toggle_visibility_cmdline(self,options=dbus.Dictionary): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/ipc.py | 357 | def toggle_visibility_cmdline(session,options): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 375 | def update_config_to_cell_height(filename): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 895 | def on_detachable_tabs_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 899 | def on_disable_mousewheel_zoom_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 904 | def on_winbordercheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 909 | def on_extrastylingcheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 914 | def on_window_decoration_style_combo_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 929 | def on_hidefromtaskbcheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 934 | def on_alwaysontopcheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 939 | def on_hideonlosefocuscheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 949 | def on_title_hide_sizetextcheck_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 954 | def on_title_at_bottom_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 959 | def on_new_tab_after_current_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 964 | def on_always_split_with_profile_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 969 | def on_allow_bold_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 979 | def on_copy_on_selection_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 984 | def on_putty_paste_style_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 989 | def on_putty_paste_style_source_clipboard_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1001 | def on_clear_select_on_copy_toggled(self,widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1006 | def on_disable_mouse_paste_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1016 | def on_icon_bell_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1021 | def on_visual_bell_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1026 | def on_audible_bell_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1031 | def on_urgent_bell_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1036 | def on_login_shell_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1041 | def on_scroll_on_keystroke_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1046 | def on_scroll_on_output_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1051 | def on_delete_binding_combobox_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1147 | def on_darken_background_scale_value_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1155 | def on_background_blur_checkbutton_toggled(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1160 | def on_palette_combobox_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1343 | def on_custom_url_handler_entry_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1348 | def on_custom_command_entry_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1353 | def on_cursor_color_default_checkbutton_toggled(self, checkbutton): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1369 | def on_cursor_fg_color_color_set(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1374 | def on_cursor_bg_color_color_set(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1379 | def on_cursor_shape_combobox_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1391 | def on_word_chars_entry_changed(self, widget): | CODE |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | setup.py | 61 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 672 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 685 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 767 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/config.py | 786 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | terminatorlib/config.py | 797 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 873 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/config.py | 750 | def save_config_with_suffix(self, suffix): | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/config.py | 771 | def restore_config_with_suffix(self, suffix): | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/config.py | 790 | def remove_config_with_suffix(self, suffix): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/configjson.py | 126 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/configjson.py | 138 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/configjson.py | 154 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/configjson.py | 111 | def get_layout(self, layoutjson): | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/configjson.py | 130 | def get_profile(self, profilejson, baseprofile): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 474 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 551 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 207 | def set_background_image(self,image): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 213 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 278 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 433 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1768 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/ipc.py | 55 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 404 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 41 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 208 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 231 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal_popup_menu.py | 355 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugin.py | 115 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 175 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 212 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 243 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 259 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 388 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 502 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 642 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 499 | def get_as_bool(config, key): | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py | 135 | except Exception as ex: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 41 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 52 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 63 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | setup.py | 41 | CODE | |
| LOW | setup.py | 106 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 654 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 876 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 901 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 209 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 1038 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 1124 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 368 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 708 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1009 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1056 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1099 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1158 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1225 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1347 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1623 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1740 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 216 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 311 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 368 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 546 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/ipc.py | 166 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/ipc.py | 213 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/keybindings.py | 64 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 100 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 148 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 243 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 263 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 279 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 303 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/paned.py | 159 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/paned.py | 202 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/paned.py | 274 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/paned.py | 364 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 258 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1506 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/titlebar.py | 102 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal_popup_menu.py | 87 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugin.py | 72 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/notebook.py | 98 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/notebook.py | 357 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/notebook.py | 527 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 197 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/remote.py | 350 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py | 176 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py | 480 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py | 602 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 378 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 477 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/maven.py | 44 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tests/test_signalman.py | 36 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/debugserver.py | 6 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/debugserver.py | 9 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/debugserver.py | 17 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/debugserver.py | 18 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/keybindings.py | 25 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 18 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 8 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 10 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 12 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 14 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/layoutlauncher.py | 106 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 11 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugin.py | 214 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugin.py | 215 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/editablelabel.py | 20 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/command_notify.py | 21 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/save_user_session_layout.py | 13 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/save_user_session_layout.py | 13 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/save_last_session_layout.py | 11 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/save_last_session_layout.py | 11 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/custom_commands.py | 19 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 7 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/auto_theme.py | 18 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/auto_theme.py | 19 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/mousefree_url_handler.py | 19 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/mousefree_url_handler.py | 19 | CODE | |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/mousefree_url_handler.py | 19 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | terminatorlib/window.py | 0 | handle a keyboard event requesting a terminal resize | STRING |
| HIGH | terminatorlib/paned.py | 0 | handle a keyboard event requesting a terminal resize | STRING |
| HIGH | terminatorlib/container.py | 0 | handle a keyboard event requesting a terminal resize | STRING |
| HIGH | terminatorlib/notebook.py | 0 | handle a keyboard event requesting a terminal resize | STRING |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | terminatorlib/config.py | 1 | # TerminatorConfig - layered config classes | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/version.py | 1 | # TerminatorVersion - version number | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 281 | dbg('os.kill failed: %s' % ex) | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/keybindings.py | 1 | # Terminator - multiple gnome terminals in one window | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/util.py | 1 | # Terminator.util - misc utility functions | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 81 | 'custom': 8} | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/__init__.py | 1 | # Terminator - multiple gnome terminals in one window | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/optionparse.py | 1 | # Terminator.optionparse - Parse commandline options | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/translation.py | 1 | # Terminator - multiple gnome terminals in one window | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/editablelabel.py | 1 | # vim: tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/plugins/maven.py | 1 | # Copyright (c) 2010 Julien Nicoulaud <julien.nicoulaud@gmail.com> | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1028 | # Create a new group and assign currently focused | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/terminator.py | 414 | # Create a dummy window/vte and realise it so it has correct | STRING |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/prefseditor.py | 1311 | # Create the dialog to choose a custom color | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/plugins/run_cmd_on_match.py | 23 | # This class is not useful as is, it needs to be forged through MetaRCOM metaclass to be useful | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | terminatorlib/window.py | 865 | # FIXME: I don't think we should just use whatever font size info is on | COMMENT |
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 2018 | # bindings that should be moved to Terminator as they all just call | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | terminatorlib/debugserver.py | 24 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | terminatorlib/terminal.py | 1563 | CODE |