Repository Analysis

jsvine/pdfplumber

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9.8 Low AI signal View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of jsvine/pdfplumber, a Python project with 10,611 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 10,104 lines of code across 55 source files, recording 106 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 9.8 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).

9.8
Adjusted Score
9.8
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-07-31
Last Push
10.6K
Stars
Python
Language
10.1K
Lines of Code
55
Files
106
Pattern Hits
2026-08-02
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

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.

No multi-scan history yet — run the scanner again to build trend data.

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 106

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 106 distinct pattern matches across 7 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.

Unused Imports51 hits · 42 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py10CODE
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py11CODE
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py13CODE
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py14CODE
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py16CODE
LOWpdfplumber/page.py79CODE
LOWpdfplumber/display.py15CODE
LOWpdfplumber/display.py17CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py33CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py18CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/generic.py7CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py1CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py1CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py1CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py2CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py3CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py25CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py25CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py25CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py25CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py25CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/__init__.py32CODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers20 hits · 22 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/test_structure.py860 def test_structure_tree_class(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py102 def test_extract_words_return_chars(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py147 def test_text_rotation_layout(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py184 def test_text_render_directions(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py243 def test_extract_words_punctuation(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py290 def test_extract_text_punctuation(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py323 def test_text_flow_overlapping(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py339 def test_text_flow_words_mixed_lines(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py400 def test_extract_text_layout_cropped(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py411 def test_extract_text_layout_widths(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py420 def test_extract_text_nochars(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py425 def test_search_regex_compiled(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py440 def test_search_regex_uncompiled(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_utils.py497 def test_handle_empty_and_whitespace_search_results(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_basics.py195 def test_unicode_normalization(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_basics.py216 def test_load_with_custom_laparams(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_table.py30 def test_table_settings_errors(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_table.py102 def test_explicit_desc_decimalization(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_display.py64 def test_bytes_stream_to_image(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_convert.py170 def test_additional_attr_types(self):CODE
Deep Nesting18 hits · 18 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/convert.py33CODE
LOWpdfplumber/page.py273CODE
LOWpdfplumber/page.py282CODE
LOWpdfplumber/cli.py95CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py351CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py419CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py466CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py391CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py207CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py297CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py421CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py558CODE
LOWpdfplumber/table.py602CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/text.py241CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/text.py593CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/geometry.py163CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/pdfinternals.py24CODE
LOWtests/test_dedupe_chars.py85CODE
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/page.py267 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py51 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py61 except Exception as e: # pragma: nocoverCODE
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py160 except Exception as e: # pragma: nocoverCODE
LOWtests/test_oss_fuzz.py26 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWtests/test_oss_fuzz.py38 except Exception as e:CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary3 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/convert.py90 # Otherwise, just use the string-representationCOMMENT
LOWpdfplumber/page.py137 # Even if pdfminer.six's API would just return the objects itCOMMENT
LOWpdfplumber/display.py191 # Otherwise, just use ((x0, top), (x1, bottom))COMMENT
Modern Structural Boilerplate4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/__init__.py1__all__ = [CODE
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py22logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)CODE
LOWpdfplumber/structure.py28logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/text.py25logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)CODE
AI Structural Patterns4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py28CODE
LOWpdfplumber/pdf.py73CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/text.py241CODE
LOWpdfplumber/utils/text.py424CODE