Repository Analysis

openframeworks/openFrameworks

openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.

3.6 Likely human-written View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of openframeworks/openFrameworks, a C++ project with 10,407 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 334,731 lines of code across 1755 source files, recording 1307 pattern matches distributed across 11 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 3.6 places this repository in the Likely human-written 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).

3.6
Adjusted Score
3.6
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-08-05
Last Push
10.4K
Stars
C++
Language
334.7K
Lines of Code
1.8K
Files
1.3K
Pattern Hits
2026-08-09
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 6LOW 1301

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 1307 distinct pattern matches across 11 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.

Over-Commented Block1266 hits · 1126 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.travis.yml21 - ubuntu-toolchain-r-testCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/include/libfreenect.h41COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/include/libfreenect.h181COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/cameras.c21 * of the CONTRIB file.COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/usb_libusb10.h21 * of the CONTRIB file.COMMENT
LOW…ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h61 unsigned int fn_fw_k4w_size;COMMENT
LOW…ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h121 conversion_union.u = fn_le32(conversion_union.u);COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/tilt.c21 * of the CONTRIB file.COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/registration.c41#define DEPTH_SENSOR_X_RES 1280COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h41 // mac and linux need thisCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h61COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h81 /// call this before open(), has no effect while the connection is runningCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h201COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h221COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxGui/src/ofxGui.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxGui/src/ofxColorPicker.h1//COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/docs/Instructions.txt21COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPManager.h41SetTimeoutAccept()COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPManager.h61 #include <arpa/inet.h>COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPClient.h41 bool sendRawMsg(const char * msg, int size);COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxNetwork.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxUDPManager.h61...COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxUDPManager.h81 #include <netinet/in.h>COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPServer.h61 //if you are trying to send something other than just ascii stringsCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h21COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h61 void addWeighted( ofxCvGrayscaleImage& mom, float f );COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h81 COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h101 // virtual void scale( float scaleX, float sclaeY ); //in base classCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvConstants.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h21 ofxCvColorImage();COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h61 using ofxCvImage::operator-=; //force inheritance COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h81 //virtual void draw( float x, float y ); //in base classCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h101 // Image Transformation OperationsCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxOpenCv.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvImage.cpp161//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h41 virtual float getNativeScaleMax() {return scaleMax;}; COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h81 COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h101 //virtual void resetAnchor(); //in base class COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h121 // virtual void rotate( float angle, float centerX, float centerY ); //in base classCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h21 using ofxCvImage::setFromPixels;COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h61 // virtual void operator *= ( ofxCvImage& mom ); //in base class COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h101 // virtual void invert(); //in base classCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h121 // ofPoint& C, ofPoint& D ); //in base classCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxPoco/src/ofxXmlPoco.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxVectorGraphics/libs/CreEPS.cpp41// umlauts. If you plan to use umlauts only with LaTeX font output,COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxVectorGraphics/src/ofxVectorGraphics.cpp381 //by finding the approrpriate control points COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h213. This notice may not be removed or altered from any sourceCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h41// Help out windows:COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h61// test. If you get compilation troubles, undefine TIXML_SAFECOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp213. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp41// is less flexible than it appears. Changing the entriesCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp141 return 1; // What else to do? The unicode set is huge...get the english ones right.COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.cpp1001 data.reserve( length );COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxXmlSettings/src/ofxXmlSettings.h101 //-- numTagsCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp761 }COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp781// ofxSvgCssClass::sGetFloat(ryAttr.getValue()))COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp2341COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgGroup.h121 std::vector< std::shared_ptr<ofxSvgElement> >& getChildren();COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgGroup.h141 /// For example: "*:MyElement" will recursively search for the element "MyElement".COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgGroup.h281 std::shared_ptr<ofxSvgElement> getElement( std::string aPath, bool bStrict = false );COMMENT
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Verbosity Indicators9 hits · 17 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp93 // Step 2: Replace known patterns from IllustratorCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1026 // Step 1: Compute (x1', y1') - the coordinates of the start point in the transformed coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1030 // Step 2: Correct radii if necessaryCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1045 // Step 3: Compute (cx', cy') - the center point in the transformed coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1059 // Step 4: Compute the center point in the original coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1834 // Step 1: Translate to pivot (move pivot to origin)COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1837 // Step 2: Apply rotationCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1840 // Step 3: Translate back to original positionCOMMENT
LOWlibs/openFrameworks/utils/ofSystemUtils.cpp655 //Step 1: Registering the Window ClassCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse9 hits · 17 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp93 // Step 2: Replace known patterns from IllustratorCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1026 // Step 1: Compute (x1', y1') - the coordinates of the start point in the transformed coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1030 // Step 2: Correct radii if necessaryCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1045 // Step 3: Compute (cx', cy') - the center point in the transformed coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1059 // Step 4: Compute the center point in the original coordinate systemCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1834 // Step 1: Translate to pivot (move pivot to origin)COMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1837 // Step 2: Apply rotationCOMMENT
LOWaddons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp1840 // Step 3: Translate back to original positionCOMMENT
LOWlibs/openFrameworks/utils/ofSystemUtils.cpp655 //Step 1: Registering the Window ClassCOMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments8 hits · 12 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/osx/xcode_project.sh226 # Check if the .app file existsCOMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/package_builds.sh7# Check if ROOT is emptyCOMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/package_builds.sh9 # Set ROOT to ../../../ if it's emptyCOMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh184 # Check if the folder existsCOMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh209 # Check if the file is a regular fileCOMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh247 # Check if a file was foundCOMMENT
LOWscripts/emscripten/download_libs_via_vcpkg.sh15# Check if vcpkg is installedCOMMENT
LOWscripts/dev/download_libs.sh340# # Check if the file existsCOMMENT
Decorative Section Separators3 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/of.sh54# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/of.sh242# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/of.sh695# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMlibs/openFrameworks/utils/ofLog.h409 /// and can be used as a direct replacement. Essentially, the secondCOMMENT
MEDIUMlibs/openFrameworks/gl/ofShader.cpp639 // We need to find a robust way of extracing this information fromCOMMENT
Fake / Example Data4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp146 lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,");CODE
LOWtests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp146 lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,");CODE
LOWtests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp183 lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,");CODE
LOWtests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp183 lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,");CODE
Self-Referential Comments1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/osx/snapshotAllExamples.sh6# Define the directory to the examples/graphicsCOMMENT
Example Usage Blocks2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/ci/linuxarmv7l/arch-bootstrap_downloadonly.sh12# Usage:COMMENT
LOWscripts/ci/linuxarmv7l/arch-bootstrap.sh12# Usage:COMMENT
Slop Phrases2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWexamples/android/androidGuiExample/src/ofApp.cpp18 gui.setup("panel"); // most of the time you don't need a name but don't forget to call setupCODE
LOWexamples/gui/guiFromParametersExample/src/ofApp.cpp12 gui.setup("panel"); // most of the time you don't need a name but don't forget to call setupCODE
TODO Padding1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h178 freenect_sample_51* audio_out_ring; // TODO: implement sending user-provided data in callbacksCODE