Repository Analysis

winsiderss/systeminformer

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2.4 Likely human-written View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of winsiderss/systeminformer, a C project with 15,386 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 1,169,712 lines of code across 1218 source files, recording 3320 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 2.4 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).

2.4
Adjusted Score
2.4
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-07-13
Last Push
15.4K
Stars
C
Language
1.2M
Lines of Code
1.2K
Files
3.3K
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 1MEDIUM 4LOW 3315

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 3320 distinct pattern matches across 6 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 Block3305 hits · 2776 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/CMakeLists.txt1#COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildVirusTotal.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Win32.cs921 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildSourceForge.cs41 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildConfig.cs21 public static class BuildConfigCOMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildConfig.cs41COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildConfig.cs61 /// Gets an immutable array of PHNT (Platform Header Native Types) header file names.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildConfig.cs81 // "ntmmapi.h",COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildConfig.cs101 // "ntxcapi.h",COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Build.cs321 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Build.cs361 return Path.Join([Build.BuildWorkingFolder, "bin"]);COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Build.cs561 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Build.cs1901 return allOk;COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Build.cs2621COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs21COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs201 /// Represents the response from the Azure DevOps build API.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs241 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs301 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs361 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs421 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs481 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildDevOps.cs601 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/HeaderGen.cs21 /// The copyright and license notice to prepend to the generated header.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs21 /// Provides a thread-safe cache for storing Azure client certificates indexed by their identifier.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs221 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs421 /// <param name="TenantId">The Azure tenant ID.</param>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs481 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs621 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs901 {COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs921 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs961 /// Creates an X509Certificate2 from PEM-encoded certificate and private key data.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs1061 /// Gets or sets the certificate data in DER-encoded format.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs1101 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs1141COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs1201 /// Gets the scope of the access token.COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/AzureClient.cs1261 /// Gets or sets the audience (token endpoint URL).COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/DynData.cs101 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/DynData.cs261 public UInt16 Class;COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildAzure.cs21 /// externally.</remarks>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildAzure.cs261 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildAzure.cs281 // [COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs141 /// Creates a compressed ZIP archive from a source directory, excluding debug files and applying path transformaCOMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs201 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs221 // if (!shouldSkip)COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs241 // var entry = archive.CreateEntryFromFile(file, name, System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel.OptimalCOMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs261 // file.StartsWith("Debug", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||// Ignore directories (Debug32/DCOMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs301 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs321 //}))COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs381 // if (!filesToAdd[i].EndsWith(".pdb", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Zip.cs401 // }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildGithub.cs21 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildGithub.cs781 /// </remarks>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/BuildGithub.cs801 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs181 }COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs341 return VsWhereFilePath;COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs561 ];COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs1021COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs1041 //COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs1201 //{COMMENT
LOWtools/CustomBuildTool/Utils.cs1221 // vswhere = GetVswhereFilePath();COMMENT
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AI Slop Vocabulary4 hits · 12 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/sha256.c1376// For the SHA-NI implementation we will utilize 128-bit XMM registers. EachCOMMENT
MEDIUMKSystemInformer/informer_fileop.c2531// of the file. Essentially, this is asserting that FLT_PARAMETERS has notCOMMENT
MEDIUMphlib/bcd.cpp586 // is NOT the default {fwbootmgr} entry. So make the reboot seamless/effortless byCOMMENT
MEDIUMphnt/include/ntbcd.h2111 /// Indicates whether the system should utilize the first 4GB of physical memory.COMMENT
Verbosity Indicators5 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/thirdparty/jsonc/arraylist.c218 // Because put_idx can skip entries, we need to check ifCOMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1767 // Step 3: Acceptable pairs of L,N => skippedCOMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1769 // Step 6: nBitsOfSeed < nBitsOfQ => skippedCOMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1857 // Step 2: Verify that 2<= G <= p-1COMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1866 // Step 3: Verify that G^Q == 1COMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse4 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1767 // Step 3: Acceptable pairs of L,N => skippedCOMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1769 // Step 6: nBitsOfSeed < nBitsOfQ => skippedCOMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1857 // Step 2: Verify that 2<= G <= p-1COMMENT
LOWtools/thirdparty/SymCrypt/lib/dlgroup.c1866 // Step 3: Verify that G^Q == 1COMMENT
AI Response Leakage1 hit · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHphlib/avltree.c507 // In this implementation, the balance factor is the right height minus left height.COMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/thirdparty/jsonc/json_object.h436 * ownership through json_object_get (& don't forget to do a json_object_putCOMMENT