abbrev

v1.4.0 safe
3.0
Low Risk

🐜 Expand abbreviations 🐜

πŸ€– AI Analysis

Final verdict: SAFE

The package appears to be safe based on the analysis notes, with no detected risks for network calls, shell execution, obfuscation, or credential harvesting. The metadata risk slightly increases suspicion due to the maintainer's account status.

  • No network calls detected
  • Maintainer has a new or inactive account
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal for a package focused on abbreviation handling.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, aligning with expectations for a benign utility package.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has a new or inactive account and lacks a full author name, raising some suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.

πŸ”¬ Heuristic Checks

βœ“ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

βœ“ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

βœ“ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

βœ“ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

βœ“ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

βœ“ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: swirly.com>

βœ“ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

βœ“ Git Repository History

Repository rec/abbrev appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
βœ“ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

πŸ’‘ AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with abbrev
Create a command-line tool using Python that helps users expand abbreviations into their full forms. Your tool should utilize the 'abbrev' package to handle the abbreviation expansion logic. Here’s a step-by-step guide on what your application should achieve:

1. **Setup**: Start by installing the 'abbrev' package using pip. Ensure you have a virtual environment set up for this project.
2. **Core Functionality**: Implement a function that takes an abbreviation as input and returns its expanded form. Use the 'abbrev' package to perform the actual expansion.
3. **User Interface**: Design a simple yet intuitive command-line interface where users can input abbreviations and receive the expanded forms instantly.
4. **Additional Features**:
   - Allow users to add custom abbreviations and their expansions to a local database.
   - Provide an option to save the history of expansions performed during a session.
   - Include a feature to search through the local database for custom entries.
5. **Testing**: Write unit tests to ensure your application works correctly under various scenarios, including edge cases like non-existent abbreviations.
6. **Documentation**: Create comprehensive documentation for both users and developers, explaining how to install the tool, use it effectively, and contribute to the project.
7. **Deployment**: Package your application as a standalone executable or a pip-installable package so others can easily use it.

This project will not only serve as a useful tool for expanding abbreviations but also provide a practical example of how to integrate third-party packages into your Python projects.