AI Analysis
Final verdict: SAFE
The package shows minimal risk with no network calls, no obfuscation, and no credential harvesting. The shell execution could be a concern, but it appears to be used for legitimate purposes like version checking.
- Shell risk due to version checking
- Low activity maintainer
Per-check LLM notes
- Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package requires external communications.
- Shell: Executing shell commands to check versioning can be legitimate but should be scrutinized for unexpected behaviors or permissions escalation.
- Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious obfuscation.
- Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, suggesting no immediate risk of secret theft.
- Metadata: The maintainer has only one package, which might indicate a new or less active account, raising some suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.
Package Quality Overall: Low (3.2/10)
○ Low
Test Suite
1.0
No test suite detected
No test files or test-runner configuration detected
◈ Medium
Documentation
5.0
Some documentation present
Detailed PyPI description (23583 chars)
○ Low
Contributing Guide
2.0
No contributing guide or governance files found
No CONTRIBUTING, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, or governance files found
◈ Medium
Type Annotations
7.0
Partial type annotation coverage
Type checker (mypy / pyright / pytype) referenced in project225 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
○ Low
Multiple Contributors
1.0
Unable to verify contributor count: no GitHub repository found
No GitHub repository linked — contributor count unavailable
Heuristic Checks
Outbound Network Calls
No suspicious network call patterns found
Code Obfuscation
No obfuscation patterns detected
Shell / Subprocess Execution
score 2.0
Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)
try: completed = subprocess.run( [executable_path, "--version"],
Credential Harvesting
No credential harvesting patterns detected
Typosquatting
No typosquatting candidates detected
Registered Email Domain
No author email provided
Suspicious Page Links
All external links appear legitimate
Git Repository History
No GitHub repository linked
No GitHub repository link found
Maintainer History
score 2.0
1 maintainer concern(s) found
Author "trevor-nichols" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.
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