arbor

v0.12.2 suspicious
5.0
Medium Risk

High performance simulation of networks of multicompartment neurons.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package exhibits a moderate risk score primarily due to potential typosquatting targeting 'arrow'. Further investigation is warranted.

  • Potential typosquatting
  • Moderate metadata risk
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package's functionality requires external API interactions.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating no direct system command execution from the package.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, suggesting low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The package shows some red flags but no concrete evidence of malice.
  • ⚠ Typosquatting target: arrow

📦 Package Quality Overall: Low (4.6/10)

○ Low Test Suite 1.0

No test suite detected

  • No test files or test-runner configuration detected
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "documentation" -> https://docs.arbor-sim.org
  • Detailed PyPI description (1739 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
○ Low Type Annotations 1.0

No type annotations detected

  • No type annotations, py.typed marker, or stub files detected
✦ High Multiple Contributors 10.0

Active multi-contributor project

  • 7 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in arbor-sim/arbor
  • Active community — 5 or more distinct contributors

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

⚠ Typosquatting score 3.0

Possible typosquat of: arrow

  • "arbor" is 2 edit(s) from "arrow"
✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: arbor-sim.org>

⚠ Suspicious Page Links score 2.0

Found 1 suspicious link(s) on the package page

  • Non-HTTPS external link: http://docs.arbor-sim.org
✓ Git Repository History

Repository arbor-sim/arbor 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)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with arbor 
Create a mini-application that simulates a simplified neural network using the 'arbor' package in Python. Your goal is to develop a tool that allows users to define and visualize basic neuron models and simulate their electrical activity over time. The application should include the following features:

1. **User Interface**: Develop a simple graphical user interface (GUI) where users can input parameters such as neuron type, number of compartments, initial conditions, and simulation duration.
2. **Neuron Models**: Allow users to choose between different types of neuron models (e.g., Hodgkin-Huxley, Izhikevich) and customize parameters specific to each model.
3. **Simulation Engine**: Utilize the 'arbor' package to set up and run simulations based on the user-defined parameters. Ensure that the application can handle the high-performance simulation capabilities provided by 'arbor'.
4. **Visualization**: Implement real-time visualization of the neuron's membrane potential and other key variables over time. Provide options to save these visualizations as images or videos.
5. **Documentation and Help**: Include a brief documentation section within the application that explains the functionality of 'arbor', the supported neuron models, and how to interpret the simulation results.
6. **Interactive Features**: Enable users to interact with the simulation by changing parameters mid-simulation and observing the effects on the neuron's behavior.

Your task is to outline the steps required to create this application, including setting up the environment, integrating 'arbor', designing the GUI, and implementing the simulation and visualization components. Additionally, provide a short explanation of how 'arbor' is utilized in each step of the process.

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