ascii-colors

v0.11.22 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

A Python library for rich terminal output with advanced logging features.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows benign characteristics but has notable risks related to potential credential harvesting and unclear authorship, raising concerns about its safety.

  • Potential for credential harvesting
  • Unclear author identity
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, so no immediate risk from that perspective.
  • Shell: The use of os.system('cls') is benign and likely intended to clear the console screen but could potentially be exploited in certain contexts.
  • Obfuscation: No signs of obfuscation techniques are present.
  • Credentials: Detected patterns suggest potential for password input handling which could be used for credential harvesting if misused.
  • Metadata: The author's identity is not clearly disclosed and may be new or inactive, which raises some suspicion but does not strongly indicate malice.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (5.4/10)

◈ Medium Test Suite 6.0

Partial test coverage signals detected

  • 1 test file(s) detected (e.g. test_ascii_colors.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://parisneo.github.io/ascii_colors/
  • Detailed PyPI description (33538 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 193 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
◈ Medium Multiple Contributors 5.0

Limited contributor diversity

  • 1 unique contributor(s) across 67 commits in ParisNeo/ascii_colors
  • Single author but highly active (67 commits)

🔬 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)

  • import os os.system('cls') except: pass #
⚠ Credential Harvesting score 7.5

Found 3 credential access pattern(s)

  • e.flush() return getpass.getpass(prompt="") if hide_input else input() except Keyboa
  • try: return getpass.getpass(prompt) except (EOFError, OSError): re
  • t getpass return getpass.getpass("") else: return input() de
✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: gmail.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository ParisNeo/ascii_colors 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 ascii-colors 
Create a terminal-based task manager application named 'ColorfulTasks' using Python's 'ascii-colors' library. This application will allow users to manage their daily tasks with colorful and visually appealing terminal outputs. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the functionalities and steps to build it:

1. **Task Creation**: Users should be able to add new tasks with descriptions and due dates.
2. **Task Listing**: Display all tasks in a list format, with each task's status (completed or pending), description, and due date.
3. **Task Completion**: Mark tasks as completed, which should update their status in the list.
4. **Task Deletion**: Remove completed or unnecessary tasks from the list.
5. **Advanced Logging**: Implement logging features to track user actions such as adding, completing, or deleting tasks.
6. **Colorful Output**: Utilize the 'ascii-colors' package to color-code different statuses (e.g., green for completed tasks, red for overdue tasks).
7. **Interactive Menu**: Design an interactive menu system to navigate through the different functionalities.
8. **Data Persistence**: Save the tasks and their statuses to a file so they persist across sessions.
9. **User Interface Enhancements**: Include additional UI elements like separators, headers, and footers to make the interface more readable and engaging.

The 'ascii-colors' package will be used extensively to enhance the visual appeal of the terminal output, making the task management process more enjoyable and intuitive.

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