A new tool called Repo-Slopscore has been created to detect AI-generated contributions in code repositories by analyzing Git commit patterns.

What happened: Repo-Slopscore is a scanning system that analyzes open-source repositories across multiple code hosting platforms—including GitHub, Codeberg, GitLab, and others—to identify commits that may have been written or assisted by AI. The tool has scanned over 3,230 repositories to date, examining commit metadata and patterns.

Why it matters: As AI coding assistants become more widely used by developers, there is a need for visibility into which code contributions in public projects may have AI involvement. This tool provides a way to track that trend across the open-source ecosystem without requiring manual inspection of each project.

What to watch: The scanner is actively running and analyzing repositories in real time; recent scans show repositories like Linux, Redis, Chromium, and VLC have been evaluated. The results are publicly available, allowing project maintainers and the community to assess AI contribution prevalence in their own codebases.