Last updated: July 21, 2026
AI Repo Detector does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any user data. All analysis runs locally in your browser using rule-based heuristics — no AI services, no external servers, no analytics.
The extension estimates whether a GitHub repository was written by a human or generated by AI. It fetches public repository data (commits, file list, README, metadata) from the official GitHub API, evaluates it against a set of local heuristic rules, and shows a verdict badge with a detailed breakdown on the repository page.
chrome.storage.local) to avoid repeated API calls. Cache entries are version-tagged and can be refreshed manually.api.github.com as standard API authentication, and can be removed at any time via the extension popup. We never see it.None of this data leaves your device except as described above (token → GitHub API only).
The extension makes requests exclusively to api.github.com — the official GitHub API — to read public repository data. No other host is ever contacted.
storage — local analysis cache and the optional API token;https://api.github.com/* — reading public repository data for analysis;https://github.com/* — displaying the verdict badge and breakdown panel on repository pages. The content script reads only the current page URL to identify the repository; page content is not collected or transmitted.No data is sold or shared with third parties. No data is used for advertising, creditworthiness, lending, or any purpose unrelated to the extension's single purpose. The only third party involved is GitHub itself, whose API the extension queries; GitHub's own privacy statement applies to those requests.
Any changes to this policy will be published on this page.
Questions: open an issue at github.com/ShyDamn/ai-repo-detector.
AI Repo Detector is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with GitHub.