AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

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An Open Source YouTube app for privacy

1.8 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for FreeTubeApp/FreeTube, a Vue project with 22,274 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 145,878 lines of code across 429 source files, recording 254 pattern matches distributed across 3 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.8 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

1.8
Adjusted Signal
1.8
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
22.3K
Stars
Vue
Language
145.9K
Lines of Code
429
Files
254
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 8.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 253 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.0/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 1 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 8.6/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 249 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 8.3/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 254 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 0MEDIUM 0LOW 254

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 254 distinct pattern matches across 3 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers249 hits · 261 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/renderer/App.vue366function handleExternalLinkOpeningPromptAnswer(option) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsShorts.vue126function loadVideosFromRemoteFirstPerWindowSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsShorts.vue141function loadVideosFromCacheSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsShorts.vue163function loadVideosFromCacheForAllActiveProfileChannels() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsShorts.vue172async function loadVideosForSubscriptionsFromRemote() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsShorts.vue283async function getChannelShortsInvidious(channel, failedAttempts = 0) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue130function loadVideosFromRemoteFirstPerWindowSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue145function loadVideosFromCacheSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue167function loadVideosFromCacheForAllActiveProfileChannels() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue176async function loadVideosForSubscriptionsFromRemote() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue262async function getChannelVideosLocalScraper(channel, failedAttempts = 0) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue363async function getChannelVideosInvidiousScraper(channel, failedAttempts = 0) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsVideos.vue406async function getChannelVideosInvidiousRSS(channel, failedAttempts = 0) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/PrivacySettings.vue159function updateRememberSearchHistory(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/PrivacySettings.vue169function updateSaveVideoHistoryWithLastViewedPlaylist(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/PrivacySettings.vue186function updateWatchedProgressSavingMode(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/PrivacySettings.vue226function handleRemoveSubscriptions(option) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsLive.vue131function loadVideosFromRemoteFirstPerWindowSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsLive.vue146function loadVideosFromCacheSometimes() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsLive.vue168function loadVideosFromCacheForAllActiveProfileChannels() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsLive.vue177async function loadVideosForSubscriptionsFromRemote() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SubscriptionsLive.vue407async function getChannelLiveInvidiousRSS(channel, failedAttempts = 0) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/ExternalPlayerSettings.vue132function updateExternalPlayerIgnoreWarnings(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/ExternalPlayerSettings.vue139function updateExternalPlayerIgnoreDefaultArgs(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/ExternalPlayerSettings.vue146function updateExternalPlayerExecutable(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/ExternalPlayerSettings.vue153function handleExternalPlayerCustomArgs(args) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/ExternalPlayerSettings.vue160function handleAddedExternalPayerCustomArgs() {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/ParentalControlSettings.vue82function updateHideUnsubscribeButton(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/ParentalControlSettings.vue96function updateShowFamilyFriendlyOnly(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/ParentalControlSettings.vue103function updateDisableChannelLinks(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue168function handleSponsorBlockExcludedChannels(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue172function handleSponsorBlockShowExcludedChannels() {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue186function handleUpdateUseDeArrowTitles(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue193function handleUpdateUseDeArrowThumbnails(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue200function handleUpdateSponsorBlockShowSkippedToast(value) {CODE
LOW⚡src/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue207function handleUpdateSponsorBlockUrl(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue219function handleUpdateDeArrowThumbnailGeneratorUrl(value) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue252async function findChannelTagInfoWrapper(text) {CODE
LOWsrc/renderer/components/SponsorBlockSettings.vue256async function verifySponsorBlockExcludedChannels() {CODE
LOW⚡…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue234function updateGeneralAutoLoadMorePaginatedItemsEnabled(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue244function updateHideToTrayOnMinimize(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue254function updateEnableSearchSuggestions(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue264function updateOpenDeepLinksInNewWindow(value) {CODE
LOW…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue389function handleThumbnailPreferenceChange(value) {CODE
LOW…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue443function updateExternalLinkHandling(value) {CODE
LOW…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue469function handleInvidiousInstanceSelection(input) {CODE
LOW…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue485function handleSetDefaultInstanceClick() {CODE
LOW…enderer/components/GeneralSettings/GeneralSettings.vue493function handleClearDefaultInstanceClick() {CODE
LOW⚡…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue302function updateEnableSubtitlesByDefault(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue312function updateVideoVolumeMouseScroll(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue322function updateVideoPlaybackRateMouseScroll(value) {CODE
LOW⚡…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue332function updateVideoSkipMouseScroll(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue375function updateDisplayVideoPlayButton(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue385function updateEnterFullscreenOnDisplayRotate(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue523function updateVideoPlaybackRateInterval(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue545function updateDefaultAutoplayInterruptionIntervalHours(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue555function updateDefaultSkipInterval(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue585function updateMaxVideoPlaybackRate(value) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue608async function handleUpdateScreenshotFormat(format) {CODE
LOW…/renderer/components/PlayerSettings/PlayerSettings.vue630async function handleUpdateScreenshotMode(mode) {CODE
189 more matches not shown…
Over-Commented Block4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlefthook.yml21# pre-push:COMMENT
LOWlefthook.yml41# govet:COMMENT
LOWsrc/renderer/store/modules/utils.js321 },COMMENT
LOWsrc/renderer/store/modules/utils.js341 //COMMENT
Fake / Example Data1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/renderer/components/FtInput/FtInput.vue53 :placeholder="placeholder"CODE