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Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows

11.6 Moderate pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for QL-Win/QuickLook, a C# project with 25,257 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 71,569 lines of code across 473 source files, recording 586 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 11.6 (Moderate 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.

11.6
Adjusted Signal
11.6
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-10
Last Push
25.3K
Stars
C#
Language
71.6K
Lines of Code
473
Files
586
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.05
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

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

Cognitive Ownership Risk 32.7/100 · MEDIUM

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 554 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 15.8/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 28 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 1.3/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 5 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 42.5/100 · MEDIUM

Which changes need focused human review? 586 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 20HIGH 5MEDIUM 1LOW 560

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 586 distinct pattern matches across 9 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.

Over-Commented Block547 hits · 542 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.appveyor.yml41# deploy:COMMENT
LOWQuickLook/App.xaml.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/ViewerWindow.xaml.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/TrayIconManager.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/ViewWindowManager.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/PipeServerManager.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/FocusMonitor.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/ViewerWindow.Properties.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/ViewerWindow.Actions.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/KeystrokeDispatcher.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/PluginManager.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Plugin/InfoPanel/InfoPanel.xaml.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Plugin/InfoPanel/WindowsThumbnailProvider.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Plugin/InfoPanel/FileHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Plugin/InfoPanel/Plugin.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…kLook/Converters/BooleanToVisibilityHiddenConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…ok/Converters/WindowStateNormalToThicknessConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…Converters/WindowStateMaximizedToThicknessConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Converters/BooleanToKeyTimeConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Converters/ScaledValueConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…ok/Converters/BooleanToVisibilityCollapsedConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/WebClientEx.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/GlassLayer/GaussianBlurEffect.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/GlassLayer/GlassLayer.xaml.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…Look/Controls/GlassLayer/ElementCoordinateConverter.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/SpinIcon.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…ntrols/BusyDecorator/VisualTargetPresentationSource.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/BusyDecorator.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/ControlExtensions.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/ControlExtensions.cs21using System.Windows.Media;COMMENT
LOW…ickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/BackgroundVisualHost.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/ISpinable.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Controls/BusyDecorator/ISpinable.cs21/// Represents a spinable controlCOMMENT
LOW…ok/Controls/LeftContextMenu/LeftContextMenuBehavior.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs41//<UICulture>CultureYouAreCodingWith</UICulture> in your .csproj fileCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs61// Minor VersionCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs1//------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/QuickLook.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/SHCore.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/User32.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/UxTheme.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/WMI.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/ShellLink.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/ShellLink.cs61[Flags]COMMENT
LOWQuickLook/NativeMethods/ShellLink.cs81 /// whether or not the link object has changed.COMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/Updater.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/AutoStartupHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/MessageBoxPatcher.cs1// Copyright © 2024 KamilDevCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/ExtensionFilterHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/ExtensionFilterHelper.cs21using System.IO;COMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/GlobalKeyboardHook.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/SystemHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/PluginIconRegistrationHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/ShareHelper.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook/Helpers/CommandLineParser.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOW…ommon/ExtensionMethods/WindowInteropHelperExtension.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook.Common/ExtensionMethods/BitmapExtensions.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook.Common/ExtensionMethods/TypeExtensions.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
LOWQuickLook.Common/ExtensionMethods/FileExtensions.cs1// Copyright © 2017-2026 QL-Win ContributorsCOMMENT
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Hallucination Indicators20 hits · 235 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALQuickLook/App.xaml.cs200 Wpf.Ui.Violeta.Controls.ExceptionReport.Show(e.Exception);STRING
CRITICALQuickLook/App.xaml.cs224 Wpf.Ui.Violeta.Controls.ExceptionReport.Show(ex);STRING
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs769 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.RenderAction(HtmlHelper, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs790 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.RenderAction(HtmlHelper, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs812 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.RenderAction(HtmlHelper, String, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs852 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.RenderPartialExtensions.RenderPartial(HtmlHelper, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs870 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.DisplayExtensions.DisplayForModel(HtmlHelper, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICALQuickLook.Common/Properties/Annotations.cs880 /// <c>System.Web.Mvc.Html.EditorExtensions.EditorForModel(HtmlHelper, String)</c>.COMMENT
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1756 styles_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle();CODE
CRITICAL⚡…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1773 Shape = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeArgs();CODE
CRITICAL⚡…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1780 Rect = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.RectArgs();CODE
CRITICAL⚡…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1787 Ellipse = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.EllipseArgs();CODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1814 global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeArgs subBuilder = new global::Com.OpensouCODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1825 global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.RectArgs subBuilder = new global::Com.OpensourCODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1836 global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.EllipseArgs subBuilder = new global::Com.OpensCODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs1849 styles_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle();CODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs2978 fill_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle.Types.RGBAColor();CODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs2986 stroke_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle.Types.RGBAColor();CODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs3036 fill_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle.Types.RGBACCODE
CRITICAL…ugin/QuickLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svga/Svga.cs3045 stroke_ = new global::Com.Opensource.Svga.ShapeEntity.Types.ShapeStyle.Types.RGBCODE
Synthetic Comment Markers2 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHQuickLook/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs3// This code was generated by a tool.COMMENT
HIGH…ook.Plugin.VideoViewer/Properties/Resource.Designer.cs3// This code was generated by a tool.COMMENT
Cross-File Repetition3 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGH…ckLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Svg/SvgImagePanel.cs0access-control-allow-origin: * content-type: {mimetypes.getmimetype()}STRING
HIGH…ckLook.Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Tgs/TgsImagePanel.cs0access-control-allow-origin: * content-type: {mimetypes.getmimetype()}STRING
HIGH….Plugin.ImageViewer/Webview/Lottie/LottieImagePanel.cs0access-control-allow-origin: * content-type: {mimetypes.getmimetype()}STRING
Fake / Example Data8 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…ckLook.Plugin.ArchiveViewer/ArchiveFile/IconManager.cs143 Shell32.SHGetFileInfo("placeholder",CODE
LOW⚡…uickLook.Plugin.MarkdownViewer/Resources/rst2html.html632`,1;if(Pn>1e5&&Pn>Q.index*3)throw new Error("potential infinite loop, way more iterations than matches");return Se+=fe,fCODE
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Verbosity Indicators2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡QuickLook.Native/QuickLook.Native32/IDMan.cpp28 // Step 1: Get the selected item name from the IDM list via UIAutomationCOMMENT
LOW⚡QuickLook.Native/QuickLook.Native32/IDMan.cpp33 // Step 2: Resolve the file path from the IDM registryCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡QuickLook.Native/QuickLook.Native32/IDMan.cpp28 // Step 1: Get the selected item name from the IDM list via UIAutomationCOMMENT
LOW⚡QuickLook.Native/QuickLook.Native32/IDMan.cpp33 // Step 2: Resolve the file path from the IDM registryCOMMENT
Decorative Section Separators1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM…kLook.Plugin.ArchiveViewer/DSStore/DSStoreExtractor.cs43 // ── Internal allocator / block types ────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…gin.ImageViewer/Resources/Web/lottie-web/lottie.min.js1"undefined"!=typeof document&&"undefined"!=typeof navigator&&function(t,e){"object"==typeof exports&&"undefined"!=typeofCODE