1.5

Adjusted Signal

1.5

Raw Pattern Score

100%

Time Factor

2026-10-25

Last Push

10.5K

Stars

Swift

Language

149.5K

Lines of Code

975

Files

181

Pattern Hits

2026-10-31

Scan Date

0.01

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 7.2/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 177 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 3 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.2/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 6 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 8.1/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 181 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 6MEDIUM 20LOW 155

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 181 distinct pattern matches across 11 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 Block130 hits · 130 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	…WireTests/ArticleStringFormatterPerformanceTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…/NetNewsWireTests/SanitizedTitlePerformanceTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…WireTests/NSAttributedStringHTMLPerformanceTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…sts/NetNewsWireTests/ArticleStringFormatterTests.swift	61	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/AccountType+Helpers.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/SmartFeeds/UnreadFeed.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Settings/AddCloudKitAccount.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…d/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderingSpecialCases.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Extensions/ArticleStringFormatter.swift	161	/// `<abbr title="…">` is recognized as `abbr`.	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+Extensions.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Extensions/NSAttributedString+Extensions.swift	61	descriptor = descriptor.withSymbolicTraits(symbolicTraits)!	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Extensions/IconImageView.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Shared/Extensions/RSImage+Extensions.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	iOS/NetNewsWire-iOS-Bridging-Header.h	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	iOS/UIKit Extensions/SFSafariViewController+Extras.m	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	iOS/Article/WebViewFullscreenKeeper.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/NetNewsWire-Bridging-Header.h	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/NSOpenPanel+Extras.m	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/Browser.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/MainWindow/AddFeed/AddFeedController.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/CrashReporter/CrashReporter.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Mac/SafariExtension/SafariExtensionHandler.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_json_crash.sh	1	#!/bin/bash	COMMENT
LOW	buildscripts/VerifyNoBS.swift	1	#!/usr/bin/swift	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/URL+RSCoreTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…e/Tests/RSCoreTests/MultilineTextFieldSizerTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…/Tests/RSCoreTests/SingleLineTextFieldSizerTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…Core/Tests/RSCoreTests/CollapsingWhitespaceTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…RSCoreTests/CollapsingWhitespacePerformanceTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/StripHTMLTests.swift	61	@Test func emptyString() {	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/StripHTMLTests.swift	81	#expect(source.strippingHTML(maxCharacters: nil) == "hello world")	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/StripHTMLTests.swift	121	let expectedOutput = try String(contentsOf: txtURL, encoding: .utf8)	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/StripHTMLTests.swift	141	// print("cp /tmp/apple.txt Tests/RSCoreTests/Resources/")	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	21	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	41	// let utf16 = bigHTML.data(using: .utf16)!	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	61	// XCTAssertFalse(noLT.isProbablyHTML)	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	81	// }	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	101	// }	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	121	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	141	// XCTAssertEqual(noHead.isProbablyHTML, (noHead as NSData).rs_dataIsProbablyHTML())	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	161	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Data+RSCoreTests.swift	181	// XCTAssertEqual(data.hexadecimalString!, (data as NSData).rs_hexadecimalString())	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/Geometry.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/MacroProcessor.swift	21	var renderedText: String {	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/Logging.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/MainThreadOperation.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/Calendar+RSCore.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/FileManager+RSCore.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/Data+RSCore.swift	21	md5Hash.hexadecimalString	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/CoalescingQueue.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/Renamable.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	…s/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/MainThreadOperationQueue.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/SendToCommand.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/SendToCommand.swift	21	/// See NetNewsWire.	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/SendToCommand.swift	41	/// Send an object to the target application.	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/StripHTML.swift	1	//	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/StripHTML.swift	21	// + inessential.html + scripting.html,	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/StripHTML.swift	61	// MARK: - Implementation	COMMENT
LOW	Modules/RSCore/Sources/RSCore/StripHTML.swift	141	return true	COMMENT
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AI Slop Vocabulary17 hits · 33 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	1114	"content_html": "<p>I've been using OmniFocus ask my task manager for a good few years now, and I frequently	CODE
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/3960.json	233	"content_html": "<blockquote><p>Dies ist meine Philosophie über Programmierung. Es gibt viele davon, aber diese hi	CODE
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/3960.json	462	"content_html": "<p>Ein Tipp von den Wedeler Jungs: Gregory Travis erklärt aus seiner Erfahrung als Programmierer	CODE
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/3960.json	492	"content_html": "<p>Meine persönlichen Grundsätze für Programmierung finden sich bestens in dem Artikel <a href=\"	CODE
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/curt.json	1	{"icon":"http:\/\/curtclifton.net\/style\/feedicon.png","user_comment":"This feed allows you to read the posts from this	CODE
LOW	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/curt.json	1	{"icon":"http:\/\/curtclifton.net\/style\/feedicon.png","user_comment":"This feed allows you to read the posts from this	CODE
MEDIUM	…les/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/natasha.xml	561	<p>These small and invisible interactions with your app really change the concept of what an app is. An app is now somet	CODE
MEDIUM	…les/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/natasha.xml	805	<p>In the try! Swift Japan app, I hard-coded everything into arrays and dictionaries to load every time (after all, it w	CODE
MEDIUM	…rser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/DaringFireball.json	191	"content_html" : "\n<p>Kyle Orland, reporting for Ars Technica:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Since the days of the	CODE
MEDIUM	…rser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/DaringFireball.json	430	"content_html" : "\n<p>Randy Nelson, writing for the Sensor Tower blog:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>According to	CODE
MEDIUM	…rser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/DaringFireball.json	430	"content_html" : "\n<p>Randy Nelson, writing for the Sensor Tower blog:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>According to	CODE
MEDIUM	…rser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/DaringFireball.json	537	"content_html" : "\n<p>Federico Viticci, MacStories, “<a href=\"https://www.macstories.net/stories/the-10	CODE
MEDIUM	…ules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/furbo.html	162	<p>What we’re seeing here is law enforcement’s complete lack of understanding of how digital devices store a	CODE
MEDIUM	…ules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/pxlnv.json	86	"content_html": "<p>Zack Whittaker, <em>ZDNet</em>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Hackers stole more data from E	CODE
MEDIUM	…ules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/pxlnv.json	86	"content_html": "<p>Zack Whittaker, <em>ZDNet</em>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Hackers stole more data from E	CODE
MEDIUM	…ules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/pxlnv.json	121	"content_html": "<p>There is something unique about deliberately contrarian-for-the-sake-of-being-contrarian	CODE
MEDIUM	…RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/dcrainmaker.xml	500	<p>Taking a quick detour to look at the sizes and weights of the watches, I’ve lined up the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE wit	CODE

AI Response Leakage5 hits · 25 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	…dules/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Resources/scripting.txt	1	Scripting News SCRIPTING NEWS It's even worse than it appears.. Go Monday, October 20, 2025 Frontier's Simple Cross-Netw	CODE
HIGH	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	806	"content_html": "<p><img title=\"OmniFocus 3 Temp Logo\" alt=\"OmniFocus 3 Temp Logo\" class=\"image-right\"	CODE
HIGH	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	807	"content_text": "\nI'm fortunate enough to have been let into the very early OmniFocus 3 Beta. The app isn't	CODE
HIGH	…arser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/ScriptingNews.json	891	"description": "<p>Richard is one of the old school bloggers. He started <a href=\"https://web.archi	CODE
HIGH	…arser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/ScriptingNews.json	906	"text": "He has a <a href=\"http://altplatform.org/2017/06/20/building-a-blogroll-in-201	CODE

Slop Phrases9 hits · 14 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	288	"content_html": "<p><img title=\"Automators Artwork\" alt=\"Automators Artwork\" class=\"image-right\" src=\	CODE
LOW	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	890	"content_html": "<p>I recently bought a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/mood-light-pi-zero-	CODE
LOW	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	891	"content_text": "I recently bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W mood light kit on Pimoroni. I've been looking for a	CODE
LOW⚡	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	1058	"content_html": "<p>Today is the day, Apple fans are perhaps a little too excited but that's par for the cou	CODE
LOW⚡	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	1058	"content_html": "<p>Today is the day, Apple fans are perhaps a little too excited but that's par for the cou	CODE
LOW⚡	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	1059	"content_text": "Today is the day, Apple fans are perhaps a little too excited but that's par for the course	CODE
LOW⚡	…dules/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/rose.json	1059	"content_text": "Today is the day, Apple fans are perhaps a little too excited but that's par for the course	CODE
MEDIUM	…les/RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/natasha.xml	66	<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about why I prefer not to use default implementations in Swift protocols. Here	CODE
MEDIUM	…RSParser/Tests/RSParserTests/Resources/dcrainmaker.xml	1469	<p><em>Update: You can now pre-order the <a href="http://www.clevertraining.com/garmin-descent-mk1-gps-dive-watch?acc=16	CODE

Redundant / Tautological Comments7 hits · 10 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_all_crashes.sh	43	# Check if symbolication scripts exist	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_all_crashes.sh	113	# Check if symbolicated file already exists	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_crash.sh	34	# Check if crash log file is provided	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_crash.sh	177	# Check if name/bundle ID matches	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_crash.sh	309	# Check if this is a stack frame line using grep (handles tabs/spaces better)	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_json_crash.sh	37	# Check if jq is available	COMMENT
LOW	scripts/symbolicate_json_crash.sh	233	# Check if we got a real symbol (not just address back)	COMMENT

Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
HIGH	…/RSCore/Tests/RSCoreTests/Resources/daringfireball.txt	1	Daring Fireball By John Gruber Archive The Talk Show Dithering Projects Contact Colophon Feeds / Social Sponsorship	CODE

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers5 hits · 4 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	Shared/Article Rendering/main.js	22	function preserveAspectRatioOfFixedSizeFrame(element) {	CODE
LOW	Shared/Article Rendering/main.js	55	function constrainBodyRelativeIframes() {	CODE
LOW	Shared/Article Rendering/main.js	216	function removeInstapaperIgnoreElements() {	CODE
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	135	def tokenize_python_to_unmatched_close_curly(source_text, start, line_starts):	STRING
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	364	def code_starts_with_dedent_keyword(source_lines):	STRING

Deep Nesting3 hits · 3 pts

Severity	File	Line	Context
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	135	CODE
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	416	CODE
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	575	CODE

Fake / Example Data2 hits · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	…WireTests/ArticleStringFormatterPerformanceTests.swift	94	let loremParagraph = "<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut l	CODE
LOW	…WireTests/ArticleStringFormatterPerformanceTests.swift	94	let loremParagraph = "<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut l	CODE

Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping1 hit · 2 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
MEDIUM	Modules/Account/Sources/Account/AccountManager.swift	646	print("Error reading Accounts folder: \(error)")	CODE

Unused Imports1 hit · 1 pts

Severity	File	Line	Snippet	Context
LOW	buildscripts/gyb.py	5		CODE

Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review