The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit
This report summarizes scanner evidence for WebAssembly/wabt, a C++ project with 8,188 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 110,426 lines of code across 1735 source files, recording 159 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.5 (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.
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.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 146 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 10 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 5 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 159 finding(s).
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.
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.
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.
The scanner identified 159 distinct pattern matches across 8 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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | CMakeLists.txt | 1 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/run-roundtrip.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/run-c-api-examples.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/find_exe.py | 1 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c | 1 | #include <assert.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c | 21 | #define v128_u8x16_make(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p) \ | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c | 41 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/utils.py | 1 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-wast.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-js.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/gen-wasm.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/update-spec-tests.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/interp/tracing-call-ref.txt | 21 | (invoke "call") | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/interp/basic-tracing.txt | 21 | call $fib)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/interp/basic-tracing.txt | 41 | #2. 64: V:3 | call $0 | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/interp/tracing-imported-index.txt | 21 | #0. 36: V:0 | return | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 81 | #ifndef _DEFAULT_SOURCE | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 101 | #include <malloc.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 121 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 141 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 181 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 261 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 301 | // done using FORCE_READ_INT/FORCE_READ_FLOAT | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 321 | #elif defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/check-imports.txt | 941 | #define FUNC_TYPE_EXTERN_T(x) const char* const x | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 41 | /* export: 'add' */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 61 | #elif defined(__APPLE__) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 101 | wasm2c_bswap32((uint32_t)(value >> 32)); | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 241 | puts("Segment register mismatch\n"); \ | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 261 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 281 | #elif (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && WASM_RT_MEMCHECK_GUARD_PAGES | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 301 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/add.txt | 541 | #define I64_DIV_S(x, y) DIV_S(u64, INT64_MIN, (s64)x, (s64)y) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 81 | #ifndef _DEFAULT_SOURCE | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 101 | #include <malloc.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 121 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 141 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 181 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 261 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 301 | // done using FORCE_READ_INT/FORCE_READ_FLOAT | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 321 | #elif defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/export-names.txt | 941 | #define FUNC_TYPE_EXTERN_T(x) const char* const x | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 81 | #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 101 | #elif defined(_MSC_VER) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 181 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 261 | #include <stdio.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 301 | WASM_RT_NONCONFORMING_ALLOW_OOB_READ_ELIMINATION | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 321 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 561 | : (ut)((x) % (y))) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt | 941 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/minimal.txt | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/minimal.txt | 61 | defined(__DragonFly__) | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/minimal.txt | 101 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/wasm2c/minimal.txt | 161 | #define FUNC_EPILOGUE --wasm_rt_call_stack_depth | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 508 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 173 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 285 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 354 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/utils.py | 134 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 772 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 846 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 866 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 897 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 468 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 479 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/run-tests.py | 513 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-wast.py | 43 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-wast.py | 197 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-js.py | 163 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-js.py | 193 | CODE | |
| LOW | test/gen-spec-js.py | 339 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | test/run-tests.py | 274 | except OSError: | CODE |
| HIGH | test/run-tests.py | 986 | except NoRoundtripError: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | test/dump/memory.txt | 7 | (data (i32.const 2147483648) "goodbye, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur")) | CODE |
| LOW | test/dump/memory.txt | 7 | (data (i32.const 2147483648) "goodbye, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur")) | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/remove_section.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/remove_section.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/basic.txt | 4 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/basic.txt | 4 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/keep_section.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/keep_section.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/out_file.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| LOW | test/strip/out_file.txt | 6 | section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," } | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | scripts/update-manpages.py | 41 | print("Error: Could not find tools list in help2man.lua", file=sys.stderr) | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | test/run-spec-wasm2c.py | 229 | # This test doesn't have any valid modules, so just use a dummy instead. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | test/gen-wasm.py | 547 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | docs/demo/libwabt.js | 1 | async function WabtModule(moduleArg={}){var moduleRtn;var Module=moduleArg;var ENVIRONMENT_IS_WEB=!!globalThis.window;va | CODE |