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WebAssembly/wabt

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The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit

1.5 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

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.

1.5
Adjusted Signal
1.5
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-28
Last Push
8.2K
Stars
C++
Language
110.4K
Lines of Code
1.7K
Files
159
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 6.4/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 146 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.5/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 10 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.6/100 · LOW

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

PR Review Velocity Impact 7.5/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 159 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 2MEDIUM 1LOW 156

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 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.

Over-Commented Block126 hits · 126 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWCMakeLists.txt1#COMMENT
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py1#!/usr/bin/env pythonCOMMENT
LOWtest/run-roundtrip.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/run-c-api-examples.py1#!/usr/bin/env pythonCOMMENT
LOWtest/find_exe.py1#COMMENT
LOWtest/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c1#include <assert.h>COMMENT
LOWtest/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c21#define v128_u8x16_make(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p) \COMMENT
LOWtest/spec-wasm2c-prefix.c41#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/utils.py1#COMMENT
LOWtest/run-tests.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/gen-spec-wast.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/gen-spec-js.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/gen-wasm.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/update-spec-tests.py1#!/usr/bin/env python3COMMENT
LOWtest/interp/tracing-call-ref.txt21(invoke "call")COMMENT
LOWtest/interp/basic-tracing.txt21 call $fib))COMMENT
LOWtest/interp/basic-tracing.txt41#2. 64: V:3 | call $0COMMENT
LOWtest/interp/tracing-imported-index.txt21#0. 36: V:0 | returnCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt81#ifndef _DEFAULT_SOURCECOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt101#include <malloc.h>COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt121}COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt141#endifCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt181#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt261COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt301// done using FORCE_READ_INT/FORCE_READ_FLOATCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt321#elif defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt541COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/check-imports.txt941#define FUNC_TYPE_EXTERN_T(x) const char* const xCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt41/* export: 'add' */COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt61#elif defined(__APPLE__)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt101 wasm2c_bswap32((uint32_t)(value >> 32));COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt161COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt241 puts("Segment register mismatch\n"); \COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt261#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt281#elif (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && WASM_RT_MEMCHECK_GUARD_PAGESCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt301COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/add.txt541#define I64_DIV_S(x, y) DIV_S(u64, INT64_MIN, (s64)x, (s64)y)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt81#ifndef _DEFAULT_SOURCECOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt101#include <malloc.h>COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt121}COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt141#endifCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt181#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt261COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt301// done using FORCE_READ_INT/FORCE_READ_FLOATCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt321#elif defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt541COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/export-names.txt941#define FUNC_TYPE_EXTERN_T(x) const char* const xCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt81#define _DEFAULT_SOURCECOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt101#elif defined(_MSC_VER)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt121COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt181#endifCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt261#include <stdio.h>COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt301 WASM_RT_NONCONFORMING_ALLOW_OOB_READ_ELIMINATIONCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt321#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt561 : (ut)((x) % (y)))COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/tail-calls.txt941#elseCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/minimal.txt41COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/minimal.txt61 defined(__DragonFly__)COMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/minimal.txt101#endifCOMMENT
LOWtest/wasm2c/minimal.txt161#define FUNC_EPILOGUE --wasm_rt_call_stack_depthCOMMENT
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Deep Nesting17 hits · 17 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py508CODE
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py173CODE
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py285CODE
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py354CODE
LOWtest/utils.py134CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py772CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py846CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py866CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py897CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py468CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py479CODE
LOWtest/run-tests.py513CODE
LOWtest/gen-spec-wast.py43CODE
LOWtest/gen-spec-wast.py197CODE
LOWtest/gen-spec-js.py163CODE
LOWtest/gen-spec-js.py193CODE
LOWtest/gen-spec-js.py339CODE
Empty Error Handlers2 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHtest/run-tests.py274except OSError:CODE
HIGHtest/run-tests.py986except NoRoundtripError:CODE
Fake / Example Data10 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/dump/memory.txt7 (data (i32.const 2147483648) "goodbye, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur"))CODE
LOWtest/dump/memory.txt7 (data (i32.const 2147483648) "goodbye, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur"))CODE
LOWtest/strip/remove_section.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/remove_section.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/basic.txt4section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/basic.txt4section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/keep_section.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/keep_section.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/out_file.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
LOWtest/strip/out_file.txt6section("one") { "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," }CODE
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/update-manpages.py41 print("Error: Could not find tools list in help2man.lua", file=sys.stderr)CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/run-spec-wasm2c.py229 # This test doesn't have any valid modules, so just use a dummy instead.COMMENT
AI Structural Patterns1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/gen-wasm.py547CODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWdocs/demo/libwabt.js1async function WabtModule(moduleArg={}){var moduleRtn;var Module=moduleArg;var ENVIRONMENT_IS_WEB=!!globalThis.window;vaCODE