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ajaxorg/ace

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Ace (Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor)

0.8 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for ajaxorg/ace, a JavaScript project with 27,135 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 287,787 lines of code across 1289 source files, recording 122 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.8 (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.

0.8
Adjusted Signal
0.8
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-29
Last Push
27.1K
Stars
JavaScript
Language
287.8K
Lines of Code
1.3K
Files
122
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 1.6/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 72 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 2.3/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 47 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.8/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 43 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 4.0/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 122 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 7HIGH 3MEDIUM 17LOW 95

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 122 distinct pattern matches across 10 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.

Hallucination Indicators7 hits · 70 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALdoc/site/js/jquery.min.js2!function(e,t){"use strict";"object"==typeof module&&"object"==typeof module.exports?module.exports=e.document?t(e,!0):fCODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js510 assert.ok(editor.completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_empty-message"));CODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js541 assert.ok(editor.completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_empty-message"));CODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js550 assert.ok(!editor.completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_empty-message"));CODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js1073 return completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_loading");CODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js1104 return completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_loading");CODE
CRITICALsrc/autocomplete_test.js1133 return completer.popup.renderer.container.classList.contains("ace_loading");CODE
Fake / Example Data37 hits · 48 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWdemo/kitchen-sink/demo.js205cmdLine.setOption("placeholder", "Enter a command...");CODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt1Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magnCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt1Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magnCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt3Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt3Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt7Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assuCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt7Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assuCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt11At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipCODE
LOW⚡demo/kitchen-sink/docs/plaintext.txt11At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipCODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html95 <div id="top">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html95 <div id="top">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html116 <div id="slide-top">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html116 <div id="slide-top">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html136 <div id="slide-bottom">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html136 <div id="slide-bottom">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html157 <div id="bottom">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWexperiments/basic_animation.html157 <div id="bottom">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,CODE
LOWsrc/token_iterator_test.js65 "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,",CODE
LOWsrc/token_iterator_test.js65 "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit,",CODE
LOW⚡src/virtual_renderer_test.js317 editor.setOption("placeholder", "hello");CODE
LOW⚡src/virtual_renderer_test.js320 editor.setOption("placeholder", "new");CODE
LOW⚡src/virtual_renderer_test.js327 editor.setOption("placeholder", "only visible for empty value");CODE
LOW⚡src/editor_highlight_selected_word_test.js12var lipsum = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. " +CODE
LOW⚡src/editor_highlight_selected_word_test.js12var lipsum = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. " +CODE
LOW⚡src/editor_highlight_selected_word_test.js22 "accumsan.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing " +CODE
LOW⚡src/editor_highlight_selected_word_test.js22 "accumsan.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing " +CODE
LOWsrc/mode/html_completions.js144 "accept": 1, "alt": 1, "autocomplete": {"on": 1, "off": 1}, "autofocus": {"autofocus": 1}, "checked": {"checked"CODE
LOWsrc/mode/html_completions.js189 "textarea": {"autofocus": {"autofocus": 1}, "disabled": {"disabled": 1}, "form": 1, "maxlength": 1, "name": 1, "placCODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json3 ["text","Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json3 ["text","Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json8 ["text","Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json8 ["text","Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json18 ["text","Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json18 ["text","Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer CODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json28 ["text","At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus eCODE
LOW⚡src/mode/_test/tokens_text.json28 ["text","At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus eCODE
LOWsrc/ext/prompt.js142 cmdLine.setOption("placeholder", options.placeholder);CODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers40 hits · 40 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWMakefile.dryice.js184function correctDeclarationsForBuild(path, additionalDeclarations) {CODE
LOWtypes/ace-lib.d.ts118 export function addMultiMouseDownListener(elements: any, timeouts: any, eventHandler: any, callbackName: any, destroCODE
LOWtypes/ace-modules.d.ts3273 export function retrievePrecedingIdentifier(text: any, pos: any, regex: any): string;CODE
LOWtypes/ace-modules.d.ts3274 export function retrieveFollowingIdentifier(text: any, pos: any, regex: any): any[];CODE
LOWtypes/ace-modules.d.ts5037 export function IncrementalSearchKeyboardHandler(iSearch: any): void;CODE
LOWtypes/ace-ext.d.ts1014 export function getEditorKeybordShortcuts(editor: import("ace-code/src/editor").Editor): any[];CODE
LOWexperiments/transform.html219 function updateTransformFromLocators() {CODE
LOWlib/ace/mode/coffee/coffee.js10var _typeof="function"==typeof Symbol&&"symbol"==typeof Symbol.iterator?function(e){return typeof e}:function(e){return CODE
LOWtool/tmlanguage.js99function convertToNonCapturingGroups(str) {CODE
LOWtool/tmlanguage.js108function simplifyNonCapturingGroups(str) {CODE
LOWtool/modes-declaration-generator.js111function generateModuleDeclarations(dirPath) {CODE
LOWtool/modes-declaration-generator.js160function generateModesDeclarationFile() {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js37function getParsedConfigFromDirectory(directoryPath) {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js58function generateInitialDeclaration(excludeDir) {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js158function updateKeysAndLinksStatements(node, internalStatements) {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js179function updateModuleWithInternalStatements(node, internalStatements) {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js475function createMinimalLanguageServiceHost() {CODE
LOWtool/ace_declaration_generator.js660function updateDeclarationModuleNames(content) {CODE
LOWsrc/edit_session_test.js357 function computeAndAssert(line, assertEqual, wrapLimit, tabSize) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/base_diff_view.js1039function inlineChangeSpansLineChange(changeRange, lineRange, session) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/diff_test.js703function assertDecoratorsPlacement(editor, inlineDiff) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js195function findFirstIdxMonotonousOrArrLen(array, predicate, startIdx = 0, endIdxEx = array.length) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js792function lineRangeMappingFromRangeMappings(alignments, originalLines, modifiedLines, dontAssertStartLine = false) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1080 function reportDecreasingAligningPositions(s12, s22) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1280function joinSequenceDiffsByShifting(sequence1, sequence2, sequenceDiffs) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1357function shiftDiffToBetterPosition(diff, sequence1, sequence2, seq1ValidRange, seq2ValidRange) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1401function extendDiffsToEntireWordIfAppropriate(sequence1, sequence2, sequenceDiffs, findParent, force = false) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1472function removeVeryShortMatchingLinesBetweenDiffs(sequence1, _sequence2, sequenceDiffs) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1508function removeVeryShortMatchingTextBetweenLongDiffs(sequence1, sequence2, sequenceDiffs) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1814function computeMovesFromSimpleDeletionsToSimpleInsertions(changes, originalLines, modifiedLines, timeout) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js1995function joinCloseConsecutiveMoves(moves) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js2099 function getOrCreateHash(text) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js2287 function getOrCreateHash(text) {CODE
LOWsrc/ext/diff/providers/default.js2351function toDetailedLineRangeMapping(sequenceDiff) {CODE
LOWsrc/lib/event.js10function detectListenerOptionsSupport() {CODE
LOWsrc/commands/incremental_search_commands.js134function IncrementalSearchKeyboardHandler(iSearch) {CODE
LOWsrc/keyboard/vim.js965 function updateSelectionForSurrogateCharacters(cm, curStart, curEnd) {CODE
LOWsrc/keyboard/vim.js4554 function findFirstNonWhiteSpaceCharacter(text) {CODE
LOWsrc/keyboard/vim.js4676 function recordLastCharacterSearch(increment, args) {CODE
LOWsrc/keyboard/vim.js5900 function findNextFromAndToInclusive(cm, prev, query, repeat, vim) {CODE
Self-Referential Comments12 hits · 31 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMdemo/kitchen-sink/docs/terraform.tf57# Define the common tags for all resourcesCOMMENT
MEDIUMdemo/kitchen-sink/docs/terraform.tf65# Create a resource that blends the common tags with instance-specific tags.COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/java.snippets.js84## Create a MethodCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/java.snippets.js88## Create a VariableCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/edifact.snippets.js84## Create a MethodCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/edifact.snippets.js88## Create a VariableCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/wollok.snippets.js38## Create a MethodCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/mode/_test/tokens_mips.json25 ["comment.assembly","# Define the program instructions."]CODE
MEDIUMsrc/mode/_test/tokens_mips.json83 ["comment.assembly","# Define the program data."]CODE
MEDIUMsrc/mode/_test/tokens_velocity.json45 ["comment","## Define the items to iterate"]CODE
MEDIUMsrc/mode/_test/tokens_terraform.json380 ["singleline.comment.terraform","# Define the common tags for all resources"]CODE
MEDIUMsrc/mode/_test/tokens_terraform.json420 ["singleline.comment.terraform","# Create a resource that blends the common tags with instance-specific tags."]CODE
Over-Commented Block15 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW_config.yml1# Config file for Jekyll, which is used by GH pages to build the Ace website.COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/jsoniq_lexer.js121 lookahead1W(14); // ModuleDecl | Annotation | OptionDecl | Operator | Variable | Tag | AttrTest |COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/jsoniq_lexer.js581 // 'and' | 'as' | 'ascending' | 'at' | 'attribute' | 'base-uri' | 'before' |COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/jsoniq_lexer.js601 whitespace();COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/xquery_lexer.js121 lookahead1W(14); // ModuleDecl | Annotation | OptionDecl | Operator | Variable | Tag | AttrTest |COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/xquery_lexer.js581 // 'and' | 'as' | 'ascending' | 'at' | 'attribute' | 'base-uri' | 'before' |COMMENT
LOWlib/ace/mode/xquery/xquery_lexer.js601 whitespace();COMMENT
LOWtool/wrap_keyword_regexp.js1// a little script to turn giant keyword regexps intoCOMMENT
LOWsrc/virtual_renderer.js161 this.updateCharacterSize();COMMENT
LOWsrc/snippets/velocity.snippets.js1module.exports = `# macroCOMMENT
LOWsrc/test/asyncjs/assert.js1// http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Unit_Testing/1.0COMMENT
LOWsrc/test/asyncjs/assert.js21// AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN ANCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mode/csound_preprocessor_highlight_rules.js61 {COMMENT
LOWsrc/ext/textarea.js101 // properties have to get recomputed to get the new/true pixels.COMMENT
LOWsrc/keyboard/vim.js1521 function maybeInitVimState(cm) {COMMENT
Cross-Language Confusion (JS/TS)3 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHsrc/snippets/python.snippets.js62 elif \${1:condition}:CODE
HIGHsrc/snippets/python.snippets.js157 elif option in ("-v", "--verbose"):CODE
HIGHsrc/snippets/sh.snippets.js10 elif [[ \${1:condition} ]]; thenCODE
Decorative Section Separators3 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/sh.snippets.js51 #===============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/sh.snippets.js65 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/snippets/sh.snippets.js67 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
Slop Phrases2 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMindex.html338 <p>Here's how you can perform a replace:</p>CODE
MEDIUMindex.html655 <p>You&#39;ll be defining your code folding rules into the <em>lib/ace/mode/folding</em> folCODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWdemo/kitchen-sink/docs/perl.pl17 # Check if the current number is divisible by any previous primeCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mode/_test/tokens_velocity.json80 ["comment","## Iterate over the items and output the evens."]CODE
TODO Padding1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/edit_session_test.js878 // TODO: Add test for inseration inside of folds.COMMENT