A monitor of resources
This report summarizes scanner evidence for aristocratos/btop, a C++ project with 35,191 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 52,472 lines of code across 81 source files, recording 137 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.9 (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? 136 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 1 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 137 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 137 distinct pattern matches across 7 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 | CHANGELOG.md | 1 | ## v1.4.8 | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 41 | #1445 | fix: remove busy waiting when checking runner thread state | @deckstose | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 61 | #1272 | Skip 'H' and 'HX' suffix in AMD cpu name trimming | @ramdomPTM | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 81 | #1306 | Implement feat Process list pausing | @vandabbin | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 101 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 141 | f1482fe | Fix process arguments appearing outside proc box by replacing ASCII control codes with blankspace, issue #1080 | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 161 | #1098 | Use XDG_STATE_HOME to save logs | @imwints | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 201 | 97d2fb5 | Fixed missing IO graphs in IO mode, issue #867 | @aristocratos | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/ostream.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - std::ostream support | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/ostream.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - implementation | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 221 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1301 | // Compute zi and deltai. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/ranges.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - range and tuple support | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/xchar.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - optional wchar_t and exotic character support | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/core.h | 1 | // This file is only provided for compatibility and may be removed in future | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/chrono.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - chrono support | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/chrono.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/chrono.h | 221 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/chrono.h | 241 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/chrono.h | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | include/fmt/os.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - optional OS-specific functionality | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/os.h | 21 | # endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/os.h | 41 | #ifndef FMT_POSIX | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/color.h | 241 | // │23│─┘ | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/color.h | 261 | // │62│─┬── unused | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/args.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - dynamic argument lists | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/printf.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - legacy printf implementation | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/compile.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - experimental format string compilation | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 41 | #include "base.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 61 | # include <bit> // std::bit_cast | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 81 | # define FMT_USE_NONTYPE_TEMPLATE_ARGS 1 | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 101 | defined(__INTEL_RTTI__) || defined(__RTTI) | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 121 | #ifdef FMT_DEPRECATED | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 141 | # else | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 161 | using difference_type = | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 201 | # if FMT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_clz) || FMT_GCC_VERSION || FMT_ICC_VERSION | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 701 | !std::is_same<T, wchar_t>::value>; | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format.h | 3301 | write2digits(buffer + number_of_digits_printed, digits); | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/std.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - formatters for standard library types | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/std.h | 21 | # include <thread> | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/std.h | 41 | # if FMT_CPLUSPLUS > 201703L && FMT_HAS_INCLUDE(<source_location>) | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/std.h | 61 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - the base API for char/UTF-8 | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 41 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 81 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 101 | // https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66297. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 121 | #elif FMT_GLIBCXX_RELEASE && FMT_GLIBCXX_RELEASE < 10 | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 141 | # define FMT_CONSTEXPR20 | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 161 | # define FMT_CATCH(x) if (false) | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 181 | # define FMT_FALLTHROUGH [[clang::fallthrough]] | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 201 | # define FMT_NODISCARD | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 221 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 241 | # define FMT_ALWAYS_INLINE inline __attribute__((always_inline)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 261 | #ifndef FMT_EXPORT | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/base.h | 281 | #endif | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | CONTRIBUTING.md | 15 | ## AI generated code | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1264 | // Step 1: integer promotion & Schubfach multiplier calculation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1319 | // Step 2: Try larger divisor; remove trailing zeros if necessary. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1351 | // Step 3: Find the significand with the smaller divisor. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1264 | // Step 1: integer promotion & Schubfach multiplier calculation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1319 | // Step 2: Try larger divisor; remove trailing zeros if necessary. | COMMENT |
| LOW | include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1351 | // Step 3: Find the significand with the smaller divisor. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | include/fmt/format.h | 3347 | // Compilers are not aware of how to leverage the maximum value of | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/linux/intel_gpu_top/intel_chipset.h | 112 | /* Exclude chipset #defines, they just add noise */ | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | src/btop.cpp | 95 | {"#000000", "╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝"}, | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/linux/intel_gpu_top/drm_mode.h | 86 | * When adding a new stereo mode don't forget to adjust DRM_MODE_FLAGS_3D_MAX | COMMENT |