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chrismaltby/gb-studio

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A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system

0.9 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for chrismaltby/gb-studio, a TypeScript project with 9,440 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 339,706 lines of code across 1611 source files, recording 45 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.9 (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.

0.9
Adjusted Signal
0.9
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
9.4K
Stars
TypeScript
Language
339.7K
Lines of Code
1.6K
Files
45
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 0.1/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 10 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 4.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 32 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.2/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 7 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 3.6/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 45 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 22HIGH 0MEDIUM 3LOW 20

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 45 distinct pattern matches across 6 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 Indicators22 hits · 275 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALtest/main/main.test.ts93 const handlerCall = mockedElectron.ipcMain.handle.mock.calls.find(CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts280API.events.watch.font.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts284API.events.watch.font.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts290API.events.watch.avatar.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts294API.events.watch.avatar.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts300API.events.watch.emote.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts304API.events.watch.emote.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts310API.events.watch.tileset.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts314API.events.watch.tileset.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts325API.events.watch.ui.changed.subscribe(() => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts329API.events.watch.ui.removed.subscribe(() => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts335API.events.watch.engineSchema.changed.subscribe((_, engineSchema) => {CODE
CRITICAL⚡src/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts341API.events.watch.scriptEventDefs.changed.subscribe((_, scriptEventDefs) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts205API.events.watch.sprite.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts209API.events.watch.sprite.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts220API.events.watch.background.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts224API.events.watch.background.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts235API.events.watch.webTemplates.changed.subscribe((_, templates) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts250API.events.watch.music.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts254API.events.watch.music.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts265API.events.watch.sound.changed.subscribe((_, _filename, data) => {CODE
CRITICALsrc/apps/gb-studio/project/initProject.ts269API.events.watch.sound.removed.subscribe((_, filename, plugin) => {CODE
Fake / Example Data10 hits · 12 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/dummydata.ts600 content: "Lorem Ipsum",CODE
LOWtest/projects/Test_InvalidBackground/project.json38 "name": "placeholder",CODE
LOWtest/projects/Test_BrokenVarsCheck/project.json18 "name": "placeholder",CODE
LOW⚡test/migrate/versions/migrate420to500.test.ts421 text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",CODE
LOW⚡test/migrate/versions/migrate420to500.test.ts421 text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet",CODE
LOW⚡test/migrate/versions/migrate420to500.test.ts431 expect(output.args?.text).toEqual("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");CODE
LOW⚡test/migrate/versions/migrate420to500.test.ts431 expect(output.args?.text).toEqual("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");CODE
LOWtest/compiler/compileData.test.ts81 text: "LOREM IPSUM",CODE
LOWtest/compiler/compileData.test.ts187 text: "LOREM IPSUM",CODE
LOWsrc/stories/ui/form/layout/FormLayout.stories.tsx49 info="Lorem ipsum"CODE
Decorative Section Separators3 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMsrc/shared/lib/uge/clipboard.ts33// ── Pattern cell string formatting ──────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/shared/lib/uge/clipboard.ts59// ── Patterns ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/shared/lib/uge/clipboard.ts212// ── SubPatterns ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────COMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgblink.js8var Module=typeof createRgbLink!="undefined"?createRgbLink:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]CODE
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgbfix.js8var Module=typeof createRgbFix!="undefined"?createRgbFix:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]=nCODE
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgbasm.js8var Module=typeof createRgbAsm!="undefined"?createRgbAsm:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]=nCODE
LOWappData/wasm/binjgb/binjgb.js7var Module=moduleArg;var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;var readyPromise=new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{readyProCODE
Over-Commented Block3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/compile.test.js1test("compile empty project fails", () => {COMMENT
LOWsrc/shared/lib/rpn/shuntingYard.ts81 // token.operator === "-" &&COMMENT
LOWsrc/components/music/helpers/player.ts401 const mySfxAddr = getRomAddress("my_sfx");COMMENT
Overly Generic Function Names3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgblink.js8var Module=typeof createRgbLink!="undefined"?createRgbLink:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]CODE
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgbfix.js8var Module=typeof createRgbFix!="undefined"?createRgbFix:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]=nCODE
LOWappData/wasm/rgbds/rgbasm.js8var Module=typeof createRgbAsm!="undefined"?createRgbAsm:{};var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;Module["ready"]=nCODE