Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)
This report summarizes scanner evidence for community-scripts/ProxmoxVE, a Shell project with 29,772 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 147,221 lines of code across 1428 source files, recording 473 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 10.0 (Moderate 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.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 90 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 8 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 377 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 473 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 473 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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | turnkey/turnkey.sh | 131 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | turnkey/turnkey.sh | 133 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 30 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 32 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 40 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 42 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 58 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 60 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 77 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 79 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 158 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 160 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 27 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 29 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 39 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 41 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 61 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 63 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 77 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 79 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 138 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 140 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 158 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 160 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 237 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 239 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 27 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 29 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 40 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 42 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 58 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 60 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 77 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 79 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 152 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 154 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 29 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 31 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 43 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 45 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 59 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 61 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 63 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 65 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 82 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 84 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 104 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 106 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 132 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 134 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 299 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 301 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 42 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 44 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 53 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 55 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 66 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 68 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 117 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 119 | # ============================================================================== | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tools/addon/nextcloud-exporter.sh | 176 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/komodo.sh | 263 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/arcane.sh | 172 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/copyparty.sh | 317 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | tools/addon/all-templates.sh | 40 | # Check if ID is numeric | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | tools/addon/all-templates.sh | 44 | # Check if config file exists for VM or LXC | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | tools/addon/all-templates.sh | 48 | # Check if ID is used in LVM logical volumes | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/adguardhome-sync.sh | 297 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/immich-public-proxy.sh | 214 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/actual-budget-prometheus-exporter.sh | 184 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/portainer.sh | 311 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/sparkyfitness-garmin.sh | 136 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/cronmaster.sh | 170 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/dockge.sh | 118 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/dokploy.sh | 121 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/coolify.sh | 123 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/runtipi.sh | 133 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/prometheus-paperless-ngx-exporter.sh | 188 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/jellystat.sh | 132 | # Check if database already exists | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/jellystat.sh | 142 | # Check if user exists, create if not | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/jellystat.sh | 173 | # Check if md5/scram-sha-256 auth is already configured for local connections | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/jellystat.sh | 311 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/pihole-exporter.sh | 220 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/addon/qbittorrent-exporter.sh | 229 | # Check if already installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/pbs-microcode.sh | 40 | # Check if running on bare metal using systemd-detect-virt. | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/pbs-microcode.sh | 153 | # Check if this is a Proxmox Backup Server by verifying the presence of the datastore config. | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/add-iptag.sh | 474 | # Check if IP is in CIDR | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/add-iptag.sh | 526 | # Check if IP is in any CIDRs | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/add-iptag.sh | 545 | # Check if IP is valid | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/add-iptag.sh | 566 | # Check if VM is running first (status comes from the cached `qm list`, | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/add-iptag.sh | 961 | # Check if LXC is running (status comes from the cached `pct list`, | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 73 | # Check if the interface uses the e1000e or e1000 driver | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 85 | # Check if any Intel e1000e/e1000 interfaces were found | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 111 | # Check if any interfaces were selected | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 173 | # Check if service file was created successfully | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/clean-orphaned-lvm.sh | 40 | # Check if the ID exists as a VM or LXC container on any cluster node | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | install/tracktor-install.sh | 26 | # Set this to the path of the database file. Default - ./tracktor.db | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | install/tracktor-install.sh | 28 | # Set this to the path of the uploads directory. Default - ./uploads | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | install/tracktor-install.sh | 30 | # Set this to the path of the logs directory. Default - ./logs | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | install/tracktor-install.sh | 36 | # Set this to remove upload size limitations. Default - 512 Kb | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/autocaliweb-install.sh | 197 | # Check if there are any log files to process | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | ct/tracktor.sh | 46 | # Set this to the path of the database file. Default - ./tracktor.db | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | ct/tracktor.sh | 48 | # Set this to the path of the uploads directory. Default - ./uploads | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | ct/tracktor.sh | 50 | # Set this to the path of the logs directory. Default - ./logs | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | ct/tracktor.sh | 56 | # Set this to remove upload size limitations. Default - 512 Kb | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/check-node-versions.yml | 144 | # Check if our_version satisfies an engines.node constraint | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/check-node-versions.yml | 341 | # Check if engines.node is a minimum constraint that our version satisfies | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/check-node-versions.yml | 604 | # Check if a matching open issue already exists | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 21 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 41 | # - Use `|| true` on best-effort steps you do not want to abort the hook. | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 161 | # ▼▼▼ EXAMPLE 3 — BEGIN ▼▼▼ | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 241 | # ▲▲▲ EXAMPLE 3 — END ▲▲▲ | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/update-apps.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/update-apps.sh | 21 | # Options: Storage name from /etc/pve/storage.cfg (e.g., "local", "nas-backup") | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/pve/update-apps.sh | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/romm-install.sh | 101 | # - excluded_folder_a | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/romm-install.sh | 121 | filesystem: | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/tracktor-install.sh | 21 | $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/nextexplorer-install.sh | 81 | # OIDC_ISSUER= | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/nextexplorer-install.sh | 101 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/scanopy-install.sh | 21 | msg_info "Configuring Scanopy" | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/opencloud-install.sh | 121 | # NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_AUTHENTICATION=login | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/opencloud-install.sh | 141 | ## automatically create accounts | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/jotty-install.sh | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/karakeep-install.sh | 81 | # If you're planning to use OpenAI for tagging. Uncomment the following line: | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/patchmon-install.sh | 41 | ## OIDC / SSO (when OIDC_ENABLED=true, issuer/client/secret/redirect required) | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/reactive-resume-install.sh | 61 | # S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY= | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/alpine-redlib-install.sh | 21 | # Redlib Instance Configuration File | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/alpine-redlib-install.sh | 41 | #REDLIB_DEFAULT_COMMENT_SORT=confidence # ["confidence", "top", "new", "controversial", "old"] | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 61 | #SOLIDINVOICE_SSL_CERT=/etc/ssl/certs/solidinvoice.crt | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 81 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 101 | # Log format: "json" for structured logs (default for systemd), "console" for human-readable. | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 121 | #SOLIDINVOICE_MAILER_SENDER=SolidInvoice <noreply@example.com> | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 141 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | install/hammer-install.sh | 41 | # with a real certificate (self-signed certs are rejected by the clients). | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/hammer-install.sh | 61 | # To use an external PostgreSQL instead: | COMMENT |
| LOW | ct/homepage.sh | 61 | msg_info "Updating .env" | COMMENT |
| LOW | ct/tracktor.sh | 41 | fi | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/sync-to-incus.yml | 1 | name: Sync ct/install to Incus | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/notify-breaking-change.yml | 1 | name: Notify breaking change | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | tools/pve/post-install-hook-examples.sh | 5 | # This file is NOT meant to be executed as-is. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 94 | # Create a checklist for interface selection with all interfaces initially checked | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | tools/pve/nic-offloading-fix.sh | 154 | # Create the service file with driver-specific optimizations | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | install/solidinvoice-install.sh | 25 | # This file is sourced by the systemd service unit. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | vm/unifi-os-server-vm.sh | 261 | # Create the first-boot installer script | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | install/powerdns-install.sh | 56 | PA_ADMIN_EMAIL="admin@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | install/hortusfox-install.sh | 48 | ADMIN_EMAIL="admin@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | install/adventurelog-install.sh | 57 | # DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='user@example.com' | COMMENT |
| LOW | install/webtrees-install.sh | 77 | --email="admin@example.com" \ | CODE |
| LOW | install/projectsend-install.sh | 30 | ADMIN_EMAIL="admin@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | install/openobserve-install.sh | 23 | ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL = "admin@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | install/peertube-install.sh | 94 | email: 'admin@example.com' | CODE |
| LOW | install/traefik-install.sh | 49 | email: "foo@bar.com" | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tools/pve/post-pve-install.sh | 574 | " function removeSubscriptionElements() {" \ | CODE |
| LOW | .github/workflows/push-json-to-pocketbase.yml | 204 | async function resolveNotesAndInstallMethods(scriptId) { | CODE |