The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams
This report summarizes scanner evidence for gopasspw/gopass, a Go project with 7,300 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 108,466 lines of code across 773 source files, recording 129 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.8 (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.
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? 52 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 55 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 22 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 129 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 129 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⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 29 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 31 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 35 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 37 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 52 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 54 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 75 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 77 | #----------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 17 | // ── secretHandler shims ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 76 | // ── searchHandler shims ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 92 | // ── generateHandler shims ────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 106 | // ── mountHandler shims ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 128 | // ── recipientHandler shims ───────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 162 | // ── setupHandler shims ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 227 | // ── syncHandler shims ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 232 | // ── auditHandler shims ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 238 | // ── templateHandler shims ────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 260 | // ── binaryHandler shims ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 282 | // ── envHandler shims ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 286 | // ── otpHandler shims ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 295 | // ── miscHandler shims ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | internal/action/handler_shims.go | 355 | // ── searchHandler internal shims ─────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_list_test.go | 14 | genTestKey("John", "johnny", "Doe", "john.doe@example.org"), | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_list_test.go | 15 | genTestKey("Jane", "jane", "Doe", "jane.doe@example.org", "25FF1614B8F87B52FFFF99B962AF4031C82E0019"), | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_list_test.go | 16 | genTestKey("Jim", "jimmy", "Doe", "jim.doe@example.org", "25FF1614B8F87B52FFFF99B962AF4031C82E2019", "z", "none"), | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_list_test.go | 36 | k, err := kl.FindKey("jim.doe@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_list_test.go | 56 | k, err = kl.FindKey("John Doe") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/key_test.go | 27 | email := "john.doe@example.org" | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/identity_test.go | 14 | Name: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/identity_test.go | 16 | Email: "john.doe@example.org", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/cli/gpg_others_test.go | 45 | _, err := g.GenerateIdentity(ctx, "foo", "foo@bar.com", "bar") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/cli/gpg_windows_test.go | 47 | _, err := g.GenerateIdentity(ctx, "foo", "foo@bar.com", "bar") | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/colons/parse_colons_test.go | 30 | name: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/colons/parse_colons_test.go | 37 | name: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/colons/parse_colons_test.go | 44 | name: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_test.go | 48 | g, err := Init(ctx, gitdir, "Dead Beef", "dead.beef@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_test.go | 158 | remote, err := Init(ctx, remoteDir, "Remote", "remote@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_test.go | 165 | local, err := Clone(ctx, remoteDir, localDir, "Local", "local@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_test.go | 222 | remote, err := Init(ctx, remoteDir, "Remote", "remote@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_test.go | 229 | local, err := Clone(ctx, remoteDir, localDir, "Local", "local@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/crossbackend_test.go | 58 | goGit, err := Init(ctx, goDir, "Test", "test@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/crossbackend_test.go | 64 | cliGit, err := gitfs.Init(ctx, cliDir, "Test", "test@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/crossbackend_test.go | 88 | remote, err := Init(ctx, remoteDir, "Remote", "remote@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/crossbackend_test.go | 123 | goGit, err := Clone(ctx, remoteDir, goDir, "Local", "local@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/crossbackend_test.go | 128 | cliGit, err := gitfs.Clone(ctx, remoteDir, cliDir, "Local", "local@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/gogit_extra_test.go | 505 | sig := object.Signature{Name: "Test", Email: "test@example.org"} | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gitfs/git_test.go | 35 | git, err := Init(ctx, gitdir, "Dead Beef", "dead.beef@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gitfs/config_test.go | 29 | git, err := Init(ctx, gitdir, "Dead Beef", "dead.beef@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gitfs/config_test.go | 35 | require.NoError(t, git.InitConfig(ctx, "Foo Bar", "foo.bar@example.org")) | CODE |
| LOW | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 24 | in: []string{"baz@bar.com", "foo@bar.com"}, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 53 | in: "foo@bar.com", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 54 | want: []string{"foo@bar.com"}, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 58 | want: []string{"baz@bar.com", "foo@bar.com"}, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 62 | want: []string{"baz@bar.com", "foo@bar.com"}, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/recipients/recipients_test.go | 66 | want: []string{"baz@bar.com", "foo@bar.com"}, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/clone_test.go | 35 | gr, err := git.Init(ctx, gd, "Nobody", "foo.bar@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/generate_test.go | 275 | in: []string{"some/mount/gmail.com/john.doe@example.org", "example.com/user@example.org"}, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/generate_test.go | 276 | out: []string{"john.doe@example.org", "user@example.org"}, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/rcs_test.go | 37 | c := gptest.CliCtxWithFlags(ctx, t, map[string]string{"name": "foobar", "email": "foo.bar@example.org"}) | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/history_test.go | 24 | t.Setenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", "foo.bar@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/history_test.go | 55 | require.NoError(t, act.rcsInit(ctx, "", "foo bar", "foo.bar@example.org")) | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/init_test.go | 43 | c := gptest.CliCtx(ctx, t, "foo.bar@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/init_test.go | 54 | require.Error(t, act.initGenerateIdentity(ctx, crypto, "foo bar", "foo.bar@example.org")) | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/commands_test.go | 69 | "email": "foo.bar@example.org", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/setup_test.go | 120 | require.NoError(t, act.initGenerateIdentity(ctx, crypto, "foo bar", "foo.bar@example.org")) | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/setup_test.go | 149 | c := gptest.CliCtx(ctx, t, "foo.bar@example.org") | CODE |
| LOW | internal/action/setup_test.go | 168 | require.Error(t, act.initGenerateIdentity(ctx, crypto, "foo bar", "foo.bar@example.org")) | CODE |
| LOW | docs/setup.md | 478 | gopass --yes setup --remote github.com/example/pass.git --team example --create-team --name "John Doe" --email "john.doe | CODE |
| LOW | docs/setup.md | 481 | gopass --yes setup --remote github.com/example/pass.git --team example --name "Jane Doe" --email "jane.doe@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | docs/adr/A-14-team-workflows.md | 77 | filename := filepath.Join(keyDir, r) // r == raw id, e.g. "user@example.com" | CODE |
| LOW | docs/adr/A-14-team-workflows.md | 88 | `recipientCheck("user@example.com")` → `FindRecipients("user@example.com")`. | CODE |
| LOW | pkg/ctxutil/ctxutil_test.go | 130 | ctx = WithEmail(ctx, "foo@bar.com") | CODE |
| LOW | pkg/ctxutil/ctxutil_test.go | 152 | assert.Equal(t, "foo@bar.com", GetEmail(ctx)) | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | pkg/termio/identity_test.go | 71 | t.Setenv("EMAIL", "user@example.com") | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | pkg/termio/identity_test.go | 74 | require.NoError(t, cfg.SetLocal("user.name", "Jane Doe")) | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | pkg/termio/identity_test.go | 80 | assert.Equal(t, "Jane Doe", DetectName(ctx, nil)) | CODE |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/secrets/akv_test.go | 219 | lorem ipsum dolor sunt | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | main_test.go | 101 | ".audit", | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/tree/node.go | 101 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/secretservice/store.go | 121 | locked map[string]bool | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/secretservice/doc.go | 1 | //go:build linux | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/secretservice/volatile.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/secretservice/crypto/crypto.go | 1 | // Package crypto implements the transport encryption algorithms defined by | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/config/config.go | 221 | if v := cfg.Get(key); v != "" { | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/config/legacy/io.go | 181 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/doc.go | 1 | // Package gpg provides a GPG crypto backend for gopass. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 21 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 41 | no-comments | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/gpgconf/utils_test.go | 61 | # Set the proxy to use for HTTP and HKP keyservers - default to the standard | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/colons/parse_colons.go | 21 | reUIDNoEmailComment = regexp.MustCompile(`([^(<]+)\s+(\([^)]+\))`) | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/gpg/colons/parse_colons.go | 41 | // rvk - Revocation KEy | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/age/agent/client.go | 181 | // Status is the payload of the status command: "" or "locked". | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/crypto/age/agent/agent_test.go | 461 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/rcs.go | 381 | return nil | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/merge.go | 81 | case merkletrie.Modify: | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gogit/merge.go | 521 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gitfs/ssh_others.go | 1 | //go:build !windows && !darwin | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/gitfs/ssh_darwin.go | 1 | //go:build darwin | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/fs/rcs.go | 1 | // This file contains stub implementations for the rcs interface that is | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/backend/storage/fs/store.go | 81 | // IsVCSDirName reports whether a single path component names a VCS metadata | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/action/completion.go | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/action/templates.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/action/exit/errors.go | 21 | // Aborted is used if the user willingly aborted an action. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/goeol/doc.go | 1 | // Package goeol contains canary tests that fail once the Go version targeted by | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/pwschemes/argon2i/argon2i.go | 41 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/pwschemes/argon2id/argon2id.go | 41 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/buildinfo/buildinfo.go | 1 | // Package buildinfo exposes the gopass build version to internal packages. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/ageagentlauncher/register.go | 1 | // Package ageagentlauncher wires the standalone gopass CLI's age-agent launcher | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/store/leaf/recipients.go | 401 | // ID, or fingerprint) to its canonical form (full fingerprint) by querying | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml | 1 | # For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/scorecard.yml | 41 | with: | COMMENT |
| LOW | helpers/commitmsg/commitmsg.go | 81 | // conventionalRE matches a Conventional Commits 1.0.0 subject. | COMMENT |
| LOW | helpers/changelog/main.go | 1 | // Copyright 2021 The gopass Authors. All rights reserved. | COMMENT |
| LOW | helpers/release/changelog.go | 41 | // changelog is a parsed CHANGELOG.md. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/ctxutil/ctxutil.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | pkg/ctxutil/ctxutil.go | 41 | // NoNetwork indicates that no network operations should be performed. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/hibp/dump/scanner.go | 1 | // Package dump implements an haveibeenpwned.com dump scanner. It is designed | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/protect/protect.go | 1 | //go:build !openbsd | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/appdir/appdir.go | 41 | // UserCache returns the user's cache dir for gopass. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/tempfile/mount_darwin.go | 21 | func tempdirBase() string { | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/doc.go | 1 | // Package gopass contains the public gopass API. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/doc.go | 21 | // - https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass-jsonapi | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/secrets/doc.go | 1 | // Package secrets provides the secret types used by the gopass API. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/secrets/yaml.go | 21 | var _ gopass.Secret = &YAML{} | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/gopass/api/api.go | 1 | // Package api provides a gopass API implementation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/debug/doc.go | 1 | // Package debug provides logging of debug information. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | internal/config/legacy/io.go | 185 | // We try to provide a seamless config upgrade path for users of our | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | internal/updater/verify_canary_test.go | 14 | // This is supposed to act as a canary so we don't forget to roll the key | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | helpers/postrel/main_test.go | 24 | // TODO: Add test for createMilestones function | COMMENT |