Clipboard manager with advanced features
This report summarizes scanner evidence for hluk/CopyQ, a C++ project with 12,574 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 238,821 lines of code across 505 source files, recording 166 pattern matches distributed across 6 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.
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? 152 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 17 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 166 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 166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/itemfakevim.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/itemfakevim.cpp | 21 | #include <QRegularExpression> | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimactions.h | 1 | // Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 1 | // Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 21 | // Do not pass QTextCursor etc around unless really needed. Convert | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 41 | #include <QObject> | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 81 | # define KEY_DEBUG(s) | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 101 | #define MoveAnchor QTextCursor::MoveAnchor | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/fakevimhandler.cpp | 2621 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemfakevim/fakevim/private/fakevim_export.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemtext/itemtext.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemsync/itemsync.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemsync/itemsync.cpp | 21 | #include <QDir> | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemsync/filewatcher.h | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemsync/filewatcher.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemsync/filewatcher.cpp | 41 | // Cloud sync agents (OneDrive, Dropbox) and SMB/CIFS mounts may briefly lock | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemencrypted/itemencrypted.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemtags/itemtags.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemnotes/itemnotes.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itemimage/itemimage.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/itempinned/itempinned.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | utils/bump_version.sh | 1 | #!/bin/bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 21 | # Requirements: | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 21 | # import sys | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 41 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 61 | #release = '' | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | docs/autobuild.sh | 1 | #!/bin/bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/qxtglobalshortcut_x11.cpp | 41 | #include <QLoggingCategory> | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/qxtglobalshortcut_x11.cpp | 241 | }); | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 41 | // Following definitions and table are taken from | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 61 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 81 | #define XK_KP_Down 0xFF99 | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 101 | #define XF86XK_MonBrightnessUp 0x1008FF02 | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 121 | #define XF86XK_ToDoList 0x1008FF1F | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 141 | #define XF86XK_History 0x1008FF37 | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 161 | #define XF86XK_LaunchB 0x1008FF4B | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 181 | #define XF86XK_Game 0x1008FF5E | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 201 | #define XF86XK_RotationKB 0x1008FF76 | COMMENT |
| LOW | qxt/xcbkeyboard.h | 221 | #define XF86XK_Music 0x1008FF92 | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardserver.h | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardclient.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardserver.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardserver.cpp | 21 | #include "gui/iconfactory.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardserver.cpp | 41 | #include <QSessionManager> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/clipboardmonitor.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/app/app.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/miniaudio/CMakeLists.txt | 1 | # Build miniaudio implementation without coverage instrumentation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/miniaudio/miniaudio_impl.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/win/winplatformwindow.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/win/winplatform.cpp | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/win/winplatform.cpp | 21 | #include <QWidget> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/mac/copyqpasteboardmime.mm | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/mac/macplatformwindow.mm | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/mac/macclipboard.mm | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/platform/mac/macplatform.mm | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 39 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 41 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 67 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 69 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 87 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 89 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 100 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 102 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 148 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 150 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 180 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 182 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 192 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 194 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | utils/fix-translations.py | 16 | CODE | |
| LOW | utils/script_docs_to_cpp.py | 57 | CODE | |
| LOW | utils/update_icon_font.py | 47 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | utils/update_icon_font.py | 38 | def write_header_file_preamble(header_file): | CODE |
| LOW | utils/update_icon_font.py | 47 | def write_icon_list_header_file(header_icon_list, icons): | CODE |
| LOW | shared/gnome-extension/extension.js | 71 | function metaSelectionTypeFromClipboardType(clipboardType) { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | docs/conf.py | 7 | # This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | utils/github/draft-release.sh | 27 | # Usage: | COMMENT |