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itsfatduck/optimizerDuck

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Free, open-source Windows optimization tool for performance, privacy, and simplicity.

2.5 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for itsfatduck/optimizerDuck, a C# project with 10,735 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 71,935 lines of code across 352 source files, recording 115 pattern matches distributed across 8 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.5 (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.

2.5
Adjusted Signal
2.5
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-27
Last Push
10.7K
Stars
C#
Language
71.9K
Lines of Code
352
Files
115
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 5.4/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 74 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.6/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 10 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 6.4/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 32 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 11.4/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 115 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 0HIGH 3MEDIUM 22LOW 90

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 115 distinct pattern matches across 8 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.

Decorative Section Separators22 hits · 80 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py16# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py18# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py49# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py51# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py213# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py215# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py246# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py248# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py262# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py264# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py404# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py406# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py94# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py96# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py151# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py153# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py178# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py180# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py327# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py329# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py380# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py382# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
Over-Commented Block67 hits · 67 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.rtk/filters.toml1# Project-local RTK filters — commit this file with your repo.COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/ApplicationServiceCollectionExtensions.cs21using Wpf.Ui.DependencyInjection;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/UI/ViewModels/ViewModel.cs1using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/UI/ViewModels/ViewModel.cs21{COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/UI/ViewModels/ViewModel.cs81 }COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Resources/Languages/Translations.Designer.cs1//------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Extensions/LocalizedObject.cs1using System.Globalization;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Extensions/LocalizedObject.cs21/// </item>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Helpers/CategoryDiscovery.cs1using System.Reflection;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Helpers/UserErrorSurface.cs21 private readonly ConditionalWeakTable<Exception, Exception> _reported = new();COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Helpers/EmbeddedResourceHelper.cs1using System.IO;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Common/Helpers/GitHubSourceHelper.cs41 private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Lazy<Task<string>>> SourceCache = new();COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/RevertData.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/RevertData.cs41 public Guid OptimizationId { get; set; }COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/RevertResult.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/Steps/RegistryRevertStep.cs21 /// restore key tree).COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/Steps/RegistryRevertStep.cs41COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Revert/Steps/UsbPowerRevertStep.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/UI/ChangeDetailPresentation.cs1using System.Globalization;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/UI/ChangeDetailPresentation.cs41}COMMENT
LOW…imizerDuck/Domain/Exceptions/StepExecutionException.cs1namespace optimizerDuck.Domain.Exceptions;COMMENT
LOW…erDuck/Domain/Optimizations/Models/BaseOptimization.cs41 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOW…erDuck/Domain/Optimizations/Models/BaseOptimization.cs161COMMENT
LOW…tions/Models/ScheduledTask/ScheduledTaskTriggerInfo.cs41/// <summary>COMMENT
LOW…k/Domain/Optimizations/Models/Services/RegistryItem.cs21 /// The full registry key path (e.g., <c>HKLM\SOFTWARE\...</c>).COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Optimizations/Categories/Gpu.cs61public class Gpu : LocalizedObject, IOptimizationCategoryCOMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Optimizations/Categories/Gpu.cs81 /// <item>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Optimizations/Categories/Gpu.cs101 /// <c>0</c> as <c>"0000"</c>. On <see langword="false" />, <c>-1</c>.COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Execution/ChangeSet.cs261 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Execution/ChangeSet.cs281 public DateTime? RecordedAt { get; init; }COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Execution/ChangeDetail.cs1using optimizerDuck.Domain.Optimizations.Models.Services;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Conditions/ConditionResult.cs1using optimizerDuck.Resources.Languages;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Conditions/ICondition.cs1using optimizerDuck.Services.System;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Conditions/ConditionValidation.cs1namespace optimizerDuck.Domain.Conditions;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Abstractions/IRevertStep.cs21 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Abstractions/ICustomizeSetting.cs41 /// reflects the actual value. It is derived from the live registry state and neverCOMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Abstractions/ICustomizeSetting.cs61 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOW…rDuck/Domain/Customize/Models/CustomizeRefreshScope.cs21 /// changes to the {CLSID}-based desktop icon CLSIDs are visible immediately.COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Customize/Models/RegistryToggle.cs21COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Domain/Customize/Models/RegistryToggle.cs41 public object? DefaultValue { get; init; } = 0;COMMENT
LOW…erDuck/Domain/Customize/Models/BaseCustomizeSetting.cs241COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/UI/StartupManagerService.cs941 }COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/Configuration/ConfigManager.cs141 }COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs41 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs161 );COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs321 )COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs341 /// If <see langword="true"/>, retries steps in descending index order (useful for revertCOMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs381 /// <param name="failedSteps">The steps that failed and should be retried.</param>COMMENT
LOW…mizerDuck/Services/Optimization/OptimizationService.cs621COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/CrossPageEventBus.cs1namespace optimizerDuck.Services.System;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/CrossPageEventBus.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/SystemRestoreService.cs1using System.Management;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/SystemRestoreService.cs41 /// HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_SERVICE_DISABLED), the other shape that refusal takes.COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/PowerPlanService.cs261 source,COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/PowerPlanService.cs461 return OpResult.Fail(err.Describe(), err.Describe());COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/CrossPageEvents.cs1namespace optimizerDuck.Services.System;COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/CrossPageEvents.cs21/// to reload its Tasks section.COMMENT
LOWoptimizerDuck/Services/System/CrossPageEvents.cs41/// after removing packages.COMMENT
LOW…ck/Services/System/Primitives/ServiceProcessService.cs21 private const int ErrorAccessDenied = 5;COMMENT
LOW…rDuck/Services/System/Primitives/HibernationService.cs21 /// avoids modelling the whole structure.COMMENT
7 more matches not shown…
Empty Error Handlers2 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGH.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py24except Exception:CODE
HIGH.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_write.py62except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):CODE
Unused Imports10 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_sync.py3CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_list.py3CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_list.py11CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py4CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py7CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py13CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_write.py4CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_audit.py3CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_audit.py11CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_create.py3CODE
Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGH…mizerDuck/Resources/Languages/Translations.Designer.cs3// This code was generated by a tool.COMMENT
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping7 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py24 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py32 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py45 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py207 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py240 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py258 except Exception:CODE
LOW⚡.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py395 except Exception:CODE
Deep Nesting5 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_sync.py19CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py344CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_core.py442CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_write.py73CODE
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_audit.py25CODE
AI Structural Patterns1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.agents/skills/resx-translation/helpers/resx_audit.py25CODE