Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation
This report summarizes scanner evidence for luanti-org/luanti, a C++ project with 13,802 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 418,760 lines of code across 1510 source files, recording 713 pattern matches distributed across 12 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.7 (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? 706 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 3 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 7 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 713 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 713 distinct pattern matches across 12 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 | util/updatepo.sh | 1 | #!/bin/sh | COMMENT |
| LOW | util/ci/indent_tab_preprocess.py | 1 | #!/usr/bin/python3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | util/ci/indent_tab_preprocess.py | 21 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | util/ci/indent_tab_preprocess.py | 41 | # <tab><spc>C | COMMENT |
| LOW | …roid/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java | 1321 | source = device.getSources(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/gmp/mini-gmp.c | 41 | mpn/generic/mul_basecase.c, mpn/generic/rshift.c, | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/gmp/mini-gmp.c | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 241 | // Distributed under MIT license, or public domain if desired and | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 261 | #include <sstream> | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 2281 | // Copyright 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur and The JsonCpp Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 2441 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 2461 | #include <algorithm> | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 2701 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp | 4201 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 101 | #define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 8 | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 241 | // Copyright 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur and The JsonCpp Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 261 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 281 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 301 | extern JSON_API int msvc_pre1900_c99_snprintf(char* outBuf, size_t size, | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 321 | #elif defined(__GNUC__) // not clang (gcc comes later since clang emulates gcc) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json-forwards.h | 401 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 81 | // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 241 | // Distributed under MIT license, or public domain if desired and | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 261 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 281 | #elif defined(JSON_DLL) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 301 | const char* format, ...); | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 321 | #if (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 401 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 461 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 561 | #define JSONCPP_NORETURN [[noreturn]] | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 581 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 801 | /// Default precision for real value for string representation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 1001 | /// \pre type() is arrayValue, objectValue, or nullValue | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 1021 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 1181 | /// Return true if the object has a member named key. | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 1741 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 1761 | #include <istream> | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 2201 | // Copyright 2007-2010 Baptiste Lepilleur and The JsonCpp Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/jsoncpp/json/json.h | 2581 | // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lstrpack/lstrpack.c | 1 | // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/llimits.h | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/llimits.h | 121 | */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/luaconf.h | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/luaconf.h | 281 | #if defined(LUA_USE_READLINE) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/luaconf.h | 421 | #if LUAI_BITSINT >= 32 | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/luaconf.h | 541 | #define luai_numadd(a,b) ((a)+(b)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lgc.h | 21 | #define GCSfinalize 4 | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lgc.h | 61 | #define SFIXEDBIT 6 | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lobject.c | 1 | /* | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lundump.c | 1 | /* | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/luac.c | 1 | /* | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/ltable.c | 21 | #include <math.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lobject.h | 81 | #define ttisstring(o) (ttype(o) == LUA_TSTRING) | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lopcodes.h | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | lib/lua/src/lgc.c | 1 | /* | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | irr/include/mt_opengl.h | 1 | // This code was generated by scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | COMMENT |
| HIGH | irr/scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | 345 | // This code was generated by scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | COMMENT |
| HIGH | irr/scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | 423 | // This code was generated by scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | COMMENT |
| HIGH | irr/src/CEGLManager.cpp | 302 | // We give a slight worse rating if attributes are not exact as requested | COMMENT |
| HIGH | irr/src/mt_opengl_loader.cpp | 1 | // This code was generated by scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | COMMENT |
| HIGH | src/inventory.h | 225 | // If not as many items exist as requested, removes as | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 68 | print('Error: could not find compilation database.') | CODE |
| MEDIUM | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 303 | print('Error exporting fixes.\n', file=sys.stderr) | CODE |
| MEDIUM | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 312 | print('Error applying fixes.\n', file=sys.stderr) | CODE |
| LOW | doc/protocol.txt | 110 | except Exception as err: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | …droid/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLSurface.java | 231 | // if we are. We'll leverage our existing mouse motion listener | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | irr/src/CXMeshFileLoader.h | 161 | // P == End should suffice, but P >= End is more robust. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | builtin/common/settings/generate_from_settingtypes.lua | 7 | # This file contains a list of all available settings and their default value for minetest.conf | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/porting.cpp | 673 | "# This file is a cache directory tag automatically created by " | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 63 | def find_compilation_database(path): | CODE |
| LOW | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 134 | def check_clang_apply_replacements_binary(args): | CODE |
| LOW | irr/scripts/BindingGenerator.lua | 157 | local function NormalizeFunctionSignature( T, str ) | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …droid/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLSurface.java | 230 | // We need to check if we're in relative mouse mode and get the axis offset rather than the x/y values | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/catch2/catch_amalgamated.cpp | 5514 | // No children have started. We need to check if they | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | builtin/settingtypes.txt | 2390 | # WARNING: There is no benefit, and there are several dangers, in | COMMENT |
| LOW | builtin/settingtypes.txt | 2414 | # WARNING: There are known bugs in the default map generators (v6, v7, ...) | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | util/reorder_translation_commits.py | 2 | CODE | |
| LOW | util/ci/run-clang-tidy.py | 36 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | util/gather_git_credits.py | 19 | CODE | |
| LOW | util/ci/indent_tab_preprocess.py | 61 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/servermap.cpp | 626 | // Hopefully this way we don't forget to keep them in sync. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | games/devtest/mods/testformspec/formspec.lua | 122 | <justify>justify. Here comes a blind text: Lorem testum dolor sit amet consecutor celeron fiftifahivus e shadoninia e sm | CODE |