mRemoteNG is the next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager.
This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG, a C# project with 10,958 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 158,656 lines of code across 806 source files, recording 626 pattern matches distributed across 11 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 4.9 places this repository in the Likely human-written band.
The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).
This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.
Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.
This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.
The scanner identified 626 distinct pattern matches across 11 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. 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 diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …teNGInstaller/CustomActions/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs | 21 | [assembly: Guid("5423d985-cb48-4344-b47f-e8c6d60c8b04")] | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/ListViewTester.cs | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/ListViewTester.cs | 61 | /// </remarks> | COMMENT |
| LOW | …erializers/RemoteDesktopConnectionDeserializerTests.cs | 181 | Assert.That(connectionInfo.RDPStartProgram, Is.EqualTo(ExpectedStartProgram)); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 1 | //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 61 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 161 | /// <summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 181 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 201 | ///<!-- * PuTTY Configuration Manager save file - All right reserved. *--> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 241 | /// Looks up a localized string similar to <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 261 | /// <expanded>True</expanded> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 281 | /// <expanded>True</expanded> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 301 | /// <summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 321 | internal static string test_rdcman_v2_7_schema3_empty_values { | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 341 | /// <ruleGroup operator="All"> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 361 | ///keyboardhook:i:2 | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 381 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNGSpecs/Features/CredentialRepository.feature.cs | 1 | // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| LOW | …teNGSpecs/Features/CredentialRepositoryList.feature.cs | 1 | // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/DPI_Per_Monitor.cs | 1 | using System; | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/DPI_Per_Monitor.cs | 21 | /// | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/DPI_Per_Monitor.cs | 41 | /// 5) And a really odd one, due to a Visual studio BUG. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/FrmExport.cs | 201 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/FrmPassword.cs | 21 | /// to continue. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs | 661 | _clipboardChangedEvent?.Invoke(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …oteNG/UI/Controls/CredentialRecordListView.Designer.cs | 81 | this.olvColumnUsername.Text = "Username"; | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.Designer.cs | 201 | // cmenTabSendSpecialKeysCtrlEsc | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Window/UltraVNCWindow.cs | 121 | // vnc.Dispose() | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Window/PortScanWindow.Designer.cs | 261 | // clmTelnet | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/Menu/msMain/HelpMenu.cs | 141 | // mMenInfoSep2 | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/DisposableAction.cs | 1 | using System; | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/Extensions.cs | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistry.cs | 21 | string GetValue(RegistryHive hive, string path, string name); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistry.cs | 41 | WinRegistryEntry<string> GetEntry(RegistryHive hive, string path, string name); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistry.cs | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistry.cs | 81 | /// <summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistry.cs | 81 | return GetValue(Hive, Path, null); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistry.cs | 141 | #region Public Read Tree Methods | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistry.cs | 441 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 1 | using System; | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 21 | /// - Support for multiple data types such as strings, integers, and binary data. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 41 | /// if (registryEntry.IsValid()) | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 121 | /// </summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 141 | /// </summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 161 | /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="WinRegistryEntry{T}"/> class with default values. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 221 | /// <summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 241 | return new WinRegistryEntry<T>(hive, path, value); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 421 | /// path, and name properties are set. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 781 | /// <summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistryRead.cs | 21 | string GetValue(RegistryHive hive, string path, string name); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistryRead.cs | 41 | WinRegistryEntry<string> GetEntry(RegistryHive hive, string path, string name); | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/IRegistryRead.cs | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 241 | #endregion | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 261 | /// Does not redraw changes. If this flag is set, no repainting of any kind occurs. This applies to the client a | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 281 | /// Displays the window. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 301 | /// Prevents the window from receiving the WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING message. | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 341 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 361 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 381 | /// </summary> | COMMENT |
| LOW | mRemoteNG/App/NativeMethods.cs | 401 | /// </summary> | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | mRemoteNGTests/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNGSpecs/Features/CredentialRepository.feature.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by SpecFlow (https://www.specflow.org/). | COMMENT |
| HIGH | …teNGSpecs/Features/CredentialRepositoryList.feature.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by SpecFlow (https://www.specflow.org/). | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Language/Language.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs | 5 | // This code was generated by a script. Any changes made manually will be lost | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/AppUI.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | …moteNG/Properties/OptionsNotificationsPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsAdvancedPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsConnectionsPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsUpdatesPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/App.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsTabsPanelsPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsBackupPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsSecurityPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsThemePage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsCredentialsPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsAppearancePage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsDBsPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsRbac.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Properties/OptionsStartupExitPage.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | mRemoteNG/Themes/ColorMapTheme.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| HIGH | ObjectListView/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs | 3 | // This code was generated by a tool. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | mRemoteNG/App/ProgramRoot.cs | 226 | System.Windows.Forms.Integration.ElementHost.EnableModelessKeyboardInterop(_wpfSplash); | CODE |
| CRITICAL | ExternalConnectors/VO/VaultOpenbao.cs | 73 | var kv = vaultClient.V1.Secrets.KeyValue.V2.ReadSecretAsync(role, mountPoint: mount).Result; | CODE |
| CRITICAL | ExternalConnectors/VO/VaultOpenbao.cs | 85 | var kv = vaultClient.V1.Secrets.KeyValue.V2.ReadSecretAsync(role, mountPoint: mount).Result; | CODE |
| CRITICAL | ExternalConnectors/DSS/SecretServerAuthentication.cs | 98 | request_.Headers.Accept.Add(System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue.Parse("applicati | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 34 | // ── Constructor guards ────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 51 | // ── OnNodeClick ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 113 | // ── Cancel ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 136 | // ── CancelIfDifferentNode ─────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 164 | // ── Timer tick ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …Controls/ConnectionTree/SlowClickRenameHandlerTests.cs | 212 | // ── Dispose ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | ObjectListView/Implementation/Groups.cs | 219 | /// In this implementation (2009-09), these objects are essentially passive. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | …/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs | 88 | # Create an empty SecureString if the password cannot be converted (if the password is empty | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs | 105 | # Create a PSCredential object with the provided username and password | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | .github/workflows/post_2_Reddit.yml | 19 | # Step 1: Get access token | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/post_2_Reddit.yml | 34 | # Step 2: Post to subreddit | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | .github/workflows/post_2_Reddit.yml | 19 | # Step 1: Get access token | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/post_2_Reddit.yml | 34 | # Step 2: Post to subreddit | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | mRemoteNG/UI/DialogFactory.cs | 85 | /// connections file path. Don't forget to dispose the dialog when you | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | mRemoteNG/Tools/WindowsRegistry/WinRegistryEntry.cs | 27 | /// Example usage: | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs | 102 | # Check if a username is provided. | COMMENT |