Minimalist and opinionated feed reader
This report summarizes scanner evidence for miniflux/v2, a Go project with 9,863 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 121,506 lines of code across 584 source files, recording 73 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.6 (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? 34 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 37 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 15 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 73 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 73 distinct pattern matches across 5 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 | internal/reader/scraper/testdata/p.html | 5 | <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing ept.</p> | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/scraper/testdata/p.html | 5 | <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing ept.</p> | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 35 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce fermentum id | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 35 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce fermentum id | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 129 | input: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 129 | input: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 135 | input: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce fermentum id sem sed commodo. Ut eget mauri | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | internal/reader/readingtime/readingtime_test.go | 135 | input: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce fermentum id sem sed commodo. Ut eget mauri | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 808 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum <span class="ads keep">Super important info</span></div>`, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 813 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum <span class="spam">I dont want to see this</span><span class="ads keep">Super important inf | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 826 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum</div>`, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 831 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum<img alt="LINUX KERNEL" src="/assets/categories/linuxkernel.webp" width="100" height="100">< | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 934 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum not valid base64<span class="base64">This is some base64 encoded content</span></div>`, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 939 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum not valid base64<span class="base64">VGhpcyBpcyBzb21lIGJhc2U2NCBlbmNvZGVkIGNvbnRlbnQ=</span | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 952 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum<span class="base64">This is some base64 encoded content</span></div>`, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 957 | Content: `<div>Lorem Ipsum<span class="base64">VGhpcyBpcyBzb21lIGJhc2U2NCBlbmNvZGVkIGNvbnRlbnQ=</span></div>`, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1117 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1193 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1222 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1256 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1272 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1306 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rewrite/content_rewrite_test.go | 1323 | <div class="kg-bookmark-description">Lorem ipsum odor amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pretium magnis luctus lig | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10_test.go | 80 | if feed.Entries[0].Author != "John Doe" { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10_test.go | 1037 | if feed.Entries[0].Author != "John Doe" { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rss/parser_test.go | 817 | expected := "author@example.org" | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/rss/parser_test.go | 953 | expected := "John Doe" | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/sanitizer/url_test.go | 15 | "mailto:author@example.org": true, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/urlcleaner/urlcleaner_test.go | 115 | input: "mailto:user@example.org", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/urlcleaner/urlcleaner_test.go | 116 | expected: "mailto:user@example.org", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/validator/user_test.go | 18 | "user@example.com": nil, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/urllib/url_test.go | 45 | "mailto:user@example.org": false, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/urllib/url_test.go | 63 | "mailto:user@example.org": false, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/template/functions_test.go | 135 | "mailto:author@example.org": "mailto:author@example.org", | CODE |
| LOW | internal/template/templates/views/integrations.html | 728 | <input type="url" name="webhook_url" id="form-webhook-url" value="{{ .form.WebhookURL }}" placeholder="https | CODE |
| LOW | internal/oauth2/oidc_test.go | 21 | claims: map[string]any{"email": "user@example.org"}, | CODE |
| LOW | internal/http/response/html_test.go | 225 | "mailto:victim@example.org", | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_03.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_03.go | 41 | // UNLESS all of the atom:feed element's child atom:entry elements contain an atom:author element. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_03.go | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_03.go | 81 | Created string `xml:"created"` | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_03.go | 101 | // atom:entry elements MUST NOT contain more than one atom:author element. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 21 | // https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/atom.html | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 61 | // identifies an image that provides iconic visual identification for a | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 101 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/atom/atom_10.go | 141 | // [MIMEREG], but is not an XML media type [RFC3023], does not | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/rss/rss.go | 141 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/reader/language/language.go | 1 | // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Miniflux Authors. All rights reserved. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/reader/filter/filter.go | 1 | // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Miniflux Authors. All rights reserved. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/http/response/encoding.go | 21 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/http/response/response.go | 1 | // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Miniflux Authors. All rights reserved. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 469 | function toggleAriaAttributesOnMainMenu() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 529 | function initializeMainMenuHandlers() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 570 | function showKeyboardShortcutsAction() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 665 | function handleRefreshAllFeedsAction() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 757 | function handleFetchOriginalContentAction() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 801 | function openOriginalLinkFromEntryView(openLinkInCurrentTab) { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 818 | function openOriginalLinkFromListView() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 887 | function scrollToCurrentItemAction() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 923 | function handleConfirmationMessage(linkElement, callback) { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 999 | function handlePlayerProgressionSaveAndMarkAsReadOnCompletion(playerElement) { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 1035 | function handleMediaControlButtonClick(mediaPlayerButtonElement) { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 1069 | function initializeMediaPlayerHandlers() { | CODE |
| LOW | internal/ui/static/js/app.js | 1176 | function initializeKeyboardShortcuts() { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | internal/reader/parser/testdata/large_rss.xml | 150 | <p>Don't forget to put a <code>title</code> for <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/parser/testdata/large_rss.xml | 1253 | and you're good to go. Don't forget to make some space on the disk for the | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/parser/testdata/large_atom.xml | 169 | <p>Don't forget to put a <code>title</code> for <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W | CODE |
| LOW | internal/reader/parser/testdata/large_atom.xml | 1375 | and you're good to go. Don't forget to make some space on the disk for the | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/scripts/commit-checker.py | 24 | print(f"Error retrieving commit message: {e}") | CODE |
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/scripts/commit-checker.py | 57 | print(f"Error checking commit range: {e}") | CODE |