cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor
This report summarizes scanner evidence for mltframework/shotcut, a C++ project with 15,545 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 445,427 lines of code across 529 source files, recording 147 pattern matches distributed across 5 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.4 (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? 147 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 3 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 147 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 147 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 | CuteLogger/include/CuteLogger_global.h | 1 | #ifndef CUTELOGGER_GLOBAL_H | COMMENT |
| LOW | CuteLogger/include/Logger.h | 21 | #include <QElapsedTimer> | COMMENT |
| LOW | CuteLogger/include/Logger.h | 41 | #define LOG_CDEBUG(category) CuteMessageLogger(cuteLoggerInstance(), Logger::Debug, __FILE__, __LINE__, Q_FUNC_INFO, | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/build-shotcut.sh | 1 | #!/bin/bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/build-shotcut.sh | 2281 | feedback_result SUCCESS "Everything succeeded" | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/build-shotcut-msys2.sh | 1 | #!/bin/bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/build-shotcut-msys2.sh | 1041 | ###################################################################### | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mltcontroller.cpp | 21 | #include "controllers/filtercontroller.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mltcontroller.cpp | 41 | #include <QMetaType> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp | 21 | #include "mainwindow.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp | 81 | setColor(Qt::black); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/hdrpreviewwindow.cpp | 161 | // Qt 6 caches the video format in QSGVideoMaterialRhiShader and | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/util.cpp | 21 | #include "Logger.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/util.cpp | 41 | #include <QDoubleSpinBox> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/util.cpp | 61 | #include <windows.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/shotcut_mlt_properties.h | 41 | #define kTrackHeightProperty "shotcut:trackHeight" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/shotcut_mlt_properties.h | 61 | // hide the VUI when the play head is not over the clip with the current filter. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/shotcut_mlt_properties.h | 101 | #define kPlaylistIndexProperty "_shotcut:playlistIndex" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/shotcut_mlt_properties.h | 121 | #define kNewFrameOutProperty "_shotcut:newFrameOut" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/player.cpp | 21 | #include "actions.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.h | 21 | #include "mltcontroller.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/videowidget.cpp | 21 | #include "mainwindow.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 21 | #include "Logger.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 41 | #include "docks/filtersdock.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 61 | #include "proxymanager.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 81 | #include "widgets/imageproducerwidget.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 101 | #include <QDirIterator> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mainwindow.cpp | 4341 | else | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mltxmlchecker.cpp | 21 | #include "mltcontroller.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/gpuinfo.h | 41 | // On Windows this uses DXGI (the same enumeration order Qt's D3D RHI backend uses). | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/proxymanager.cpp | 21 | #include "dialogs/longuitask.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/mltcontroller.h | 21 | #include "transportcontrol.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/main.cpp | 21 | #include "gpuinfo.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/settings.cpp | 21 | #include "qmltypes/qmlapplication.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/qmlfilter.h | 21 | #include "qmlmetadata.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/colorpickeritem.cpp | 21 | #include "Logger.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/qmlfilter.cpp | 21 | #include "commands/filtercommands.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/qmlapplication.cpp | 21 | #include "controllers/filtercontroller.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/qmlutilities.cpp | 21 | #include "models/subtitlesmodel.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qmltypes/timelineitems.cpp | 21 | #include "mltcontroller.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/screencapture/screencapture.cpp | 21 | #include "toolbarwidget.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/screencapture/windowpicker.cpp | 21 | #include <QGuiApplication> | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/main.js | 1 | // This is not meant to be used directly. It returns a function object | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 1721 | // Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 1821 | exports.isPrimitive = isPrimitive; | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 2481 | }; | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 2501 | // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 2621 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 2661 | Transform.call(this, options); | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3061 | // if we've ended, and we're now clear, then finish it up. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3081 | // that the Readable class should behave improperly, as streams are | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3681 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3701 | // in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3721 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3741 | // interpreted as an integer from 0-255, and then results in that many | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 3901 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 4061 | // not an actual buffer we keep track of, but a measurement | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 4821 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 5141 | // Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors. | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 5261 | dest.on('close', cleanup); | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | src/docks/subtitlesdock.cpp | 1326 | // Mute tracks as requested | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/build-shotcut.sh | 640 | # Git, just use blank or the hash. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/docks/encodedock.cpp | 337 | // Let 8-bit processing modes utilize full range RGB | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp | 911 | " function convertRectangleKeyframesToPixels() {\n" | CODE |
| LOW | src/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp | 1063 | " function rewriteRectangleKeyframes() {\n" | CODE |
| LOW | src/controllers/addonqmlgenerator.cpp | 1106 | " function convertExtraRectKeyframes(name) {\n" | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/qml/export-chapters/export-chapters.js | 5059 | // number of bytes available, we need to check if we end on a leading/high | COMMENT |