AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

obsproject/obs-studio

SlopCodeMonitor badge for obsproject/obs-studio Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

1.3 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for obsproject/obs-studio, a C project with 78,655 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 625,479 lines of code across 4306 source files, recording 947 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.3 (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.

1.3
Adjusted Signal
1.3
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-29
Last Push
78.7K
Stars
C
Language
625.5K
Lines of Code
4.3K
Files
947
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
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 6.1/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 926 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.1/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 12 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.1/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 9 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 7.4/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 947 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 0MEDIUM 8LOW 939

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 947 distinct pattern matches across 10 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.

Over-Commented Block917 hits · 766 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWfrontend/OBSApp.hpp21#include <utility/OBSTheme.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/obs-main.cpp21#ifdef __APPLE__COMMENT
LOWfrontend/obs-main.cpp861#ifdef _DEBUGCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/OBSApp_Themes.cpp21#include <utility/OBSThemeVariable.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/OBSApp.cpp21#include <dialogs/LogUploadDialog.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/OBSApp.cpp41COMMENT
LOWfrontend/settings/OBSBasicSettings.cpp21#include "OBSHotkeyWidget.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/settings/OBSBasicSettings.cpp321#define SCROLL_CHANGED &QSpinBox::valueChangedCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/settings/OBSBasicSettings_Stream.cpp1#include "OBSBasicSettings.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_Flatpak.cpp21COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_Linux.cpp21COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_Linux.cpp41// * User Root Path: $XDG_DATA_HOMECOMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_BSD.cpp21COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_BSD.cpp41// * User Root Path: /home/<User>/.configCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_MacOS.mm21#include <obs.h>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_MacOS.mm41// * Data: <Data Environment Variable>/<Plugin>.plugin/Contents/ResourcesCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginManagerWindow.cpp21#include <plugin-manager/InstalledPluginRow.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_Windows.cpp21#include <obs.h>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/plugin-manager/PluginModuleLoader_Windows.cpp41// * Root Path: C:/ProgramDataCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/oauth/RestreamAuth.cpp1#include "RestreamAuth.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/oauth/YoutubeAuth.cpp1#include "YoutubeAuth.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/oauth/TwitchAuth.cpp1#include "TwitchAuth.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/updater/resource.h1//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}COMMENT
LOWfrontend/updater/resource.h21#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE 101COMMENT
LOWfrontend/updater/updater.hpp21#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600COMMENT
LOWfrontend/components/AudioCaptureToolbar.cpp1#include "AudioCaptureToolbar.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/components/DisplayCaptureToolbar.cpp1#include "DisplayCaptureToolbar.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/components/WindowCaptureToolbar.cpp1#include "WindowCaptureToolbar.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/components/OBSAdvAudioCtrl.cpp1#include "OBSAdvAudioCtrl.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/components/SourceTreeItem.cpp1#include "SourceTreeItem.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/dialogs/OBSBasicInteraction.cpp21#include <utility/OBSEventFilter.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/dialogs/OBSBasicFilters.cpp21#include <components/VisibilityItemWidget.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/dialogs/OBSBasicProperties.cpp21#include <widgets/OBSBasic.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/wizards/AutoConfig.cpp1#include "AutoConfig.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/wizards/AutoConfigStreamPage.cpp1#include "AutoConfigStreamPage.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/wizards/AutoConfigTestPage.cpp1#include "AutoConfigTestPage.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/wizards/AutoConfigVideoPage.cpp1#include "AutoConfigVideoPage.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasicPreview.hpp1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/AudioMixer.cpp21#include <dialogs/NameDialog.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSQTDisplay.cpp1#include "OBSQTDisplay.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic_ContextToolbar.cpp21COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp21#include "ui-config.h"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp41#include <settings/OBSBasicSettings.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic_Updater.cpp21COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic.hpp21#include "OBSMainWindow.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic_MainControls.cpp21#include "OBSBasicStats.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasicStats.cpp1#include "OBSBasicStats.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/WhatsNewInfoThread.cpp1#include "WhatsNewInfoThread.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/WhatsNewInfoThread.cpp21#ifndef WIN_WHATSNEW_URLCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/MultitrackVideoOutput.cpp1#include "MultitrackVideoError.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/win-dll-blocklist.c181 // Reference: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/8552COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/platform-x11.cpp21#include <OBSApp.hpp>COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/platform-x11.cpp41#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/GoLiveAPI_Network.cpp1#include "GoLiveAPI_Network.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/AutoUpdateThread.cpp1#include "AutoUpdateThread.hpp"COMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/AutoUpdateThread.cpp21#ifndef WIN_MANIFEST_URLCOMMENT
LOWfrontend/utility/platform-windows.cpp21COMMENT
LOWplugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-output.c1#define _GNU_SOURCECOMMENT
LOWplugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c21#include <inttypes.h>COMMENT
LOWplugins/obs-outputs/rtmp-stream.c21COMMENT
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Decorative Section Separators4 hits · 14 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMplugins/frontend-tools/data/scripts/url-text.py9# ------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMplugins/frontend-tools/data/scripts/url-text.py37# ------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMdeps/w32-pthreads/config.h70# ----------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡deps/w32-pthreads/config.h100# ----------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary3 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMfrontend/dialogs/OBSBasicSourceSelect.cpp342 // Allow some room for previous/next rows to make scrolling a bit more seamlessCOMMENT
MEDIUMdeps/w32-pthreads/config.h72# facilitate development of applications on Win32 that will be portedCOMMENT
MEDIUM⚡deps/w32-pthreads/config.h86# that are not meticulous in tracking thread lifecycles e.g. applicationsCOMMENT
Unused Imports9 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbuild-aux/format-manifest.py2CODE
LOWbuild-aux/format-manifest.py7CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py3CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py5CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py9CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py11CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py12CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py13CODE
LOWplugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_train.py16CODE
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping5 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py150 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py188 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py233 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py322 except Exception as e:CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py360 except Exception as e:CODE
Fake / Example Data3 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWplugins/rtmp-services/service-specific/dacast.c23struct dacast_ingest dacast_invalid_ingest = {"rtmp://dacast", "", "", "fake_key"};CODE
LOW…alcam/src/camera-extension/OBSCameraDeviceSource.swift101 let placeholderURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "placeholder", withExtension: "png")CODE
LOWlibobs-metal/MetalTexture.swift142 /// This constructor creates a "placeholder" object that can be shared with `libobs` or updated with an actualCOMMENT
Deep Nesting3 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWbuild-aux/format-manifest.py10CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py108CODE
LOW.github/scripts/utils.py/check-services.py165CODE
Self-Referential Comments1 hit · 3 pts
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MEDIUMdocs/sphinx/conf.py7# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to itsCOMMENT
Example Usage Blocks1 hit · 2 pts
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LOW⚡deps/w32-pthreads/config.h90# Usage:COMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 2 pts
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LOWfrontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp2044 // TODO: Implement for other platforms if possible. Don't forget toCOMMENT