openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.
This report summarizes scanner evidence for openframeworks/openFrameworks, a C++ project with 10,458 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 345,785 lines of code across 1815 source files, recording 1366 pattern matches distributed across 11 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 3.8 (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? 1328 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 4 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 34 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 1366 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 1366 distinct pattern matches across 11 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 |
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| LOW | .travis.yml | 21 | - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/include/libfreenect.h | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/include/libfreenect.h | 181 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/cameras.c | 21 | * of the CONTRIB file. | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/usb_libusb10.h | 21 | * of the CONTRIB file. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h | 61 | unsigned int fn_fw_k4w_size; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h | 121 | conversion_union.u = fn_le32(conversion_union.u); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/tilt.c | 21 | * of the CONTRIB file. | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/registration.c | 41 | #define DEPTH_SENSOR_X_RES 1280 | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h | 41 | // mac and linux need this | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h | 61 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h | 81 | /// call this before open(), has no effect while the connection is running | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h | 201 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxKinect/src/ofxKinect.h | 221 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxGui/src/ofxGui.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxGui/src/ofxColorPicker.h | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/docs/Instructions.txt | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPManager.h | 41 | SetTimeoutAccept() | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPManager.h | 61 | #include <arpa/inet.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPClient.h | 41 | bool sendRawMsg(const char * msg, int size); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxNetwork.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxUDPManager.h | 61 | ... | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxUDPManager.h | 81 | #include <netinet/in.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxNetwork/src/ofxTCPServer.h | 61 | //if you are trying to send something other than just ascii strings | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h | 61 | void addWeighted( ofxCvGrayscaleImage& mom, float f ); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvShortImage.h | 101 | // virtual void scale( float scaleX, float sclaeY ); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvCompat.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvCompat.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvCompat.h | 41 | #define CV_INTER_CUBIC cv::INTER_CUBIC | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvConstants.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h | 21 | ofxCvColorImage(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h | 61 | using ofxCvImage::operator-=; //force inheritance | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h | 81 | //virtual void draw( float x, float y ); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvColorImage.h | 101 | // Image Transformation Operations | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxOpenCv.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvImage.cpp | 161 | //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h | 41 | virtual float getNativeScaleMax() {return scaleMax;}; | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h | 101 | //virtual void resetAnchor(); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvFloatImage.h | 121 | // virtual void rotate( float angle, float centerX, float centerY ); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h | 21 | using ofxCvImage::setFromPixels; | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h | 61 | // virtual void operator *= ( ofxCvImage& mom ); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h | 101 | // virtual void invert(); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxOpenCv/src/ofxCvGrayscaleImage.h | 121 | // ofPoint& C, ofPoint& D ); //in base class | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxPoco/src/ofxXmlPoco.h | 1 | #pragma once | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxVectorGraphics/libs/CreEPS.cpp | 41 | // umlauts. If you plan to use umlauts only with LaTeX font output, | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxVectorGraphics/src/ofxVectorGraphics.cpp | 381 | //by finding the approrpriate control points | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h | 21 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h | 41 | // Help out windows: | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.h | 61 | // test. If you get compilation troubles, undefine TIXML_SAFE | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp | 21 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp | 41 | // is less flexible than it appears. Changing the entries | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxmlparser.cpp | 141 | return 1; // What else to do? The unicode set is huge...get the english ones right. | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/libs/tinyxml.cpp | 1001 | data.reserve( length ); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxXmlSettings/src/ofxXmlSettings.h | 101 | //-- numTags | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp | 841 | tMeshMesh.draw(); | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 781 | // ofxSvgCssClass::sGetFloat(ryAttr.getValue())) | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 2361 | //bool ofxSvg::remove( std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ofxSvgElement> > aelements ) { | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 59 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 61 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 110 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 112 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 200 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 202 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 355 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 357 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 556 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 558 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 678 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 680 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 1076 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 1078 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 1174 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of_build.sh | 1176 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of.sh | 86 | # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of.sh | 301 | # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of.sh | 956 | # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of.sh | 2000 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/of.sh | 2002 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 47 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 49 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 75 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 77 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 94 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 96 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 124 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 126 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 161 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 246 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 248 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 295 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 297 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp | 93 | // Step 2: Replace known patterns from Illustrator | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1026 | // Step 1: Compute (x1', y1') - the coordinates of the start point in the transformed coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1030 | // Step 2: Correct radii if necessary | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1045 | // Step 3: Compute (cx', cy') - the center point in the transformed coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1059 | // Step 4: Compute the center point in the original coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1840 | // Step 1: Translate to pivot (move pivot to origin) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1843 | // Step 2: Apply rotation | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1846 | // Step 3: Translate back to original position | COMMENT |
| LOW | libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofSystemUtils.cpp | 655 | //Step 1: Registering the Window Class | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvgElements.cpp | 93 | // Step 2: Replace known patterns from Illustrator | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1026 | // Step 1: Compute (x1', y1') - the coordinates of the start point in the transformed coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1030 | // Step 2: Correct radii if necessary | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1045 | // Step 3: Compute (cx', cy') - the center point in the transformed coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1059 | // Step 4: Compute the center point in the original coordinate system | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1840 | // Step 1: Translate to pivot (move pivot to origin) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1843 | // Step 2: Apply rotation | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | addons/ofxSvg/src/ofxSvg.cpp | 1846 | // Step 3: Translate back to original position | COMMENT |
| LOW | libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofSystemUtils.cpp | 655 | //Step 1: Registering the Window Class | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/osx/xcode_project.sh | 226 | # Check if the .app file exists | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/package_builds.sh | 7 | # Check if ROOT is empty | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/package_builds.sh | 9 | # Set ROOT to ../../../ if it's empty | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh | 184 | # Check if the folder exists | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh | 209 | # Check if the file is a regular file | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/emscripten/examples_to_build.sh | 247 | # Check if a file was found | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/emscripten/download_libs_via_vcpkg.sh | 15 | # Check if vcpkg is installed | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/dev/download_libs.sh | 765 | # # Check if the file exists | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| MEDIUM | libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofLog.h | 409 | /// and can be used as a direct replacement. Essentially, the second | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | libs/openFrameworks/gl/ofShader.cpp | 639 | // We need to find a robust way of extracing this information from | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | scripts/ci/linux/armv7l/arch-bootstrap_downloadonly.sh | 12 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/ci/linux/armv7l/arch-bootstrap.sh | 12 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/dev/smoke_test_nightly.sh | 21 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | tests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp | 146 | lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"); | CODE |
| LOW | tests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp | 146 | lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"); | CODE |
| LOW | tests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp | 183 | lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"); | CODE |
| LOW | tests/utils/buffer/src/main.cpp | 183 | lines.push_back("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,"); | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| MEDIUM | scripts/osx/snapshotAllExamples.sh | 6 | # Define the directory to the examples/graphics | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | examples/android/androidGuiExample/src/ofApp.cpp | 18 | gui.setup("panel"); // most of the time you don't need a name but don't forget to call setup | CODE |
| LOW | examples/gui/guiFromParametersExample/src/ofApp.cpp | 12 | gui.setup("panel"); // most of the time you don't need a name but don't forget to call setup | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …ons/ofxKinect/libs/libfreenect/src/freenect_internal.h | 178 | freenect_sample_51* audio_out_ring; // TODO: implement sending user-provided data in callbacks | CODE |