A game of lonely space adventure
This report summarizes scanner evidence for pioneerspacesim/pioneer, a C++ project with 1,929 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 947,487 lines of code across 2517 source files, recording 1202 pattern matches distributed across 14 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.2 (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? 1164 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 14 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 48 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 1202 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 1202 distinct pattern matches across 14 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 | contrib/atomic_queue/spinlock.h | 121 | void unlock() noexcept { | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/atomic_queue/spinlock.h | 141 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/atomic_queue/spinlock.h | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/atomic_queue/spinlock.h | 181 | // ~AdaptiveMutex() noexcept { | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/atomic_queue/defs.h | 61 | #pragma message("Unknown CPU architecture. Using L1 cache line size of 64 bytes and no spinloop pause instruction.") | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/atomic_queue/atomic_queue.h | 1 | /* -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 4 -*- */ | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 1 | // fast_float by Daniel Lemire | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 21 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 41 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 61 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 81 | // works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 101 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 141 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 241 | defined(__loongarch64) || (defined(__riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64)) | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 261 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 281 | #include <sys/byteorder.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 301 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 321 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 1481 | #include <limits> | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 2921 | answer.power2 = 0; | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 2981 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 4041 | // (the float rounded-down) and `b+u`, the next positive float. this | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 4141 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 4161 | // function call. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 4181 | // fmin + 1.0f == 1 | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fast_float/fast_float.h | 4261 | template <typename T> | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/PicoDDS/PicoDDS.h | 1 | // ======================================================================== | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/PicoDDS/PicoDDS.cpp | 1 | // ======================================================================== | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/portable-file-dialogs/pfd.h | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/portable-file-dialogs/pfd.h | 21 | #include <shlobj.h> | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/portable-file-dialogs/pfd.h | 41 | #include <cstdlib> // std::getenv() | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/ostream.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - std::ostream support | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/ostream.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - implementation | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 221 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1301 | // For the case of binary32, the result of integer check is not correct for | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/ranges.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - range and tuple support | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/xchar.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - optional wchar_t and exotic character support | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/core.h | 1 | // This file is only provided for compatibility and may be removed in future | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/chrono.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - chrono support | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/chrono.h | 21 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/chrono.h | 221 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/chrono.h | 241 | #endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/chrono.h | 541 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/os.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - optional OS-specific functionality | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/os.h | 21 | # endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/os.h | 41 | #ifndef FMT_POSIX | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/color.h | 241 | // │23│─┘ | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/color.h | 261 | // │62│─┬── unused | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/args.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - dynamic argument lists | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/printf.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - legacy printf implementation | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/compile.h | 1 | // Formatting library for C++ - experimental format string compilation | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 41 | #include "base.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 61 | # endif | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 81 | // Use the provided definition. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 101 | // Check if RTTI is disabled. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 121 | #else | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 141 | # if FMT_GLIBCXX_RELEASE < 13 | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | nd/Comments.txt | 10 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Comments.txt | 22 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Languages.txt | 10 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Languages.txt | 19 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Languages.txt | 71 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 7 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 82 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 127 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 147 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 164 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | nd/Project.txt | 195 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/SystemView.cpp | 66 | // ─── System View ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/SystemView.cpp | 333 | // ─── System Map Input ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/SystemView.cpp | 342 | // ─── System Map Display ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/ModelViewerWidget.cpp | 36 | // ─── Utility Functions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/ModelViewerWidget.cpp | 51 | // ─── Setup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/ModelViewerWidget.cpp | 229 | // ─── Input Handling ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/ModelViewerWidget.cpp | 466 | // ─── Model Rendering ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/ModelViewerWidget.cpp | 639 | // ─── Draw Overlays ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/system/SystemEditor.cpp | 704 | // ─── Update Loop ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/system/SystemEditor.cpp | 901 | // ─── Interface Rendering ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/system/GalaxyEditAPI.cpp | 430 | // ─── SystemBody::EditorAPI ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | NEWS.md | 251 | * Only add systems once in system search function GetNearbyStarSystemsByName (#6244) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Changelog.txt | 195 | * Only add systems once in system search function GetNearbyStarSystemsByName (#6244) | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 142 | def match_pp_headername_or_token(ln, lines): | STRING |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 256 | def print_ship_as_wiki_infobox(ship_name): | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/ship-internals-window.lua | 172 | local function displayShipFunctionWindow() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/hyperspace.lua | 27 | local function displayHyperspaceCountdown() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/reticule.lua | 229 | local function displayReticuleBrakeGauge(ratio_primary, ratio_secondary) | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/reticule.lua | 264 | local function displayReticulePitchHorizonCompass() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/reticule.lua | 286 | local function displayReticuleLandingAssist() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/indicators.lua | 31 | local function displayDirectionalMarkers() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/indicators.lua | 144 | local function displayCombatTargetIndicator(combatTarget) | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/indicators.lua | 175 | local function displayNavTargetIndicator(navTarget) | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/flight-ui/indicators.lua | 229 | local function displayMouseMoveIndicator() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/station-view/06-shipRepairs.lua | 96 | local function determinePaintshopAvailability() | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/station-view/04-shipMarket.lua | 361 | local function getNumSlotsCompatibleWithType(def, type) | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/new-game-window/ship.lua | 920 | local function checkNonExistentEquipment(value) | CODE |
| LOW | data/pigui/modules/new-game-window/location.lua | 306 | local function getSystemBodyIndexForFrameID(id, frame) | CODE |
| LOW | data/modules/TradeShips/Flow.lua | 238 | local function calculateFlowForLocalRoutes() | CODE |
| LOW | data/modules/FlightLog/FlightLog.lua | 38 | local function AdjustNonCustomElementCount( count ) | CODE |
| LOW | data/modules/FlightLog/FlightLog.lua | 50 | local function ConsiderCollapseSystemEventPair( first_index ) | CODE |
| LOW | …odules/StationTrafficControl/StationTrafficControl.lua | 61 | local function onDockingClearanceGranted(station, ship) | CODE |
| LOW | …odules/StationTrafficControl/StationTrafficControl.lua | 96 | local function onDockingClearanceExpired(station, ship) | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format.h | 3359 | // Compilers are not aware of how to leverage the maximum value of | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | contrib/imgui/backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp | 1229 | // Note: SDL 2.0.6+ has a SDL_WINDOW_SKIP_TASKBAR flag which is supported under Windows but the way it create the wi | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 441 | # If the exponent bigger than 0 just return it | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/text/TextSupport.h | 38 | // more robust to incorrectly encoded text | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/ship/PlayerShipController.h | 47 | //XXX AI should utilize one or more of these | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/editor/system/GalaxyEditAPI.cpp | 48 | // Essentially CollapsingHeader without the frame and with consistent ID regardless of edited body | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/clean_lang_data.py | 23 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/clean_lang_data.py | 58 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 96 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 148 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 443 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 464 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/scan_enums.py | 480 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/move_translation.py | 27 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 116 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 155 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 448 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/wiki_ship_stat_parser.py | 120 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 7734 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 7734 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 7736 | ImGui::Text("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 7736 | ImGui::Text("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"); | CODE |
| LOW | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 9662 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor i | CODE |
| LOW | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 9662 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor i | CODE |
| LOW | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 10784 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut | CODE |
| LOW | contrib/imgui/imgui_demo.cpp | 10784 | ImGui::TextWrapped("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/clean_lang_data.py | 5 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/clean_lang_data.py | 8 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/clean_lang_data.py | 9 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/move_translation.py | 21 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/move_translation.py | 25 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/ShipPlanner015.py | 23 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | README.md | 83 | Pioneer does not accept AI-generated code contributions. Code contributions generated by AI do not comply with and canno | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1259 | // Step 1: integer promotion & Schubfach multiplier calculation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1314 | // Step 2: Try larger divisor; remove trailing zeros if necessary. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1346 | // Step 3: Find the significand with the smaller divisor. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1259 | // Step 1: integer promotion & Schubfach multiplier calculation. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1314 | // Step 2: Try larger divisor; remove trailing zeros if necessary. | COMMENT |
| LOW | contrib/fmt/include/fmt/format-inl.h | 1346 | // Step 3: Find the significand with the smaller divisor. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | data/modules/AutoSave/AutoSave.lua | 11 | print('Error picking auto-save') | CODE |
| MEDIUM | data/modules/AutoSave/AutoSave.lua | 43 | print('Error making autosave:') | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | contrib/imgui/imgui_widgets.cpp | 7356 | // Tip: pass a non-visible label (e.g. "##hello") then you can use the space to draw other text or image. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/ShipPlanner015.py | 41 | CODE | |
| LOW | scripts/ShipPlanner015.py | 59 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/win32/OSWin32.cpp | 240 | // TODO: implement me | COMMENT |