sitespeed.io is an open-source tool for comprehensive web performance analysis, enabling you to test, monitor, and optimize your website’s speed using real browsers in various environments.
This report summarizes scanner evidence for sitespeedio/sitespeed.io, a JavaScript project with 5,047 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 131,999 lines of code across 693 source files, recording 88 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.4 (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? 71 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 17 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 13 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 88 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 88 distinct pattern matches across 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | test/data/html/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/timings/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/info/js/v0.js | 24 | }],61:[function(e,t,i){function n(e){return(0,s.getService)(e,"documentInfo",function(){return{canonicalUrl:(0,a.parseUr | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/info/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/sites/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/combined/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/performance/js/jquery-1.11.3.min.js | 5 | return new Za.prototype.init(a,b,c,d,e)}m.Tween=Za,Za.prototype={constructor:Za,init:function(a,b,c,d,e,f){this.elem=a,t | CODE |
| CRITICAL | docs/testcases/performance/js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 4 | void 0===c?d&&"get"in d&&null!==(e=d.get(a,b))?e:(e=n.find.attr(a,b),null==e?void 0:e):null!==c?d&&"set"in d&&void 0!==( | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | netlify.toml | 1 | # Netlify build customisation for the Eleventy documentation site. | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 1661 | ### Fixed | COMMENT |
| LOW | CHANGELOG.md | 2441 | ### Added | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/buildWaterfallTools.js | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env node | COMMENT |
| LOW | docker/docker-compose.yml | 41 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | docker/grafana/provisioning/datasources/graphite.yaml | 1 | # Configuration file version | COMMENT |
| LOW | docker/grafana/provisioning/datasources/graphite.yaml | 21 | access: proxy | COMMENT |
| LOW | docker/grafana/provisioning/datasources/graphite.yaml | 41 | # <bool> Toggles whether the data source is pre-selected | COMMENT |
| LOW | docker/webpagereplay/deterministic.js | 1 | // Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/eleventy.config.js | 121 | // ---- Shortcodes ------------------------------------------------------ | COMMENT |
| LOW | …documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/examples/index.md | 101 | await commands.type('id:wpName1', 'login'); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …peed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/hljs-original.js | 601 | /[A-Za-z]+['](d|ve|re|ll|t|s|n)/, // contractions - can't we'd they're let's, etc | COMMENT |
| LOW | …peed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/hljs-original.js | 741 | // Grammar extensions / plugins | COMMENT |
| LOW | …peed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/hljs-original.js | 1301 | // far looking only for "number", ignoring potential string matches (or | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/_posts/2019-02-02-sitespeed.io-8.1.md | 61 | module.exports = async function(context, commands) { | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/_lib/kramdown-block-attrs.js | 1 | // Mimics kramdown's "lone-line IAL applies to the previous block" rule. | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/release.yml | 1 | name: Release | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/release.yml | 21 | # building-docker-autobuild.yml / netlify.yml (autobuild image, docs | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/main-dark.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/main-light.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/help.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/pages.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/compare.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/compare.scss | 661 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/crux.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/scorecard.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/waterfall.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/html/src/sass/light/components/iterationSummary.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …lugins/html/src/sass/light/components/summaryHero.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ugins/html/src/sass/light/components/metricsCards.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/light/components/metrics.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/html/src/sass/light/components/visualMilestones.scss | 1 | // ========================== | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/pages.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/compare.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/compare.scss | 661 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …b/plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/scorecard.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …b/plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/waterfall.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …plugins/html/src/sass/dark/components/summaryHero.scss | 1 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ns/html/src/sass/dark/components/visualMilestones.scss | 1 | // ========================== | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/cli/helpTopics.js | 1 | /*eslint no-console: 0*/ | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | …itespeed.io/scripting/setting-up-intellisense/index.md | 21 | ### Step 1: Create a New Project | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …itespeed.io/scripting/setting-up-intellisense/index.md | 27 | ### Step 2: Install Browsertime | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …itespeed.io/scripting/setting-up-intellisense/index.md | 36 | ### Step 3: Configure Visual Studio Code | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …itespeed.io/scripting/setting-up-intellisense/index.md | 42 | ### Step 4: Reload Visual Studio Code | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …itespeed.io/scripting/setting-up-intellisense/index.md | 45 | ### Step 5: Start Scripting | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 30 | // Step 1: home page (full navigation) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 33 | // Step 2: product page (full navigation) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 36 | // Step 3: add to cart, then go to /cart (full navigation) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 40 | // Step 4: click "Checkout", give the step an alias since the URL is dynamic | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 115 | // Step 1: home | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 118 | // Step 2: product detail | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 121 | // Step 3: add to cart, then measure the cart page | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 125 | // Step 4: shipping (alias because /checkout/<sessionid> is dynamic) | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 130 | // Step 5: payment | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | …entation/sitespeed.io/scripting/user-journeys/index.md | 140 | // Step 6: confirmation | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …s/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.js | 91 | function setAccordionIdToLocalStorage(id) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.js | 105 | function removeAccordionIdFromLocalStorage(id) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.js | 120 | function getAccordionIdsFromLocalStorage() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.js | 402 | function highlightAndBringLineIntoView() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.js | 635 | function highlightActiveLinkInSidebar() { | CODE |
| LOW | …cumentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.min.js | 1 | var accordionLocalStorageKey="accordion-id",themeLocalStorageKey="theme",fontSizeLocalStorageKey="font-size",html=docume | CODE |
| LOW | …cumentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/core.min.js | 23 | `}function initTooltip(){tippy(".theme-toggle",{content:"Toggle Theme",delay:500}),tippy(".search-button",{content:"Se | CODE |
| LOW | …documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/resize.js | 63 | function afterRemovingEventListeners() { | CODE |
| LOW | …n/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/tocbot.js | 421 | function removeCollapsedFromParents(element) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/plugins/browsertime/analyzer.js | 176 | function mergeProfileFunctionCosts(mainResult, profileResult) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/plugins/browsertime/filmstrip.js | 20 | function getMetricsFromBrowsertime(data) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/plugins/html/metricHelper.js | 63 | export function getMetricsFromPageSummary(pageInfo) { | CODE |
| LOW | lib/support/statsHelpers.js | 33 | export function setStatsSummaryWithOptions(target, path, stats, options) { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | docs/documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/Commands.html | 8 | 'id:email': 'user@example.com' | CODE |
| LOW | …ion/sitespeed.io/scripting/iframes-and-popups/index.md | 58 | await commands.type('id:email', 'me@example.org'); | CODE |
| LOW | …sitespeed.io/scripting/interact-with-the-page/index.md | 266 | await commands.type('.email-field', 'user@example.com'); | CODE |
| LOW | …sitespeed.io/scripting/interact-with-the-page/index.md | 270 | await commands.addText('name:email', 'user@example.com'); | CODE |
| LOW | …sitespeed.io/scripting/interact-with-the-page/index.md | 374 | 'id:email': 'user@example.com' | CODE |
| LOW | …documentation/sitespeed.io/scripting/examples/index.md | 232 | 'peter@example.org' | CODE |
| LOW | …peed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/hljs-original.js | 2906 | 'placeholder', | CODE |
| LOW | …ion/sitespeed.io/scripting/scripts/third-party/hljs.js | 1 | var hljs=function(){"use strict";var e={exports:{}};function t(n){return n instanceof Map?n.clear=n.delete=n.set=functio | CODE |
| LOW | docs/testcases/info/js/v0.js | 23 | !function(e,t,i,n){"use strict";function r(e,t){for(var i=0,n=e.length;n>i;i++)v(e[i],t)}function s(e){for(var t,i=0,n=e | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | test/compare-1.json | 1 | {"browsertime":{"info":{"browsertime":{"version":"21.0.0"},"url":"https://www.sitespeed.io","timestamp":"2024-01-18T07:3 | CODE |
| LOW | docs/release-notes/1.7/index.html | 37 | <p>Check the <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/documentation/#run">documentation</a> of how to do it. <em>Note</em>: The paramet | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | test/compare-1.json | 1 | {"browsertime":{"info":{"browsertime":{"version":"21.0.0"},"url":"https://www.sitespeed.io","timestamp":"2024-01-18T07:3 | CODE |