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01Overview

express · 20,108 lines of actual code

192

Files

20,108

Code lines

1,830

Comments

Languages

654

Complexity

Secrets

Line Composition 26,541 total lines

Code20,10875.8%

Blank4,60317.3%

Comments1,8306.9%

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02Languages & Tech Stack

what it’s written in, what it depends on

Language Breakdown

Language

Files

Code

JavaScript

141

15,924

79.2%

Markdown

3,534

17.6%

YAML

336

1.7%

JSON

0.5%

Handlebars

0.4%

HTML

0.2%

CSS

0.2%

License

0.1%

Plain Text

0.1%

+ 1 more

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Tech Stack (6 detected)

Supertest 80 Node.js Path 21 Express.js 7 Node.js HTTP 6 Node.js File System 5 Node.js Events 1

03Notable Files

where complexity and size live

Most Complex

File	Lines	Cx
lib/response.js	479	156
lib/application.js	262	54
lib/request.js	154	37
lib/utils.js	120	35
test/app.render.js	314	21
test/express.urlencoded.js	701	19
test/express.raw.js	432	19
test/express.json.js	640	18
examples/mvc/lib/boot.js	63	18
test/app.router.js	939	17

Largest

File	Lines	Cx
History.md	3,297	0
test/app.router.js	939	17
test/res.sendFile.js	866	2
test/express.urlencoded.js	701	19
test/express.static.js	686	4
test/express.json.js	640	18
test/Router.js	505	16
test/res.send.js	501	5
lib/response.js	479	156
test/express.text.js	478	11

04Code Quality

style, correctness, and maintainability findings

By Severity & Category

Warning

Info

474

Error

Total

475

By Category

accessibility 8 correctness 465 maintainability 1 performance 1

Top Findings

Remove event listeners when no longer needed to prevent memory leaks

examples/search/public/client.js:6

Use let or const to avoid scope issues and hoisting ×4

examples/auth/index.js:7 + 3 more

05Secrets & Credentials

pattern-based scan for hardcoded secrets

generic-password — Detected a potential hardcoded password literal, which may expose account credentials.

examples/auth/index.js:50

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