// code snapshot · planned
Know what you are dealing with
before you pay for the full review.
Code Snapshot is a low-cost first look we are planning: how big a codebase is, what it is really built on, who it depends on, what licenses it carries, and what a full review would take and cost. It would be priced at $99, and the $99 would be credited toward the full review if you go ahead.
Planned, not built. Nothing described on this page exists today. If you need a read of a codebase now, the Recon scan and the intellectual property evidence review in Ghost Architect™ Local run today, on your own hardware.
// what the snapshot would show, and what the full review adds
Seven answers, each with the next question attached.
Each section would tell you what the snapshot found and what a full review would add, so you can decide whether the full review is worth paying for on this codebase.
Size and shape
Snapshot
Files, lines and languages, and the folders where most of the code lives.
The full review adds
Every file read and graded, with coverage stated as files read out of files present.
Stack reality
Snapshot
The frameworks, runtimes and versions the repository itself declares, not the ones in the pitch deck.
The full review adds
An end-of-life map with dates, version drift across services, and a 90-day modernization roadmap.
Key-person concentration
Snapshot
How much of the code rests on a few authors, and whether they are still active.
The full review adds
Concentration per subsystem, and flags on the contributors who have already left.
Dependencies
Snapshot
Each declared dependency, with its license and end-of-life status.
The full review adds
License classification across the dependency tree, copyleft exposure in commercial code, and abandoned components.
Ownership and licenses
Snapshot
Copyright holders, licenses, patent mentions, and license files that do not match the code that points to them.
The full review adds
The intellectual property evidence review: rated findings that quote the file and line, with no legal conclusions.
Activity
Snapshot
How recently and how often the code changes.
The full review adds
Where the risk concentrates, what a change would reach, and the trend scan over scan.
What a full review would take and cost
Snapshot
The size of the job, how long a full review would take with the basis of that estimate stated, and its price.
The full review adds
The review itself, with the snapshot’s $99 credited toward it.
// who it would be for
For the decision you make before the big spend.
A pre-LOI screen
Decide whether a target’s code deserves a full diligence read before you spend on one.
Before the bid
Decide whether to bid at all, and what the full scoping read would cost, before a senior opens the repository.
Before the matter
See who holds the copyrights and which licenses govern the code before you commit the firm’s hours.
Several targets, one budget
Compare the shape of several codebases cheaply, then put the full review where it matters.
// price and limits
$99, credited toward the full review.
If you go ahead with the full review, what you paid for the snapshot comes off its price. If you do not, you keep the snapshot and know why you walked away.
A first look, not a review. It would read what the repository declares. It would not grade the code, it would not match code against an open source database (so it cannot find copied code with the license stripped), it is not a CVE scanner, and it draws no legal conclusions.
How you would get it, from us like Ghost Architect™ On Demand or inside Ghost Architect™ Local, is not decided yet.
Want one when it is ready?
Tell us which codebase you would point it at first. It helps us build the right thing.