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Project Summary
Scintilla is a free source code editing component for Win32 and GTK+. As well as features found in standard text editing components, Scintilla includes features especially useful when editing and debugging source code. These include support for syntax styling, error indicators, code completion and call tips. Styling choices are more open than with many editors, allowing the use of proportional fonts, bold and italics, multiple foreground and background colours and multiple fonts.
In a Nutshell, Scintilla...
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 29 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in March, 2000
ending with its most recent commit 4 days ago
Quick Reference
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/scintill...
Project Security
Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )
There are no reported vulnerabilities
Project Vulnerability Report
Security Confidence Index
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Vulnerability Exposure Index
Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities
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30 Day SummaryJan 28 2026 — Feb 27 2026
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12 Month SummaryFeb 27 2025 — Feb 27 2026
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for Scintilla )
Repository URL: http://hg.code.sf.net/p/scintilla/code
Version: 5.5.9
- 2026-02-14
- Last Analyzed
- 377,187
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.01
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 122
- Total defects
- 4
- Outstanding
- 98
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 2 |