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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-19 04:09 UTC

CocoaPods / Core

The models used within the CocoaPods gem

RubyMIT★ 170 stars⑂ 374 forkssince Nov 2012View on GitHub ↗

CocoaPods/Core holds a health index of 60 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (72/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (37/100). It was last updated 104 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

60
overall / 100
Moderate

Software health index

Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean, calibrated against the distribution of the public record so bands carry percentile meaning; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At Risk ceiling of 34.

60
Exceptional93-100The record's top tier (≈ top 5%); essentially all checked criteria met
Excellent80-92Strong across the board; minor gaps
Good65-79Healthy; gaps are limited and manageable
Moderate50-64Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
Weak35-49Material weaknesses across several areas
At Risk20-34Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-19Severe problems (abandoned, single-maintainer, no hygiene)
VitalityCommunity &AdoptionSustainability &GovernanceEngineeringQualitySecurityAI Readiness

Score profile

Each axis is a category. The shape matters more than the average — a healthy subject fills the whole shape, while a spike-and-crater profile means strength in one dimension is masking risk in another.

The weighted overall 57 is calibrated to 60 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

CocoaPodsOrganization
363 followers70 public repossince Nov 2011

This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
RubyGemscocoapods-corepoints to another repo — not scored1.17.0-177104 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?

45Weak · 21% of overall
How it's scored
9.9/36Push recency — last push 104 days ago
0.7/36Commit cadence — 1/52 weeks with commits
9.7/18Commit volume — 11 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
commits_last_year11
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push104
active_weeks_last_year1
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
27/36Release recency — latest release 104 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~109.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tag1.17.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release104
mean_days_between_releases109.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

57Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
36.1/60Stars — 170 stars
21.4/25Forks — 374 forks
6.8/15Watchers — 18 watchers
Inputs used
forks374
stars170
watchers18
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesapi.codeclimate.com, github.com
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?

72Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
15.1/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 33% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 99 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 119 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.33
How it's scored
41.5/42Issue resolution — 99% of issues closed
25.3/30PR acceptance — 480/569 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
4.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 5/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
merged_prs480
open_issues2
closed_issues164
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.988
closed_unmerged_prs89
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
18.4/25Owner reach — 363 followers of CocoaPods
25/25Track record — 70 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers363
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginCocoaPods
public_repos70
account_age_days5,455

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

58Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .rubocop.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
6/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 4 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics—
has_wikino
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?

52Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
2.2/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
0.8/2.5CI-Tests — 4 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 3
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
2.2/7.5Code-Review — Found 5/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 119 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
0/7.5Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
1.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate4
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories8
affected_packages3
assessed_packages59
unassessed_packages10
affected_by_severityhigh 2, low 1
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 59 resolved dependencies against OSV. 10 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. Reachability is not analyzed.

AI Readiness

How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? Carries a deliberately small weight (4%): agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but a repository with none can still reach 100/100.

37Weak · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
19.7/40Legible commit history — 37 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.37
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .rubocop.yml
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesGemfile.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Ruby without a type-check config
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 1/78 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRuby
largest_source_bytes65,349
source_files_sampled78
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

170GitHub stars
99contributors
11commits, last 12 months
104days since last push
100releases
2bus factor
2open issues
RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • rubygems package 'cocoapods-core' points at a different repository (https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods); excluded from ecosystem scoring

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 374 ⇿
0Stars
374Forks
100Releases

When each star and fork was added, collected from GitHub and bucketed by day. Cumulative growth sits directly above the daily additions it is made of, so the two read against each other: steady organic accretion looks nothing like an abrupt, short-lived burst. Where that difference is measurable, it is reported as growth authenticity.

012525037536572012-122019-112026-09
Major 1Minor 17Patch 34

Each point covers 13 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.0 / 10
4.0aggregate

Independent, tool-agnostic security assessment from the open-source OpenSSF Scorecard. Each check rewards a security practice, not a specific vendor's tool. Checks Scorecard could not determine are marked n/a and excluded from the security score (never counted as zero).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-10-19 04:08 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
3CI-Tests4 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 3
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3Code-ReviewFound 5/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
10Contributorsproject has 119 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
2Vulnerabilities8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 4
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
RubyGemsawesome_print—Gemfile
RubyGemskicker—Gemfile
RubyGemspry—Gemfile
RubyGemsrb-fsevent—Gemfile
All dependencies 69

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 4 direct and 65 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
RubyGemsawesome_print1.9.2direct
RubyGemskicker3.0.0direct
RubyGemspry0.14.2direct
RubyGemsrb-fsevent0.11.2direct
RubyGemsactivesupport—indirect
RubyGemsactivesupport7.2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsaddressable—indirect
RubyGemsaddressable2.9.0indirect
RubyGemsalgoliasearch—indirect
RubyGemsalgoliasearch1.27.5indirect
RubyGemsast2.4.2indirect
RubyGemsbacon—indirect
RubyGemsbacon1.2.0indirect
RubyGemsbase640.1.2indirect
RubyGemsbenchmark0.5.0indirect
RubyGemsbigdecimal4.1.2indirect
RubyGemscoderay1.1.3indirect
RubyGemsconcurrent-ruby—indirect
RubyGemsconcurrent-ruby1.3.7indirect
RubyGemsconnection_pool3.0.2indirect
RubyGemscrack1.0.1indirect
RubyGemsdrb2.2.3indirect
RubyGemsethon0.18.0indirect
RubyGemsffi1.17.4indirect
RubyGemsfuzzy_match—indirect
RubyGemsfuzzy_match2.0.4indirect
RubyGemshashdiff1.2.1indirect
RubyGemshttpclient2.9.0indirect
RubyGemsi18n1.15.2indirect
RubyGemsjson2.20.0indirect
RubyGemslanguage_server-protocol3.17.0.3indirect
RubyGemslisten1.3.1indirect
RubyGemslogger1.7.0indirect
RubyGemsmetaclass0.0.4indirect
RubyGemsmethod_source1.0.0indirect
RubyGemsminitest5.27.0indirect
RubyGemsmocha1.4.0indirect
RubyGemsmocha-on-bacon0.2.3indirect
RubyGemsmutex_m0.3.0indirect
RubyGemsnap—indirect
RubyGemsnap1.1.0indirect
RubyGemsnetrc—indirect
RubyGemsnetrc0.11.0indirect
RubyGemsnotify0.5.2indirect
RubyGemsparallel1.23.0indirect
RubyGemsparser3.2.2.4indirect
RubyGemsprettybacon0.0.2indirect
RubyGemspublic_suffix—indirect
RubyGemspublic_suffix4.0.7indirect
RubyGemsracc1.7.1indirect
RubyGemsrainbow3.1.1indirect
RubyGemsrake12.3.3indirect
RubyGemsrb-inotify0.10.1indirect
RubyGemsrb-kqueue0.2.8indirect
RubyGemsregexp_parser2.8.2indirect
RubyGemsrexml3.2.9indirect
RubyGemsrubocop1.57.1indirect
RubyGemsrubocop-ast1.29.0indirect
RubyGemsrubocop-performance1.19.1indirect
RubyGemsruby-progressbar1.13.0indirect
RubyGemssecurerandom0.4.1indirect
RubyGemsstrscan3.1.8indirect
RubyGemstyphoeus—indirect
RubyGemstyphoeus1.6.0indirect
RubyGemstzinfo2.0.6indirect
RubyGemsunicode-display_width2.5.0indirect
RubyGemsvcr6.2.0indirect
RubyGemswebmock3.26.2indirect
RubyGemswebrick1.7.0indirect
Dependency advisories 3

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 59 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 3 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 10 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
rexml3.2.9indirecthigh53.3.9
webrick1.7.0indirecthigh21.8.2
json2.20.0indirectlow12.21.2

An advisory means the version recorded in the dependency graph falls inside an advisory’s affected range. Reachability is not analysed, and the graph includes development and test pins — a finding may concern tooling rather than shipped software.

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