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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-17 03:36 UTC

FactomProject / factomd

Factom Daemon

GoCustom license★ 198 stars⑂ 84 forkssince Sep 2015View on GitHub ↗
KindNetwork serviceLibraryCommand-line toolhow this is determined

FactomProject/factomd holds a health index of 31 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (74/100) and lowest on Vitality (19/100). It was last updated 1329 days ago. 5 contributors account for most of its recent work.

31
overall / 100
At Risk

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.

31
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 51 is calibrated to 51 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

FactomOrganization
6 followers118 public repossince Sep 2014

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/factomdv1.13.0-372066 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

19Critical · 21% of overall
How it's scored
0/36Push recency — last push 1,329 days ago
0/36Commit cadence — 0/52 weeks with commits
0/18Commit volume — 0 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_year0
human_commit_share0.99
days_since_last_push1,329
active_weeks_last_year0
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 23 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 1,452 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~82.9 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count23
latest_release_tagv6.17.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1,452
mean_days_between_releases82.9

Community & Adoption

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

70Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
37.2/60Stars — 198 stars
16/25Forks — 84 forks
9.7/15Watchers — 57 watchers
Inputs used
forks84
stars198
watchers57
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges1
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicescircleci.com
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

74Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
45.9/54Bus factor — 5 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
17.8/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 21% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 71 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 38 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor5
contributors_sampled71
top_contributor_share0.209
How it's scored
33/42Issue resolution — 78% of issues closed
23.3/30PR acceptance — 791/1,018 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
9/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 7/11 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
Inputs used
merged_prs791
open_issues26
closed_issues95
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.785
closed_unmerged_prs227
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
6.1/25Owner reach — 6 followers of FactomProject
25/25Track record — 118 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers6
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginFactomProject
public_repos118
account_age_days4,419
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
4/35Publish recency — latest publish 2,066 days ago
20/20Version history — 37 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/FactomProject/factomd
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish2,066

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

56Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
2/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 1 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://www.factomprotocol.org/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 5 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsfactom, blockchain, bitcoin, go, proof-of-authority
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://www.factomprotocol.org/
docs_sitehttps://www.factomprotocol.org/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

33At Risk · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
0.2/2.5CI-Tests — 1 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 1
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 7/11 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 38 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5License — 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
1/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 2
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 — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — no data
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 76 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated14
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive4
scorecard_aggregate3.4
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Token-Permissions. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
3.6/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 6 affected: golang.org/x/crypto 0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4 (critical 10.0), github.com/gogo/protobuf 1.3.1-0.20190908201246-8a5ed79f6888 (high 8.6), github.com/prometheus/client_golang 1.5.1 (high 7.5), +3 more
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
18.3/40No advisories left outstanding — 6 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 2,011 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories117
affected_packages11
assessed_packages75
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitycritical 1, high 7, moderate 3
direct_affected_packages6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 75 resolved dependencies against OSV. 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.

58Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
26.9/40Legible commit history — 50 of 99 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.505
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile, events/makefile
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 1 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
2/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile, events/makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsUtilities/snapshot/go.mod, go.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0.01
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54.5/55Manageable file sizes — 7/722 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes1,721,024
source_files_sampled722
oversized_source_files7
How it's scored
40/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — events/eventmessages/adminBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/directoryBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/entryBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/factoidBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/factomEvents.proto, events/eventmessages/sharedTypes.proto, p2p/protocolV11.proto
0/20MCP server
0/40Runnable examples
Inputs used
example_dirs—
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_filesevents/eventmessages/adminBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/directoryBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/entryBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/factoidBlock.proto, events/eventmessages/factomEvents.proto, events/eventmessages/sharedTypes.proto, p2p/protocolV11.proto
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

198GitHub stars
71contributors
0commits, last 12 months
1,329days since last push
23releases
5bus factor
26open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 84 ⇿
0Stars
84Forks
22Releases

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.

0204060801008242015-112019-032022-07
Major 0Minor 3Patch 4

Each point covers 7 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 3.4 / 10
3.4aggregate

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 · 2026-10-17 03:36 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
n/aBranch-Protectioninternal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md
1CI-Tests1 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 1
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6Code-ReviewFound 7/11 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
10Contributorsproject has 38 contributing companies or organizations
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
2Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 2
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
0Vulnerabilities76 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 26
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/boltv1.1.1-0.20170202195217-952a1b4e9a55go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/btcutilv0.0.0-20200312214114-5fd3eaf71bd2go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/ed25519v0.0.0-20150814230546-38002c4fe7b6go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/factomv0.3.6-0.20190712163801-e7717c4ab072go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/go-bip32v0.3.6-0.20161206200006-3b593af1c415go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/go-bip39v0.3.6-0.20161217174232-d1007fb78d9ago.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/go-spewv0.0.0-20160301052117-ddfaec9b42f5go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/goleveldbv0.2.2-0.20170418171130-e7800c6976c5go.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/logrustashv0.0.0-20171005151533-9c7278ede46ego.mod
Gogithub.com/FactomProject/serveridentityv0.0.0-20180611231115-cf42d2aa8debgo.mod
Gogithub.com/btcsuitereleases/btcutilv0.0.0-20150612230727-f2b1058a8255go.mod
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/gogo/protobufv1.3.1-0.20190908201246-8a5ed79f6888go.mod
Gogithub.com/golang/protobufv1.3.4go.mod
Gogithub.com/gorilla/muxv1.7.4-0.20190720201435-e67b3c02c719go.mod
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-pluginv1.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_golangv1.5.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_modelv0.2.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/rs/corsv1.7.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrusv1.5.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav0.0.4-0.20180915222204-8d114be902bcgo.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.5.1go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4go.mod
Gogopkg.in/AlecAivazis/survey.v1v1.6.2go.mod
Gogopkg.in/gcfg.v1v1.2.3go.mod
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v2v2.2.5go.mod
All dependencies 75

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 29 direct and 46 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/btcsuitereleases/btcutil0.0.0-20150612230727-f2b1058a8255direct
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanize1.0.0direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/bolt1.1.1-0.20170202195217-952a1b4e9a55direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/btcutil0.0.0-20200312214114-5fd3eaf71bd2direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/ed255190.0.0-20150814230546-38002c4fe7b6direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/factom0.3.6-0.20190712163801-e7717c4ab072direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/go-bip320.3.6-0.20161206200006-3b593af1c415direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/go-bip390.3.6-0.20161217174232-d1007fb78d9adirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/go-spew0.0.0-20160301052117-ddfaec9b42f5direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/goleveldb0.2.2-0.20170418171130-e7800c6976c5direct
Gogithub.com/factomproject/logrustash0.0.0-20171005151533-9c7278ede46edirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/serveridentity0.0.0-20180611231115-cf42d2aa8debdirect
Gogithub.com/gogo/protobuf1.3.1-0.20190908201246-8a5ed79f6888direct
Gogithub.com/golang/protobuf1.3.4direct
Gogithub.com/gorilla/mux1.7.4-0.20190720201435-e67b3c02c719direct
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-plugin1.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_golang1.5.1direct
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_model0.2.0direct
Gogithub.com/rs/cors1.7.0direct
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrus1.5.0direct
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrus1.8.1direct
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobra0.0.4-0.20180915222204-8d114be902bcdirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobra1.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testify1.5.1direct
Gogolang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4direct
Gogopkg.in/alecaivazis/survey.v11.6.2direct
Gogopkg.in/gcfg.v11.2.3direct
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v22.2.5direct
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v22.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/alecaivazis/survey/v22.3.2indirect
Gogithub.com/beorn7/perks1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/bmizerany/assert0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869indirect
Gogithub.com/boltdb/bolt1.3.1indirect
Gogithub.com/cespare/xxhash/v22.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spew1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33ccindirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/basen0.0.0-20150613233007-fe3947df716eindirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/btcutilecc0.0.0-20130527213604-d3a63a5752ecindirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/dynrsrc0.3.1indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/factoid0.3.4indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/factomcode0.3.6-0.20171228170625-d7e03150a9d5indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/factomd1.13.0indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/fsnotify0.9.0indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/go-bip440.0.0-20190306062959-b541a96d8da9indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/go-simplejson0.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/gocoding0.0.0-20150814232539-59666ce39524indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/netki-go-partner-client0.0.0-20160324224126-426acb535e66indirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/snappy-go0.0.0-20170202213131-f2f83b22c29eindirect
Gogithub.com/factomproject/web0.1.1-0.20200312214504-cff1e06a4e47indirect
Gogithub.com/hinshun/vt10x0.0.0-20180809195222-d55458df857cindirect
Gogithub.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/kballard/go-shellquote0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51indirect
Gogithub.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/kr/pretty0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/kr/pty1.1.8indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-colorable0.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-colorable0.1.2indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isatty0.0.5-0.20180830101745-3fb116b82035indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isatty0.0.8indirect
Gogithub.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/mgutz/ansi0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474bindirect
Gogithub.com/netflix/go-expect0.0.0-20200312175327-da48e75238e2indirect
Gogithub.com/onsi/ginkgo1.12.0indirect
Gogithub.com/onsi/gomega1.9.0indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflib1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/prometheus/common0.9.1indirect
Gogithub.com/prometheus/procfs0.0.8indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflag1.0.3indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflag1.0.5indirect
Gogolang.org/x/net0.0.0-20200301022130-244492dfa37aindirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20200327173247-9dae0f8f5775indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68indirect
Gogolang.org/x/term0.0.0-20210503060354-a79de5458b56indirect
Gogolang.org/x/text0.3.1-0.20181010134911-4d1c5fb19474indirect
Gogolang.org/x/text0.3.3indirect
Gogopkg.in/warnings.v00.1.2indirect
Dependency advisories 11

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 75 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 11 carry known advisories, of which 6 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20200311171314-f7b00557c8c4directcritical483.4.0
github.com/gogo/protobuf1.3.1-0.20190908201246-8a5ed79f6888directhigh21.3.2
github.com/prometheus/client_golang1.5.1directhigh21.11.1
github.com/sirupsen/logrus1.5.0directhigh21.9.3
github.com/sirupsen/logrus1.8.1directhigh21.9.3
golang.org/x/net0.0.0-20200301022130-244492dfa37aindirecthigh3912.0.2
golang.org/x/text0.3.1-0.20181010134911-4d1c5fb19474indirecthigh80.41.0
golang.org/x/text0.3.3indirecthigh60.41.0
gopkg.in/yaml.v22.2.5directmoderate22.2.8
golang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20200327173247-9dae0f8f5775indirectmoderate31.18.2
golang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68indirectmoderate31.18.2

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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