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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-13 02:23 UTC

GitGuardian / ggshield

Detect and validate 500+ types of hardcoded secrets with advanced checks. Use it as a pre-commit hook, GitHub Action, or CLI for proactive secret detection and security.

PythonMIT★ 1,985 stars⑂ 215 forkssince Apr 2020View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined
#devsecops#security#credentials#apikey#key#code#leak#scanning#precommit#secrets-detection#secrets-management

GitGuardian/ggshield holds a health index of 95 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (92/100) and lowest on Security (58/100). It was last updated today. 3 contributors account for most of its recent work.

95
overall / 100
Exceptional

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.

95
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 82 is calibrated to 95 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

GitGuardianOrganization
917 followers36 public repossince Apr 2017

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIggshield1.53.0-10015 days agoclidevsecopsgitguardiansecrets-detectionsecurity-tools

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

92Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

93Exceptional
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
29.1/36Commit cadence — 42/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 676 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year676
human_commit_share0.93
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year42

Release discipline

90Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 97 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 14 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~10.2 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count97
latest_release_tagv1.53.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release14
mean_days_between_releases10.2

Community & Adoption

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

79Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

81Excellent
How it's scored
53.5/60Stars — 1,985 stars
19.4/25Forks — 215 forks
7.9/15Watchers — 27 watchers
Inputs used
forks215
stars1,985
watchers27
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

77Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
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has_licenseyes
readme_badges6
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

85Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

72Good
How it's scored
36/54Bus factor — 3 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
12.8/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 43% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 76 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 10 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor3
contributors_sampled76
top_contributor_share0.433

Issue & PR responsiveness

79Good
How it's scored
35.5/42Issue resolution — 85% of issues closed
26.9/30PR acceptance — 1,014/1,129 decided PRs merged
8.7/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 2/3 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
7.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 4/7 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
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closed_issues208
prs_merged_7d7
prs_decided_7d11
prs_merged_30d39
prs_decided_30d46
issue_closed_ratio0.846
closed_unmerged_prs115
first_time_authors_30d2
first_time_prs_merged_30d2
first_time_prs_decided_30d3

Ownership & stewardship

93Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
21.3/25Owner reach — 917 followers of GitGuardian
23.4/25Track record — 36 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers917
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginGitGuardian
public_repos36
account_age_days3,409
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 15 days ago
20/20Version history — 100 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesggshield
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish15

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

92Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

94Exceptional
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://gitguardian.com
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 11 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdevsecops, security, credentials, apikey, key, code, leak, scanning, precommit, secrets-detection, secrets-management
has_wikino
homepagehttps://gitguardian.com
docs_sitehttps://gitguardian.com
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

58Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

53Moderate
How it's scored
5.2/7.5Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3.8/7.5Code-Review — Found 4/7 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 10 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
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
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
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 19 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate5.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

77Good
How it's scored
12/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: cryptography 48.0.1 (high 8.2)
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
40/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory has been public longer than 90 days
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories6
affected_packages1
assessed_packages61
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityhigh 1
direct_affected_packages1
Matched the pypi:ggshield@1.53.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 61 packages. 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.

61Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

40Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 88 of 93 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.946
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

79Good
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 16 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 7 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.16
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.07

Code legibility for models

54Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 5/399 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes122,459
source_files_sampled399
oversized_source_files5

Key facts

1,985GitHub stars
76contributors
676commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
97releases
3bus factor
38open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 215 ⇿
0Stars
215Forks
97Releases

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.

0408012016020024021192020-062023-072026-08
Major 0Minor 49Patch 48

Each point covers 6 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.3 / 10
5.3aggregate

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 · 2026-08-13 02:22 UTC

7Binary-Artifactsbinaries present in source code
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
10CI-Tests13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
5Code-ReviewFound 4/7 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
10Contributorsproject has 10 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities19 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 25
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Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 34 direct and 152 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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Dependency advisories 1

Installing pypi:ggshield@1.53.0 pulls in 61 packages, direct and transitive: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct dependencies.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
cryptography48.0.1directhigh650.0.0

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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