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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-28 10:50 UTC

GrokImageCompression / grok

World's Leading Open Source JPEG 2000 Codec

C++Custom license★ 293 stars⑂ 58 forkssince Jan 2016View on GitHub ↗

GrokImageCompression/grok holds a health index of 71 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (91/100) and lowest on Sustainability & Governance (38/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

71
overall / 100
Good

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.

71
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 63 is calibrated to 71 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

11 followers4 public repossince Jan 2016

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
crates.iomercurypoints to another repo — not scored0.1.0213228 days agoclientmercuryasyncparserwebapi-bindingsasynchronous
crates.iogrokj2k-syspoints to another repo — not scored0.1.1721897 days agoj2kjp2jpegjpeg2000grokexternal-ffi-bindings

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

91Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
28.4/36Commit cadence41/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume749 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year749
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year41
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases38 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 0 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~7.9 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count38
latest_release_tagv20.4.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases7.9

Community & Adoption

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

53Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
40/60Stars293 stars
14.6/25Forks58 forks
6.4/15Watchers15 watchers
Inputs used
forks58
stars293
watchers15
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5Licenselicense file present, not a recognized license
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

38Weak · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 100% of commits
1.4/13.5Contributor breadth1 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled1
top_contributor_share1
How it's scored
40.6/42Issue resolution97% of issues closed
5.6/30PR acceptance5/27 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs5
open_issues2
closed_issues58
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.967
closed_unmerged_prs22
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 backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domain
7.8/25Owner reach11 followers of GrokImageCompression
17.1/25Track record4 public repos, account ~10 yr old
Inputs used
followers11
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginGrokImageCompression
public_repos4
account_age_days3,864

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

87Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows3 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config.pylintrc, mercury/Cargo.toml ([lints]), rustfmt.toml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Testsno data
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests. Remaining weights renormalized.

Documentation

85Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics11 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsc-plus-plus, jpeg2000, compression, iso-iec-15444-15, jpeg2000-part15, itu-t-t-814, lossless-image-compression, lossy-image-compression, codec, image, webassembly
has_wikiyes
homepage
docs_site
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

46Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0/2.5CI-Testsno data
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-ReviewFound 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5Contributorsproject has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
5/5Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
2.2/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packagingno data
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SASTno SAST tool detected
0/5Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities16 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate3.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): CI-Tests, Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisoriesno direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstandingno advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages36
unassessed_packages6
affected_by_severitynone
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 36 resolved dependencies against OSV. 6 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.

61Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
8.5/40Legible commit history16 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.16
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstraptests/fuzzers/GNUmakefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/decoder/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/encoder/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/preader/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminus/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config.pylintrc, mercury/Cargo.toml ([lints]), rustfmt.toml
11/11Static type checkingC++ (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practiceno agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesCargo.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filestests/fuzzers/GNUmakefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/decoder/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/encoder/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminim/preader/makefile, thirdparty/libpng/contrib/pngminus/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsCargo.toml, bindings/rust/Cargo.toml, bindings/rust/codec/Cargo.toml, bindings/swig/csharp/GrokCore.csproj, mercury/Cargo.toml, tests/csharp/GrokCoreTests.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeC++ (statically typed)
51.2/55Manageable file sizes67/971 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC++
largest_source_bytes591,911
source_files_sampled971
oversized_source_files67
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP servernot applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examplesexamples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files
interfaces_expected_of
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

293GitHub stars
1contributors
749commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
38releases
1bus factor
2open issues
crates.iopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • crates package 'mercury' points at a different repository (https://github.com/postlight/mercury-rs); excluded from ecosystem scoring
  • crates package 'grokj2k-sys' points at a different repository (https://github.com/george-hopkins/grokj2k-sys); excluded from ecosystem scoring

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 58 ⇿
0Stars
58Forks
35Releases

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.

01020304050605672016-052021-072026-08
Major 3Minor 7Patch 25

Each point covers 10 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 3.3 / 10
3.3aggregate

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 · 2026-08-28 10:50 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
n/aCI-Testsno pull request found
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
0Contributorsproject has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
10Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTno SAST tool detected
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities16 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 2
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
crates.iothiserror2mercury/Cargo.toml
crates.iolibc0.2bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
All dependencies 42

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 3 direct and 39 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
crates.iolibcdirect
crates.iolibc0.2.189direct
crates.iothiserror2.0.18direct
crates.ioaho-corasick1.1.5indirect
crates.iobindgenindirect
crates.iocc1.4.3indirect
crates.iocfg-if1.0.4indirect
crates.iofind-msvc-tools0.1.11indirect
crates.iogenerator0.8.9indirect
crates.iolazy_static1.5.0indirect
crates.iolog0.4.33indirect
crates.ioloom0.7.2indirect
crates.iomatchers0.2.0indirect
crates.iomemchr2.8.3indirect
crates.ionu-ansi-term0.50.3indirect
crates.ioonce_cell1.21.4indirect
crates.iopin-project-lite0.2.17indirect
crates.iopkg-configindirect
crates.ioproc-macro21.0.106indirect
crates.ioquote1.0.45indirect
crates.ioregex-automata0.4.18indirect
crates.ioregex-syntax0.8.11indirect
crates.iorustversion1.0.23indirect
crates.ioscoped-tls1.0.1indirect
crates.iosharded-slab0.1.7indirect
crates.ioshlex2.0.1indirect
crates.iosmallvec1.15.2indirect
crates.iosyn2.0.117indirect
crates.iothiserror-impl2.0.18indirect
crates.iothread_local1.1.10indirect
crates.iotracing0.1.44indirect
crates.iotracing-core0.1.36indirect
crates.iotracing-log0.2.0indirect
crates.iotracing-subscriber0.3.23indirect
crates.iounicode-ident1.0.24indirect
crates.iovaluable0.1.1indirect
crates.iowindows-link0.2.1indirect
crates.iowindows-result0.4.1indirect
crates.iowindows-sys0.61.2indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdkindirect
NuGetxunitindirect
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudioindirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 36 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 6 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

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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