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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-18 20:33 UTC

IBM / operand-deployment-lifecycle-manager

Managing the lifecycle for a group of operands

GoApache-2.0★ 34 stars⑂ 51 forkssince Jan 2020View on GitHub ↗
KindNetwork serviceLibraryhow this is determined

IBM/operand-deployment-lifecycle-manager holds a health index of 89 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (87/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (59/100). It was last updated 13 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

89
overall / 100
Excellent

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.

89
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 75 is calibrated to 89 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

International Business MachinesOrganization · verified domain
8,894 followers3,956 public repossince Feb 2012

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/IBM/operand-deployment-lifecycle-manager/v4v4.5.11-4136 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

87Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recency — last push 13 days ago
22.8/36Commit cadence — 33/52 weeks with commits
17.2/18Commit volume — 81 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 18 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year81
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push13
active_weeks_last_year33

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 74 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 26 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~35.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count74
latest_release_tagv4.5.11
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release26
mean_days_between_releases35.4
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?

59Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
24.6/60Stars — 34 stars
14.2/25Forks — 51 forks
5.3/15Watchers — 10 watchers
Inputs used
forks51
stars34
watchers10
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (Apache-2.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges2
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgoreportcard.com, shields.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
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 40% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 34 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 9 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled34
top_contributor_share0.399
How it's scored
35.1/42Issue resolution — 84% of issues closed
27.6/30PR acceptance — 966/1,050 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
12/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 25/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
merged_prs966
open_issues35
closed_issues178
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d7
prs_decided_30d7
issue_closed_ratio0.836
closed_unmerged_prs84
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
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 8,894 followers of IBM
25/25Track record — 3,956 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers8,894
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginIBM
public_repos3,956
account_age_days5,352

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 36 days ago
20/20Version history — 41 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/IBM/operand-deployment-lifecycle-manager/v4
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish36

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

66Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 25 out of 25 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 8 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicskubernetes, kubernetes-operator, kubernetes-applications, odlm, openshift, operands, lifecycle, hacktoberfest
has_wikino
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?

73Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 25 out of 25 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
6/7.5Code-Review — Found 25/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 9 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 18 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
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
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — no data
3.8/7.5Vulnerabilities — 5 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated13
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive5
scorecard_aggregate6.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Signed-Releases, Token-Permissions. 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
advisories5
affected_packages1
assessed_packages98
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 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 98 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.

77Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — AGENTS.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 75 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.75
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes524
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
5/8Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54.1/55Manageable file sizes — 1/61 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes61,998
source_files_sampled61
oversized_source_files1
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)
0/20MCP server
40/40Runnable examples — samples
Inputs used
example_dirssamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

34GitHub stars
34contributors
81commits, last 12 months
13days since last push
74releases
2bus factor
35open 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 ★ / 51 ⇿
0Stars
51Forks
72Releases

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.

010203040505072020-012023-042026-07
Major 1Minor 22Patch 42

Each point covers 6 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.6 / 10
6.6aggregate

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 · 2026-10-18 20:32 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
10CI-Tests25 out of 25 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
8Code-ReviewFound 25/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
10Contributorsproject has 9 contributing companies or organizations
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained18 commit(s) and 0 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
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
5Vulnerabilities5 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 20
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/IBM/ibm-namespace-scope-operatorv1.17.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/deckarep/golang-setv1.7.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/google/go-cmpv0.7.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operatorv1.51.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/mohae/deepcopyv0.0.0-20170929034955-c48cc78d4826go.mod
Gogithub.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2v2.17.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/onsi/gomegav1.33.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/openshift/apiv0.0.0-20230915112357-693d4b64813cgo.mod
Gogithub.com/operator-framework/apiv0.17.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-managerv0.22.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/pkg/errorsv0.9.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.9.0go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/modv0.40.0go.mod
Gok8s.io/apiv0.28.2go.mod
Gok8s.io/apimachineryv0.28.2go.mod
Gok8s.io/client-gov0.28.2go.mod
Gok8s.io/klogv1.0.0go.mod
Gok8s.io/utilsv0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346bgo.mod
Gosigs.k8s.io/controller-runtimev0.16.1go.mod
Gosigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3v3.15.1go.mod
All dependencies 98

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 20 direct and 78 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
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Gogithub.com/google/go-cmpv0.7.0direct
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Gogithub.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2v2.17.3direct
Gogithub.com/onsi/gomegav1.33.1direct
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Gogithub.com/operator-framework/apiv0.17.1direct
Gogithub.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-managerv0.22.0direct
Gogithub.com/pkg/errorsv0.9.1direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.9.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/modv0.40.0direct
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Gok8s.io/apimachineryv0.28.2direct
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Gok8s.io/klogv1.0.0direct
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Gogolang.org/x/textv0.41.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/timev0.5.0indirect
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Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 98 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/netv0.58.0indirectunknown51.27.2

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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