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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-11 23:00 UTC

Katello / katello

Katello integrates open source systems management tools into a single solution for controlling the lifecycle of your machines.

JavaScript · RubyGPL-2.0★ 425 stars⑂ 318 forkssince Apr 2012View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryNetwork servicehow this is determined

Katello/katello holds a health index of 88 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (89/100) and lowest on Security (48/100). It was last updated 1 day ago. 4 contributors account for most of its recent work.

88
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.

88
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 74 is calibrated to 88 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Katello ProjectOrganization
21 followers40 public repossince Jan 2012

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
RubyGemskatello5.0.0-2833 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

89Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 1 days ago
34.6/36Commit cadence — 50/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 275 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year275
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push1
active_weeks_last_year50
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 83 releases published
27/36Release recency — latest release 116 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~67.6 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count83
latest_release_tag4.20.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release116
mean_days_between_releases67.6

Community & Adoption

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

67Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
42.6/60Stars — 425 stars
20.8/25Forks — 318 forks
8/15Watchers — 28 watchers
Inputs used
forks318
stars425
watchers28
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (GPL-2.0)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
59.2/80Total downloads — 500,823 downloads all-time across rubygems
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packageskatello
dependents—
ecosystemsrubygems
total_downloads500,823
monthly_downloads—
unverified_packages_excluded—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

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

82Excellent · 23% of overall
How it's scored
43.2/54Bus factor — 4 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
18.1/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 20% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 100 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 45 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor4
contributors_sampled100
top_contributor_share0.195
How it's scored
0/42Issue resolution — no issues or no data
27/30PR acceptance — 10,393/11,529 decided PRs merged
6.5/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 1/2 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs10,393
open_issues0
closed_issues0
prs_merged_7d5
prs_decided_7d5
prs_merged_30d29
prs_decided_30d34
issue_closed_ratio—
closed_unmerged_prs1,136
first_time_authors_30d2
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Issue resolution. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
9.7/25Owner reach — 21 followers of Katello
23.7/25Track record — 40 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers21
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginKatello
public_repos40
account_age_days5,359

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on rubygems
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 3 days ago
20/20Version history — 283 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packageskatello
ecosystemsrubygems
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish3

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

80Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 6 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .eslintrc, .eslintrc.js, .rubocop.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 29 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 8 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicskatello, foreman, rpm, puppet, docker, content-management, theforeman, hacktoberfest
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/
docs_sitehttps://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

48Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
0/7.5Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 29 out of 29 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
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 45 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
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 — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate4.4
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
13.7/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: angular 1.8.2 (high 7.6)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
33.6/40No advisories left outstanding — 1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 1,592 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories10
affected_packages1
assessed_packages6
unassessed_packages68
affected_by_severityhigh 1
direct_affected_packages1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 6 resolved dependencies against OSV. 68 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.

60Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
18/45Agent instructions — CLAUDE.md (stub)
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 95 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.95
agent_instruction_filesCLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes33
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — locale/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .eslintrc, .eslintrc.js, .rubocop.yml
0/11Static type checking
0/10Reproducible environment
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 20 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
2/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_fileslocale/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.2
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config
54.1/55Manageable file sizes — 51/2,953 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes646,286
source_files_sampled2,953
oversized_source_files51

Key facts

425GitHub stars
100contributors
275commits, last 12 months
1days since last push
83releases
4bus factor
0open issues
npm, RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • First-time contributor figures cover 12 of 19 authors (cap 12)
  • Could not fetch npm package 'katello' from its registry

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 318 ⇿
0Stars
318Forks
83Releases

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.

0125250375316132012-042019-062026-09
Major 0Minor 11Patch 30

Each point covers 14 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.4 / 10
4.4aggregate

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 · 2026-09-11 22:59 UTC

0Binary-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-Tests29 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 45 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
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.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 5
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npmangular1.8.2package.json
npmbootstrap-select1.13.18package.json
npmngreact^0.5.0package.json
npmreact-bootstrap^0.32.1package.json
npmuse-deep-compare-effect^1.6.1package.json
All dependencies 74

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 5 direct and 69 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npmangular1.8.2direct
npmbootstrap-select1.13.18direct
npmngreact^0.5.0direct
npmreact-bootstrap^0.32.1direct
npmuse-deep-compare-effect^1.6.1direct
npm@babel/eslint-parser^7.15.0indirect
npm@babel/eslint-plugin^7.14.5indirect
npm@sheerun/mutationobserver-shim^0.3.3indirect
npm@testing-library/jest-dom^5.3.0indirect
npm@testing-library/react^10.0.2indirect
npm@testing-library/user-event^13.5.0indirect
npm@theforeman/builder>= 6.0.0indirect
npm@theforeman/eslint-plugin-rules^12.2.0indirect
npm@theforeman/find-foreman^4.8.0indirect
npm@theforeman/test>= 15.0.1indirect
npmangular-patternfly4.0.0-alpha.2indirect
npmaxios-mock-adapter^1.10.0indirect
npmeslint^6.2.2indirect
npmeslint~6.6.0indirect
npmeslint~6.7.2indirect
npmeslint-config-airbnb^16.0.0indirect
npmeslint-plugin-angular0.0.3indirect
npmeslint-plugin-babel^5.1.0indirect
npmeslint-plugin-import^2.7.0indirect
npmeslint-plugin-jest^21.18.0indirect
npmeslint-plugin-jsx-a11y^6.0.2indirect
npmeslint-plugin-promise^4.2.1indirect
npmeslint-plugin-react^7.4.0indirect
npmeslint-plugin-react-hooks^4.2.0indirect
npmgenerator-bastion~0.1.2indirect
npmgrunt~0.4.5indirect
npmgrunt-angular-gettext~0.2.15indirect
npmgrunt-bower-task0.5.0indirect
npmgrunt-concurrent~1.0.0indirect
npmgrunt-eslint~6.0.0indirect
npmgrunt-htmlhint~0.9.13indirect
npmgrunt-karma^1.0.0indirect
npmjasmine-core^2.4.1indirect
npmkarma^0.13.22indirect
npmkarma-chrome-launcher^3.1.0indirect
npmkarma-coverage^1.0.0indirect
npmkarma-jasmine^1.0.2indirect
npmkarma-ng-html2js-preprocessor^1.0.0indirect
npmnock^12.0.3indirect
npmpatternfly4.0.0-alpha.2indirect
npmreact-test-renderer^16.0.0indirect
npmrequire-dir~1.2.0indirect
RubyGemsactiverecord-import—indirect
RubyGemsangular-rails-templates—indirect
RubyGemsapipie-rails—indirect
RubyGemsdeface—indirect
RubyGemsdynflow—indirect
RubyGemsfaraday—indirect
RubyGemsforeman-tasks—indirect
RubyGemsforeman_remote_execution—indirect
RubyGemsfx—indirect
RubyGemsjquery-ui-rails—indirect
RubyGemsjson—indirect
RubyGemsoauth—indirect
RubyGemspg—indirect
RubyGemspulp_ansible_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_certguard_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_container_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_deb_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_file_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_ostree_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_python_client—indirect
RubyGemspulp_rpm_client—indirect
RubyGemspulpcore_client—indirect
RubyGemsrabl—indirect
RubyGemsrails—indirect
RubyGemsrest-client—indirect
RubyGemsscoped_search—indirect
RubyGemsspidr—indirect
Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 6 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct. 68 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
angular1.8.2directhigh10—

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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