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Software health reportschema 0.12.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-18 04:16 UTC
NCBI / Datasets
NCBI Datasets is a new resource that lets you easily gather data from across NCBI databases.
NCBI/Datasets holds a health index of 60 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on Vitality (85/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (29/100). It was last updated 7 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
60
overall / 100Software 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.
60
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)
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 57 is calibrated to 60 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
2,822 followers151 public repossince Mar 2013
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
85
Development activity
82Excellent
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 7 days ago |
| 19.4/36 | Commit cadence — 28/52 weeks with commits |
| 16.6/18 | Commit volume — 69 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 22 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 69 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 7 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 28 |
Release discipline
90Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 100 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 7 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~6.7 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v18.33.1 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 7 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 6.7 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
66
Popularity & adoption
68Good
How it's scored
| 44.4/60 | Stars — 548 stars |
| 15.2/25 | Forks — 67 forks |
| 8/15 | Watchers — 29 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 67 |
| stars | 548 |
| watchers | 29 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
64Moderate
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 16.9/22.5 | License — license file present, not a recognized license |
| 18/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 0/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | — |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
68
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
33At Risk
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 7.6/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 66% of commits |
| 10.8/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 8 contributors |
| 6/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6 |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 8 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.663 |
How it's scored
| 39/42 | Issue resolution — 93% of issues closed |
| 29.3/30 | PR acceptance — 266/272 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 266 |
| open_issues | 22 |
| closed_issues | 290 |
| prs_merged_7d | — |
| prs_decided_7d | — |
| prs_merged_30d | — |
| prs_decided_30d | — |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.929 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 6 |
| first_time_authors_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_merged_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_decided_30d | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Ownership & stewardship
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization |
| 24.8/25 | Owner reach — 2,822 followers of ncbi |
| 25/25 | Track record — 151 public repos, account ~13 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 2,822 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | ncbi |
| public_repos | 151 |
| account_age_days | 4,879 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
31
Engineering practices
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/24 | CI workflows |
| 0/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 0/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 0 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | no |
| has_tests | no |
| has_editorconfig | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
75Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 2 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | genomics-data, ncbi |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets |
| docs_site | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | no |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
33
Security posture
33At Risk
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 0/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| 0/2.5 | CI-Tests — 0 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 0/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 1.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6 |
| 0/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no data |
| 0/7.5 | Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected |
| 0/5 | Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed |
| 2.2/2.5 | License — license file detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Maintained — 22 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 0/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
| 0/5 | SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
| 0/7.5 | Token-Permissions — no data |
| 6.8/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 1 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 14 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 4 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 3.3 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Pinned-Dependencies, Token-Permissions. Remaining weights renormalized.
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.
29
Agent context & guidance
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | — |
| agent_instruction_files | — |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)
14Critical
How it's scored
| 0/18 | One-command bootstrap |
| 0/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 0/11 | Static type checking |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 0/8 | Automated maintenance — no data |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | no |
| lockfiles | go.sum |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | — |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, Automated maintenance, OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies. Remaining weights renormalized.
Code legibility for models
55Moderate
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Type-checkable code — Jupyter Notebook without a type-check config |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/88 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | Jupyter Notebook |
| largest_source_bytes | 17,952 |
| source_files_sampled | 88 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Machine-readable interfaces
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 0/40 | API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software |
| 0/20 | MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software |
| 40/40 | Runnable examples — notebooks |
Inputs used
| example_dirs | notebooks |
| has_mcp_signal | no |
| 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
548GitHub stars
8contributors
69commits, last 12 months
7days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
22open issues
—package ecosystems
More detail
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).
| 10 | Binary-Artifacts | no binaries found in the repo |
| 0 | Branch-Protection | branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| 0 | CI-Tests | 0 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0 | Code-Review | Found 0/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 6 | Contributors | project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6 |
| n/a | Dangerous-Workflow | no workflows found |
| 0 | Dependency-Update-Tool | no update tool detected |
| 0 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed |
| 9 | License | license file detected |
| 10 | Maintained | 22 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| n/a | Pinned-Dependencies | no dependencies found |
| 0 | SAST | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| 0 | Signed-Releases | Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
| n/a | Token-Permissions | No tokens found |
| 9 | Vulnerabilities | 1 existing vulnerabilities detected |
All dependencies 49
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 49 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | bou.ke/monkey | 1.0.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/antihax/optional | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/araddon/dateparse | 0.0.0-20210429162001-6b43995a97de | indirect |
| Go | github.com/davecgh/go-spew | 1.1.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/docker/go-units | 0.4.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/docker/go-units | 0.5.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify | 1.4.9 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/golang/protobuf | 1.5.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/gosuri/uilive | 0.0.3 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/gosuri/uilive | 0.0.4 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/gosuri/uiprogress | 0.0.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp | 0.5.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp | 0.5.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp | 0.7.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp | 0.7.7 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap | 1.1.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/magiconair/properties | 1.8.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/mattn/go-isatty | 0.0.12 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/mattn/go-isatty | 0.0.20 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/mcuadros/go-lookup | 0.0.0-20200831155250-80f87a4fa5ee | indirect |
| Go | github.com/metakeule/fmtdate | 1.1.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir | 1.1.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure | 1.3.3 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/pelletier/go-toml | 1.8.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/pmezard/go-difflib | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/randall77/makefat | 0.0.0-20210315173500-7ddd0e42c844 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/afero | 1.11.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/afero | 1.3.4 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/cast | 1.3.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/cobra | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/cobra | 1.8.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman | 1.1.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/pflag | 1.0.5 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/viper | 1.7.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/stretchr/testify | 1.6.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/stretchr/testify | 1.9.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/tealeg/xlsx/v3 | 3.2.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/thediveo/enumflag/v2 | 2.0.7 | indirect |
| Go | gitlab.com/metakeule/fmtdate | 1.2.2 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/exp | 0.0.0-20250103183323-7d7fa50e5329 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/net | 0.0.0-20200822124328-c89045814202 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/oauth2 | 0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/sys | 0.0.0-20200828194041-157a740278f4 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/sys | 0.28.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/text | 0.22.0 | indirect |
| Go | google.golang.org/appengine | 1.6.6 | indirect |
| Go | google.golang.org/protobuf | 1.26.0 | indirect |
| Go | gopkg.in/ini.v1 | 1.60.2 | indirect |
| Go | gopkg.in/yaml.v3 | 3.0.1 | indirect |
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Feedback
Spotted something off in this report, or have thoughts to share? Wrong measurements, missed tooling, ideas, questions — anything is welcome. Every message is read and gets a response.
Scores are signals, not warranties. They reflect publicly visible practices on GitHub — not a code audit, and not a security guarantee.
Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.12.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.
How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics.