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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-05 23:39 UTC

PostHog / posthog-ruby

Send usage data from your Ruby code to PostHog.

RubyCustom license★ 36 stars⑂ 35 forkssince Feb 2020View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryPluginhow this is determined

PostHog/posthog-ruby holds a health index of 96 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (94/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (64/100). It was last updated today. 4 contributors account for most of its recent work.

96
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.

96
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 83 is calibrated to 96 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

PostHogOrganization · verified domain
2,161 followers372 public repossince Jan 2020

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
RubyGemsposthog-ruby3.23.6-881 day ago
RubyGemsposthog-rails3.18.5-451 day ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

94Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
25.6/36Commit cadence37/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume200 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year200
human_commit_share0.44
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year37

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases97 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 1 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~2.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releasesno data
Inputs used
releases_count97
latest_release_tagposthog-rails-v3.18.5
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1
mean_days_between_releases2.3
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?

69Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
25/60Stars36 stars
12.8/25Forks35 forks
5.6/15Watchers11 watchers
Inputs used
forks35
stars36
watchers11
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

86Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5Licenselicense file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
69/80Total downloads4,323,665 downloads all-time across rubygems
0/20Registry dependentsnot reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesposthog-ruby, posthog-rails
dependents
ecosystemsrubygems
total_downloads4,323,665
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?

90Excellent · 23% of overall
How it's scored
43.2/54Bus factor4 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
16.6/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 26% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth39 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor4
contributors_sampled39
top_contributor_share0.263
How it's scored
34/42Issue resolution81% of issues closed
26.6/30PR acceptance197/222 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance1/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
7.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 10/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
merged_prs197
open_issues8
closed_issues34
prs_merged_7d1
prs_decided_7d1
prs_merged_30d12
prs_decided_30d12
issue_closed_ratio0.81
closed_unmerged_prs25
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d1
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backingorganization-owned
20/20Verified domain
24/25Owner reach2,161 followers of PostHog
25/25Track record372 public repos, account ~6 yr old
Inputs used
followers2,161
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginPostHog
public_repos372
account_age_days2,414

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable2 package(s) on rubygems
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 1 days ago
20/20Version history88 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesposthog-ruby, posthog-rails
ecosystemsrubygems
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

76Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config.rubocop.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests24 out of 24 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 sitehttps://posthog.com/docs/libraries/ruby
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics1 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsruby
has_wikino
homepagehttps://posthog.com/docs/libraries/ruby
docs_sitehttps://posthog.com/docs/libraries/ruby
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

86Excellent · 16% of overall

Security posture

82Excellent
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests24 out of 24 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3.8/7.5Code-ReviewFound 10/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packagingpackaging workflow detected
4.5/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
5/5SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
5/5Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releasesno data
6.8/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate8.2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. 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_packages123
unassessed_packages2
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 123 resolved dependencies against OSV. 2 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.

64Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)llms.txt served by the project website (https://posthog.com/llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history44 of 44 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://posthog.com/llms.txt
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config.rubocop.yml
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile, lockfile
2/10Demonstrated agent practice1 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance26 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
9/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesGemfile.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.01
toolchain_manifests
dependency_bot_commit_share0.26
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable codeRuby without a type-check config
52.9/55Manageable file sizes3/79 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRuby
largest_source_bytes190,322
source_files_sampled79
oversized_source_files3
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

36GitHub stars
39contributors
200commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
97releases
4bus factor
8open issues
npm, RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 35 ⇿
0Stars
35Forks
89Releases

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.

01325383422020-072023-082026-08
Major 2Minor 23Patch 34

Each point covers 6 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 8.2 / 10
8.2aggregate

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 · 2026-09-05 23:39 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
4Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests24 out of 24 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 10/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
10Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
9Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 2
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
RubyGemsconcurrent-rubyGemfile
RubyGemsirbGemfile
All dependencies 125

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 3 direct and 122 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
RubyGemsconcurrent-rubydirect
RubyGemsconcurrent-ruby1.3.8direct
RubyGemsirb1.18.0direct
npm@changesets/apply-release-plan8.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/assemble-release-plan7.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/changelog-git1.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/cli3.0.1indirect
npm@changesets/config4.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/errors1.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/format0.1.2indirect
npm@changesets/get-dependents-graph3.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/git4.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/parse1.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/pre3.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/read1.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/should-skip-package1.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/types7.0.0indirect
npm@changesets/write1.0.1indirect
npm@clack/core1.4.3indirect
npm@clack/prompts1.7.0indirect
npm@manypkg/find-root3.1.0indirect
npm@manypkg/get-packages3.1.0indirect
npm@manypkg/tools2.1.2indirect
npm@pnpm/deps.graph-sequencer1100.0.1indirect
npmcac7.0.0indirect
npmfast-string-truncated-width3.0.3indirect
npmfast-string-width3.0.2indirect
npmfast-wrap-ansi0.2.2indirect
npmfdir6.5.0indirect
npmhuman-id4.2.1indirect
npmimport-meta-resolve4.2.0indirect
npmjju1.4.0indirect
npmjsonc-parser3.3.1indirect
npmlaunch-editor2.14.1indirect
npmpackage-manager-detector1.8.0indirect
npmpicocolors1.1.1indirect
npmpicomatch4.0.5indirect
npmsemver7.8.5indirect
npmshell-quote1.10.0indirect
npmsisteransi1.0.5indirect
npmtinyexec1.3.0indirect
npmtinyglobby0.2.17indirect
npmyaml2.9.0indirect
RubyGemsactionpack7.2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsactionview7.2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsactivesupport7.2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsaddressable2.9.0indirect
RubyGemsast2.4.3indirect
RubyGemsbase640.3.0indirect
RubyGemsbenchmark0.5.0indirect
RubyGemsbigdecimal4.1.2indirect
RubyGemsbuilder3.3.0indirect
RubyGemscgi0.5.1indirect
RubyGemscommander5.0.0indirect
RubyGemsconnection_pool3.0.2indirect
RubyGemscrack1.0.1indirect
RubyGemscrass1.0.7indirect
RubyGemsdate3.5.1indirect
RubyGemsdiff-lcs1.6.2indirect
RubyGemsdrb2.2.3indirect
RubyGemserb4.0.4.1indirect
RubyGemserubi1.13.1indirect
RubyGemshaml7.2.0indirect
RubyGemshashdiff1.2.1indirect
RubyGemshighline3.0.1indirect
RubyGemsi18n1.14.8indirect
RubyGemsio-console0.8.2indirect
RubyGemsjson2.21.2indirect
RubyGemslanguage_server-protocol3.17.0.6indirect
RubyGemslint_roller1.1.0indirect
RubyGemslogger1.7.0indirect
RubyGemsloofah2.25.2indirect
RubyGemsminitest5.27.0indirect
RubyGemsnokogiri1.19.4indirect
RubyGemsoj3.17.6indirect
RubyGemsostruct0.6.3indirect
RubyGemsparallel1.28.0indirect
RubyGemsparser3.3.12.0indirect
RubyGemspp0.6.4indirect
RubyGemsprettier4.0.4indirect
RubyGemsprettier_print1.2.1indirect
RubyGemsprettyprint0.2.0indirect
RubyGemsprism1.9.0indirect
RubyGemspsych5.4.0indirect
RubyGemspublic_suffix6.0.2indirect
RubyGemsracc1.8.1indirect
RubyGemsrack3.2.6indirect
RubyGemsrack-session2.1.2indirect
RubyGemsrack-test2.2.0indirect
RubyGemsrackup2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsrails-dom-testing2.3.0indirect
RubyGemsrails-html-sanitizer1.7.1indirect
RubyGemsrailtiesindirect
RubyGemsrailties7.2.3.1indirect
RubyGemsrainbow3.1.1indirect
RubyGemsrake13.4.2indirect
RubyGemsrbs4.0.2indirect
RubyGemsrdoc7.2.0indirect
RubyGemsregexp_parser2.12.0indirect
RubyGemsreline0.6.3indirect
RubyGemsrexml3.4.4indirect
RubyGemsrspec3.13.2indirect
RubyGemsrspec-core3.13.6indirect
RubyGemsrspec-expectations3.13.5indirect
RubyGemsrspec-mocks3.13.8indirect
RubyGemsrspec-support3.13.7indirect
RubyGemsrubocop1.90.0indirect
RubyGemsrubocop-ast1.50.0indirect
RubyGemsruby-progressbar1.13.0indirect
RubyGemssecurerandom0.4.1indirect
RubyGemsstringio3.2.0indirect
RubyGemssyntax_tree6.3.0indirect
RubyGemssyntax_tree-haml4.0.3indirect
RubyGemssyntax_tree-rbs1.0.0indirect
RubyGemstemple0.10.4indirect
RubyGemsthor1.5.0indirect
RubyGemstilt2.7.0indirect
RubyGemstimecop0.9.11indirect
RubyGemstsort0.2.0indirect
RubyGemstzinfo2.0.6indirect
RubyGemsunicode-display_width3.2.0indirect
RubyGemsunicode-emoji4.2.0indirect
RubyGemsuseragent0.16.11indirect
RubyGemswebmock3.26.3indirect
RubyGemszeitwerk2.7.5indirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 123 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 2 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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