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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-22 09:23 UTC

RichardKnop / minisql

Embedded single file SQL database written in Golang

GoApache-2.0★ 50 stars⑂ 3 forkssince Sep 2024View on GitHub ↗
KindApplicationLibraryhow this is determined

RichardKnop/minisql holds a health index of 73 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on AI Readiness (86/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (40/100). It was last updated 76 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

73
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.

73
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 64 is calibrated to 73 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Richard KnopPersonal account
537 followers195 public repossince Sep 2012currently @arabesque-sray, before @NewsUK @grab

This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/RichardKnop/minisqlv1.0.11-11476 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

74Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
18/36Push recency — last push 76 days ago
21.5/36Commit cadence — 31/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 1,025 commits in the last year
1/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 1 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
commits_last_year1,025
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push76
active_weeks_last_year31

Release discipline

98Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 76 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~6.2 days
8/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 4 out of the last 4 releases have a total of 4 signed artifacts.
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv1.0.11
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release76
mean_days_between_releases6.2

Community & Adoption

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

40Weak · 17% of overall
How it's scored
27.4/60Stars — 50 stars
2.5/25Forks — 3 forks
1.7/15Watchers — 3 watchers
Inputs used
forks3
stars50
watchers3
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)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, goreportcard.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

61Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 100% of commits
1.4/13.5Contributor breadth — 1 contributors
3/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled1
top_contributor_share1
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
29.4/30PR acceptance — 321/328 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/14 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs321
open_issues0
closed_issues1
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs7
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
10/30Ownership backing — personal (user) account
0/20Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts
19.6/25Owner reach — 537 followers of RichardKnop
25/25Track record — 195 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers537
owner_typeUser
is_verified—
owner_loginRichardKnop
public_repos195
account_age_days5,153
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 76 days ago
20/20Version history — 114 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/RichardKnop/minisql
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish76

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

80Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 5 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 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
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 10 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsgolang, sql, sqlite, database, single-file, agentic-ai, agentic-workflow, mvcc, embedded-database, vector-search
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?

56Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
2.2/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 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
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/14 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
0.8/2.5Contributors — project has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
5/5Fuzzing — project is fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
0.8/7.5Maintained — 1 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
6/7.5Signed-Releases — 4 out of the last 4 releases have a total of 4 signed artifacts.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
4.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated18
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive0
scorecard_aggregate4.9
How it's scored
26.6/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 (unknown)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
37.2/40No advisories left outstanding — 1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 106 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories4
affected_packages1
assessed_packages21
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 1
direct_affected_packages1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 21 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.

86Excellent · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, benchmarks/AGENTS.md, e2e_tests/AGENTS.md, internal/minisql/AGENTS.md, internal/parser/AGENTS.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 99 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.99
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, benchmarks/AGENTS.md, e2e_tests/AGENTS.md, internal/minisql/AGENTS.md, internal/parser/AGENTS.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes49,706
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 — lockfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 58 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.58
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 5/410 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes191,105
source_files_sampled410
oversized_source_files5

Key facts

50GitHub stars
1contributors
1,025commits, last 12 months
76days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
0open 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 ★ / 3 ⇿
0Stars
3Forks
39Releases

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.

12233312025-122026-032026-05
Major 0Minor 39Patch 0
OpenSSF Scorecard 4.9 / 10
4.9aggregate

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 · 2026-10-22 09:22 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/14 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
3Contributorsproject has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
10Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
1Maintained1 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
8Signed-Releases4 out of the last 4 releases have a total of 4 signed artifacts.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
6Vulnerabilities4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 7
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v7v7.12.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20go.mod
Gogithub.com/peterh/linerv1.2.2go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1go.mod
Gogo.uber.org/zapv1.27.1go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.53.0go.mod
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.49.1go.mod
All dependencies 21

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 7 direct and 14 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v7v7.12.1direct
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20direct
Gogithub.com/peterh/linerv1.2.2direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1direct
Gogo.uber.org/zapv1.27.1direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.53.0direct
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.49.1direct
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spewv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-runewidthv0.0.3indirect
Gogithub.com/ncruces/go-strftimev1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflibv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/remyoudompheng/bigfftv0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daecindirect
Gogithub.com/stretchr/objxv0.5.2indirect
Gogo.uber.org/multierrv1.11.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.46.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
Gomodernc.org/libcv1.72.0indirect
Gomodernc.org/mathutilv1.7.1indirect
Gomodernc.org/memoryv1.11.0indirect
Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 21 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptov0.53.0directunknown40.56.0

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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