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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-28 07:04 UTC

Studio-42 / elFinder

📁 Open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery and jQuery UI

JavaScript · PHPCustom license★ 4,799 stars⑂ 1,434 forkssince Nov 2010View on GitHub ↗

Studio-42/elFinder holds a health index of 34 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (75/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (21/100). It was last updated 24 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

34
overall / 100
At Risk

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.

34
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 61 is calibrated to 67 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02). High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 50% multiplier to weighted overall health and gives it an At Risk ceiling of 34.

Ownership

Studio 42Organization
25 followers6 public repossince Oct 2010

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Packagiststudio-42/elfinder2.1.70188,8397824 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

70Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recency — last push 24 days ago
4.8/36Commit cadence — 7/52 weeks with commits
16.3/18Commit volume — 65 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 15 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year65
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push24
active_weeks_last_year7
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 57 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 24 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~208.5 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count57
latest_release_tag2.1.70
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release24
mean_days_between_releases208.5
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?

75Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
59.7/60Stars — 4,799 stars
25/25Forks — 1,434 forks
13.1/15Watchers — 225 watchers
Inputs used
forks1,434
stars4,799
watchers225
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges7
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesposer.pugx.org, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
70.3/80Monthly downloads — 188,839 downloads/month across packagist
12.9/20Registry dependents — 85 packages depend on it
Inputs used
packagesstudio-42/elfinder
dependents85
ecosystemspackagist
total_downloads9,729,893
monthly_downloads188,839
unverified_packages_excluded—

Sustainability & Governance

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

66Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
5.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 74% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 100 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 14 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled100
top_contributor_share0.739
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
22.9/30PR acceptance — 477/625 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 2/2 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
3/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 7/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
merged_prs477
open_issues0
closed_issues2,924
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d8
prs_decided_30d8
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs148
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d2
first_time_prs_decided_30d2
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
10.2/25Owner reach — 25 followers of Studio-42
18.2/25Track record — 6 public repos, account ~15 yr old
Inputs used
followers25
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginStudio-42
public_repos6
account_age_days5,798

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on packagist
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 24 days ago
20/20Version history — 78 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesstudio-42/elfinder
ecosystemspackagist
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish24

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

56Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 2 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 7 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://studio-42.github.io/elFinder/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 9 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicselfinder, javascript, jquery-ui, php, 3rd-party-connectors, filemanager, ajax, html5, integration
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://studio-42.github.io/elFinder/
docs_sitehttps://studio-42.github.io/elFinder/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

44Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 7 out of 7 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
1.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 7/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 14 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
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 15 commit(s) and 1 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
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
2/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
6.8/7.5Token-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_aggregate5.9
high_risk_jurisdiction_cap34
high_risk_jurisdiction_multiplier50
security_posture_after_multiplier30
security_posture_before_jurisdiction59
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized. High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 50% multiplier and gives Security posture an At risk ceiling of 34.

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
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages16
unassessed_packages5
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 16 resolved dependencies against OSV. 5 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.

21At Risk · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
31.5/40Legible commit history — 59 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.59
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
0/11Static type checking
0/10Reproducible environment
2/10Demonstrated agent practice — 1 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_testsno
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.01
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config
50.6/55Manageable file sizes — 14/174 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes529,159
source_files_sampled174
oversized_source_files14

Key facts

4,799GitHub stars
100contributors
65commits, last 12 months
24days since last push
57releases
1bus factor
0open issues
npm, Packagistpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • Could not fetch npm package 'elFinder' from its registry

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 1,434 ⇿
0Stars
1,434Forks
57Releases

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.

Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.

05001,0001,5001,434142014-122020-102026-08
Major 0Minor 0Patch 57

Each point covers 11 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.9 / 10
5.9aggregate

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 · 2026-08-28 07:03 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests7 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
2Code-ReviewFound 7/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
10Contributorsproject has 14 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained15 commit(s) and 1 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
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
4Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
All dependencies 21

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 21 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npm@swc/core1.15.2indirect
npmcommitplease3.2.0indirect
npmcsso<2.0.0indirect
npmeslint-config-jquery3.0.2indirect
npmglobals16.5.0indirect
npmgrunt1.6.1indirect
npmgrunt-bowercopy1.2.5indirect
npmgrunt-compare-size0.4.2indirect
npmgrunt-contrib-concat2.1.0indirect
npmgrunt-contrib-csslint2.0.0indirect
npmgrunt-contrib-requirejs1.0.0indirect
npmgrunt-eslint26.0.0indirect
npmgrunt-git-authors3.2.0indirect
npmgrunt-html18.0.2indirect
npmjake~8.0.12indirect
npmjquery>=1.12.0 <5.0.0indirect
npmjquery-test-runner0.2.8indirect
npmload-grunt-tasks5.1.0indirect
npmrimraf6.1.0indirect
npmuglify-js~2.6.2indirect
Packagistphp—indirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 16 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 5 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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