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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.5.0 · 2026-08-08 18:43 UTC

ansible / molecule

An ansible-native testing framework for collections, playbooks, and roles with configurable workflows for testing any system or service

PythonMIT★ 4,128 stars⑂ 673 forkssince Nov 2015View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolPluginhow this is determined

ansible/molecule holds a health index of 98 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (96/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (66/100). It was last updated 1 day ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

98
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.

98
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 86 is calibrated to 98 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

AnsibleOrganization
3,713 followers303 public repossince Mar 2012

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPImoleculepoints to another repo — not scored26.6.0-12339 days agoansiblemoleculerolestesting

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

96Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 1 days ago
29.8/36Commit cadence — 43/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 143 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_year143
human_commit_share0.54
days_since_last_push1
active_weeks_last_year43

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 94 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 39 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~37.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count94
latest_release_tagv26.6.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release39
mean_days_between_releases37.3
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?

90Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
58.6/60Stars — 4,128 stars
23.6/25Forks — 673 forks
11.3/15Watchers — 108 watchers
Inputs used
forks673
stars4,128
watchers108
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

85Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges7
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, readthedocs.org, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

76Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.6/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 40% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 96 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 88 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled96
top_contributor_share0.397
How it's scored
40.1/42Issue resolution — 95% of issues closed
25.3/30PR acceptance — 2,292/2,713 decided PRs merged
7.8/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 3/5 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs2,292
open_issues71
closed_issues1,465
prs_merged_7d9
prs_decided_7d9
prs_merged_30d14
prs_decided_30d16
issue_closed_ratio0.954
closed_unmerged_prs421
first_time_authors_30d4
first_time_prs_merged_30d3
first_time_prs_decided_30d5
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 3,713 followers of ansible
25/25Track record — 303 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers3,713
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_loginansible
public_repos303
account_age_days5,268

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

92Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 6 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — biome.json
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/molecule/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 12 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspython, ansible, testing, testing-framework, testinfra, molecule-driver, podman, cookiecutter-ansible, hacktoberfest, supports-dot-config, pep-621, ansible-dev-tools
has_wikino
homepagehttps://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/molecule/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

78Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
6/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 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 88 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — 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
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
3/7.5Vulnerabilities — 6 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate7.3
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 advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages25
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitynone
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched the pypi:molecule@26.6.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 25 packages. 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.

66Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 54 of 54 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — mise.toml
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — biome.json
11/11Static type checking — src/molecule/py.typed
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 8 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 45 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesmise.toml
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configssrc/molecule/py.typed
agent_commit_share0.08
toolchain_manifests
dependency_bot_commit_share0.45
How it's scored
27/45Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (src/molecule/py.typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/160 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes44,834
source_files_sampled160
oversized_source_files0
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)
0/20MCP server
40/40Runnable examples — example, examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexample, examples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files

Key facts

4,128GitHub stars
96contributors
143commits, last 12 months
1days since last push
94releases
2bus factor
71open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • pypi package 'molecule' points at a different repository (https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule); excluded from ecosystem scoring
  • Could not fetch pypi package 'community-molecule' from its registry

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 673 ⇿
0Stars
673Forks
94Releases

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.

0125250375500625750654112015-112021-032026-07
Major 4Minor 25Patch 39

Each point covers 10 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 7.3 / 10
7.3aggregate

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).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-08-08 18:42 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
8Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests30 out of 30 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 88 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate 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
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
9SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
4Vulnerabilities6 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 11
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIansible-compat>=25.1.4pyproject.toml
PyPIansible-core>=2.15.0,!=2.17.*pyproject.toml
PyPIclick>=8.0,<9pyproject.toml
PyPIenrich>=1.2.7pyproject.toml
PyPIjinja2>=2.11.3pyproject.toml
PyPIjsonschema>=4.9.1pyproject.toml
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PyPIpyyaml>=5.1pyproject.toml
PyPIrich>=9.5.1pyproject.toml
PyPIwcmatch>=8.1.2pyproject.toml
All dependencies 181

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 13 direct and 168 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:molecule@26.6.0 pulls in 25 packages, direct and transitive: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct dependencies.

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.

Raw JSON report machine-readable

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 v2.5.0, schema v0.31.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statisticsPyPI.