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balena-io / open-balena
Open source software to manage connected IoT devices at scale
balena-io/open-balena holds a health index of 75 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (97/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (27/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
75
overall / 100Software health index
Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At risk ceiling of 49. AI Readiness sits outside the overall score.
75
Excellent85-100Exemplary; meets essentially all checked criteria
Good70-84Healthy; minor gaps
Moderate50-69Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
At risk30-49Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-29Severe 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.
Ownership
balenaOrganization
1,148 followers106 public repossince Dec 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?
97
Development activity
95Excellent
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 31.2/36 | Commit cadence — 45/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 1,223 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 1,223 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 45 |
Release discipline
100Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 100 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 1 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~0.2 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v4.1.861 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 1 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 0.2 |
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?
65
Popularity & adoption
78Good
How it's scored
| 50.3/60 | Stars — 1,263 stars |
| 19.1/25 | Forks — 199 forks |
| 9.1/15 | Watchers — 45 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 199 |
| stars | 1,263 |
| watchers | 45 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
50Moderate
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (AGPL-3.0) |
| 0/18 | 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 |
| has_contributing | no |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
63
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
42At risk
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 9.6/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 57% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 26 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 7 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 26 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.572 |
How it's scored
| 38.7/46.8 | Issue resolution — 83% of issues closed |
| 36/38.3 | PR acceptance — 988/1,050 decided PRs merged |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 988 |
| open_issues | 20 |
| closed_issues | 96 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.828 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 62 |
Ownership & stewardship
77Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain |
| 22/25 | Owner reach — 1,148 followers of balena-io |
| 25/25 | Track record — 106 public repos, account ~12 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 1,148 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | balena-io |
| public_repos | 106 |
| account_age_days | 4,601 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
78
Engineering practices
70Good
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 2 workflow(s) |
| 0/24 | Tests present |
| 16/16 | Linter config |
| 9.6/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 20/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | no |
| has_editorconfig | no |
| has_linter_config | yes |
| has_precommit_config | yes |
Documentation
90Excellent
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 25/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://balena.io/open |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 6 topics |
| 0/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | iot, docker, raspberrypi, resin-io, balena, open-balena |
| has_wiki | no |
| homepage | https://balena.io/open |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | yes |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
69
Security posture
69Moderate
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 |
| 2.5/2.5 | CI-Tests — 10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 0/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 7 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected |
| 0/5 | Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed |
| 2.5/2.5 | License — license file detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 4/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8 |
| 5/5 | SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — no data |
| 7.5/7.5 | Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 7.5/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 16 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 2 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 6.9 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): packaging, signed_releases. Remaining weights renormalized.
AI Readiness
How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? An independent, experimental badge — weight 0.0, so it is surfaced on its own and does not affect the overall health score.
27
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 |
| 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)
57Moderate
How it's scored
| 18/18 | One-command bootstrap — Makefile |
| 0/22 | Automated tests |
| 11/11 | Lint / format config |
| 0/11 | Static type checking |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — Dockerfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 0/8 | Automated maintenance — no data |
| 8/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8 |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | no |
| lockfiles | — |
| has_dockerfile | yes |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | Makefile |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | yes |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | — |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, Automated maintenance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Code legibility for models
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Type-checkable code — Shell without a type-check config |
| 0/55 | Manageable file sizes — no source files detected |
Inputs used
| primary_language | Shell |
| largest_source_bytes | — |
| source_files_sampled | 0 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Manageable file sizes. Remaining weights renormalized.
Key facts
1,263GitHub stars
26contributors
1,223commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
20open issues
—package ecosystems
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 6.9 / 10
6.9aggregate
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).
| 10 | Binary-Artifacts | no binaries found in the repo |
| 0 | Branch-Protection | branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| 10 | CI-Tests | 10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0 | Code-Review | Found 0/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 7 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10 | Dangerous-Workflow | no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 10 | Dependency-Update-Tool | update tool detected |
| 0 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed |
| 10 | License | license file detected |
| 10 | Maintained | 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| 8 | Pinned-Dependencies | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8 |
| 10 | SAST | SAST tool is run on all commits |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| n/a | Signed-Releases | no releases found |
| 10 | Token-Permissions | GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 10 | Vulnerabilities | 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
All dependencies 0
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 0 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
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Raw JSON report machine-readable
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How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics.