# bitwarden/clients — health index 97/100 (Exceptional)

> Inspection of the public repository bitwarden/clients by inspect.software. It holds a health index of 97 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. The index is a signal derived from publicly visible practice, not a warranty, a security audit, or an endorsement, and it is independent of payment.

- Repository: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients
- Report page: https://inspect.software/software/bitwarden/clients
- Full JSON report: https://inspect.software/api/repositories/bitwarden/clients/report
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- Inspected: 2026-08-03
- Methodology: metrics 2.3.1, report schema 0.30.0 (https://inspect.software/methodology.md)

## Category summary

| Category | Weight | Index | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitality | 21% | 96/100 | Exceptional |
| Community & Adoption | 17% | 86/100 | Excellent |
| Sustainability & Governance | 23% | 84/100 | Excellent |
| Engineering Quality | 19% | 90/100 | Excellent |
| Security | 16% | 65/100 | Good |
| AI Readiness | 4% | 87/100 | Excellent |

The weighted overall 85 is calibrated to 97 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

## Repository facts

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli). |
| Homepage | https://bitwarden.com |
| Primary language | TypeScript |
| Stars | 13,498 |
| Forks | 1,947 |
| Created | 2016-03-09 |
| Last push | 2026-08-02 |
| Latest release | cli-v2026.7.0 |
| Commits (last year) | 3,663 |
| Bus factor | 4 |
| Topics | webextension, javascript, bitwarden, typescript, safari, chrome, firefox, angular, browser-extension, cli, desktop, electron, nodejs |

## Published packages

| Registry | Package | Latest | Monthly downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @bitwarden/cli | 2026.7.0 | 202,809 |

## Vitality — 96/100 (Exceptional)

Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping? Weight: 21% of the overall index.

### Development activity — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Push recency | met | 36 / 36 | last push 0 days ago |
| Commit cadence | met | 36 / 36 | 52/52 weeks with commits |
| Commit volume | met | 18 / 18 | 3663 commits in the last year |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained | met | 10 / 10 | 30 commit(s) and 21 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |

### Release discipline — 90/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ships releases | met | 27 / 27 | 100 releases published |
| Release recency | met | 36 / 36 | latest release 10 days ago |
| Release cadence | met | 27 / 27 | a release every ~3.1 days |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases | not met | 0 / 10 | Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |

### Abandonment — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project is still maintained | met | 100 / 100 | last human commit 2 days ago |

## Community & Adoption — 86/100 (Excellent)

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors? Weight: 17% of the overall index.

### Popularity & adoption — 97/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | met | 60 / 60 | 13,498 stars |
| Forks | met | 25 / 25 | 1,947 forks |
| Watchers | partial | 11.6 / 15 | 123 watchers |

### Community health — 71/100 (Good)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| README | met | 22.5 / 22.5 | — |
| License | partial | 16.9 / 22.5 | license file present, not a recognized license |
| CONTRIBUTING guide | met | 18 / 18 | — |
| Code of conduct | not met | 0 / 13.5 | — |
| Issue template | not met | 0 / 7.2 | — |
| PR template | met | 6.3 / 6.3 | — |

### Ecosystem adoption (downloads) — 88/100 (Excellent)

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly downloads | partial | 70.8 / 80 | 202,809 downloads/month across npm |
| Registry dependents | excluded | 0 / 20 | not reported by this ecosystem |

## Sustainability & Governance — 84/100 (Excellent)

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep? Weight: 23% of the overall index.

### Maintainer resilience (bus factor) — 81/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bus factor | partial | 43.2 / 54 | 4 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| Commit distribution | partial | 14.2 / 22.5 | top contributor authored 37% of commits |
| Contributor breadth | met | 13.5 / 13.5 | 97 contributors |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors | met | 10 / 10 | project has 9 contributing companies or organizations |

### Issue & PR responsiveness — 78/100 (Good)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issue resolution | partial | 37.4 / 42 | 89% of issues closed |
| PR acceptance | partial | 25.6 / 30 | 12644/14815 decided PRs merged |
| Newcomer PR acceptance | not met | 0 / 13 | 0/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review | met | 15 / 15 | all changesets reviewed |

### Ownership & stewardship — 80/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership backing | met | 30 / 30 | organization-owned |
| Verified domain | not met | 0 / 20 | — |
| Owner reach | met | 25 / 25 | 10,633 followers of bitwarden |
| Track record | met | 25 / 25 | 68 public repos, account ~10 yr old |

### Package maintenance — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published & resolvable | met | 25 / 25 | 1 package(s) on npm |
| Publish recency | met | 35 / 35 | latest publish 10 days ago |
| Version history | met | 20 / 20 | 111 published versions |
| Not deprecated | met | 20 / 20 | active, not deprecated or yanked |

## Engineering Quality — 90/100 (Excellent)

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place? Weight: 19% of the overall index.

### Engineering practices — 90/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI workflows | met | 24 / 24 | 35 workflow(s) |
| Tests present | met | 24 / 24 | — |
| Linter config | met | 16 / 16 | eslint.config.mjs |
| Pre-commit hooks | not met | 0 / 9.6 | — |
| .editorconfig | met | 6.4 / 6.4 | — |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests | met | 20 / 20 | 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |

### Documentation — 90/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| README | met | 30 / 30 | — |
| Documentation directory | met | 25 / 25 | — |
| Documentation / homepage site | met | 15 / 15 | https://bitwarden.com |
| Repository description | met | 10 / 10 | — |
| Topics | met | 10 / 10 | 13 topics |
| Wiki | not met | 0 / 10 | — |

## Security — 65/100 (Good)

Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, with no malicious dependency and no unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure? Weight: 16% of the overall index.

### Security posture — 62/100 (Moderate)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binary-Artifacts | met | 7.5 / 7.5 | no binaries found in the repo |
| Branch-Protection | partial | 3 / 7.5 | branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| CI-Tests | met | 2.5 / 2.5 | 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| CII-Best-Practices | not met | 0 / 2.5 | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| Code-Review | met | 7.5 / 7.5 | all changesets reviewed |
| Contributors | met | 2.5 / 2.5 | project has 9 contributing companies or organizations |
| Dangerous-Workflow | met | 10 / 10 | no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| Dependency-Update-Tool | met | 7.5 / 7.5 | update tool detected |
| Fuzzing | not met | 0 / 5 | project is not fuzzed |
| License | partial | 2.2 / 2.5 | license file detected |
| Maintained | met | 7.5 / 7.5 | 30 commit(s) and 21 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| Packaging | met | 5 / 5 | packaging workflow detected |
| Pinned-Dependencies | partial | 2 / 5 | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 4 |
| SAST | partial | 1.5 / 5 | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 3 |
| Security-Policy | met | 5 / 5 | security policy file detected |
| Signed-Releases | not met | 0 / 7.5 | Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
| Token-Permissions | partial | 1.5 / 7.5 | detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions |
| Vulnerabilities | not met | 0 / 7.5 | 121 existing vulnerabilities detected |

### Dependency advisories — 79/100 (Good)

Matched the npm:@bitwarden/cli@2026.7.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 217 packages. Reachability is not analyzed.

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct dependencies free of known advisories | met | 35 / 35 | no direct dependency carries a known advisory |
| Indirect dependencies free of known advisories | partial | 10 / 25 | 1 affected: tmp 0.0.33 (high 7.5) |
| No advisories left outstanding | partial | 33.7 / 40 | 1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 361 days ago |

### Malicious dependencies — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| No dependency reported as a malicious package | met | 100 / 100 | no dependency is reported as a malicious package |

### High-Risk Jurisdiction Exposure — 100/100 (Exceptional)

Only high-confidence self-published location evidence affects this multiplier. Ambiguous matches are review-only; country evidence is not proof of nationality, citizenship, legal registration, malicious intent, or sanctions status.

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policy exposure multiplier | met | 100 / 100 | no confirmed policy-scope location match |

## AI Readiness — 87/100 (Excellent)

How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? Carries a deliberately small weight: agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but its absence must never gate the top of the scale (calibration saturates at raw 91, so 100/100 remains reachable with AI Readiness at zero).

### Agent context & guidance — 85/100 (Excellent)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent instructions | met | 45 / 45 | .claude/CLAUDE.md, apps/browser/CLAUDE.md, apps/cli/CLAUDE.md, apps/desktop/CLAUDE.md, apps/web/CLAUDE.md, bitwarden_license/bit-web/src/app/pam/CLAUDE.md, libs/angular/src/auth/CLAUDE.md, libs/auth/CLAUDE.md, libs/common/src/auth/CLAUDE.md |
| Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) | not met | 0 / 15 | — |
| Legible commit history | met | 40 / 40 | 81 of 87 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body) |

### Verify loop (build / test / typecheck) — 79/100 (Good)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-command bootstrap | partial | 12.6 / 18 | apps/desktop/desktop_native/Cargo.toml, apps/desktop/desktop_native/autofill_provider/Cargo.toml, apps/desktop/desktop_native/autotype/Cargo.toml (toolchain convention, no task runner) |
| Automated tests | met | 22 / 22 | — |
| Lint / format config | met | 11 / 11 | eslint.config.mjs |
| Static type checking | met | 11 / 11 | .storybook/tsconfig.json, apps/browser/tsconfig.json, apps/cli/tsconfig.json, apps/desktop/native-messaging-test-runner/tsconfig.json, apps/desktop/src/platform/main/tsconfig.json, apps/desktop/tsconfig.json, apps/web/tsconfig.json, bitwarden_license/bit-browser/tsconfig.json, bitwarden_license/bit-cli/tsconfig.json, bitwarden_license/bit-common/tsconfig.json, bitwarden_license/bit-web/tsconfig.json, libs/admin-console/tsconfig.json, libs/angular/tsconfig.json, libs/assets/tsconfig.json, libs/auth/tsconfig.json, libs/auto-confirm/tsconfig.json, libs/billing/tsconfig.json, libs/client-type/tsconfig.json, libs/common/tsconfig.json, libs/components/tsconfig.json, libs/core-test-utils/tsconfig.json, libs/dirt/card/tsconfig.json, libs/eslint/tsconfig.json, libs/guid/tsconfig.json, libs/importer/tsconfig.json, libs/key-management-ui/tsconfig.json, libs/key-management/tsconfig.json, libs/logging-angular/tsconfig.json, libs/logging/tsconfig.json, libs/messaging/tsconfig.json, libs/node/tsconfig.json, libs/nx-plugin/tsconfig.json, libs/organization-invite-link/tsconfig.json, libs/pam/tsconfig.json, libs/platform/tsconfig.json, libs/pricing/tsconfig.json, libs/scheduling/tsconfig.json, libs/serialization/tsconfig.json, libs/state-internal/tsconfig.json, libs/state-test-utils/tsconfig.json, libs/state/tsconfig.json, libs/storage-core/tsconfig.json, libs/storage-test-utils/tsconfig.json, libs/storybook/tsconfig.json, libs/subscription/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/export-vault-core/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/export-vault-ui/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/generator/components/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/generator/core/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/generator/extensions/history/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/generator/extensions/legacy/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/generator/extensions/navigation/tsconfig.json, libs/tools/send/send-ui/tsconfig.json, libs/ui/common/tsconfig.json, libs/unlock/tsconfig.json, libs/user-core/tsconfig.json, libs/user-crypto-management/tsconfig.json, libs/vault/tsconfig.json, scripts/tsconfig.json, tsconfig.json |
| Reproducible environment | met | 10 / 10 | devcontainer, Dockerfile, lockfile |
| Demonstrated agent practice | not met | 0 / 10 | no agent-authored commits among the last 100 |
| Automated maintenance | met | 8 / 8 | 5 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates |
| OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies | partial | 4 / 10 | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 4 |

### Code legibility for models — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type-checkable code | met | 45 / 45 | TypeScript (statically typed) |
| Manageable file sizes | partial | 54.8 / 55 | 22/6142 source files over 60KB |

### Machine-readable interfaces — 100/100 (Exceptional)

| Criterion | Status | Points | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) | met | 40 / 40 | libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/api-request.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/breachwatch.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/client.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/enterprise.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/graph-sync.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/notification-center.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/push.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/record.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/ssocloud.proto, libs/importer/src/importers/keeper/access/proto/sync-down.proto |
| MCP server | met | 20 / 20 | — |
| Runnable examples | met | 40 / 40 | example, examples |

## Collection warnings

- Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
- First-time contributor figures cover 12 of 28 authors (cap 12)
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/clients' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/web-vault' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/auth' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/common' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/browser' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/desktop' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/angular' from its registry
- Could not fetch npm package '@bitwarden/billing' from its registry
- Resolved dependency list truncated to 3000 of 3267 packages (counts remain complete)

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