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brave / brave-browser
Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
brave/brave-browser holds a health index of 77 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (99/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (14/100). It was last updated today. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.
77
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.
77
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
Brave SoftwareOrganization
5,350 followers253 public repossince May 2015
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | bravepoints to another repo — not scored | 0.0.9 | 6,397 | 9 | 3889 days ago |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
99
Development activity
100Excellent
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 36/36 | Commit cadence — 52/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 1,513 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 14 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 1,513 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 52 |
Release discipline
98Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 100 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 0 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~0.4 days |
| 8/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v1.94.67 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 0 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 0.4 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
83
Popularity & adoption
99Excellent
How it's scored
| 60/60 | Stars — 23,094 stars |
| 25/25 | Forks — 3,153 forks |
| 14.4/15 | Watchers — 394 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 3,153 |
| stars | 23,094 |
| watchers | 394 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
65Moderate
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (MPL-2.0) |
| 0/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 7.2/7.2 | Issue template |
| 6.3/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| has_contributing | no |
| has_issue_template | yes |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| has_pull_request_template | yes |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
72
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
63Moderate
How it's scored
| 25.2/54 | Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 14.6/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 35% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 99 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 14 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 2 |
| contributors_sampled | 99 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.353 |
How it's scored
| 37.8/46.8 | Issue resolution — 81% of issues closed |
| 33.2/38.3 | PR acceptance — 2,171/2,501 decided PRs merged |
| 3/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 8/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 2,171 |
| open_issues | 10,354 |
| closed_issues | 43,560 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.808 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 330 |
Ownership & stewardship
80Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain |
| 25/25 | Owner reach — 5,350 followers of brave |
| 25/25 | Track record — 253 public repos, account ~11 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 5,350 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | brave |
| public_repos | 253 |
| account_age_days | 4,085 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
56
Engineering practices
44At risk
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 5 workflow(s) |
| 0/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 20/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 8 out of 8 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 | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
75Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://brave.com |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 6 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | brave, browser, chromium, linux, macos, windows |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | https://brave.com |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | no |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
71
Security posture
71Good
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 3.8/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 2.5/2.5 | CI-Tests — 8 out of 8 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 |
| 1.5/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 8/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 14 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 14 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 5/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned |
| 0/5 | SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 6/7.5 | Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
| 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 | 17 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 1 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 7.1 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): packaging. 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.
14
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)
24Critical
How it's scored
| 0/18 | One-command bootstrap |
| 0/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 0/11 | Static type checking |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 0/8 | Automated maintenance — no data |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | no |
| lockfiles | package-lock.json |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| 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.
Key facts
23,094GitHub stars
99contributors
1,513commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
2bus factor
10,354open issues
npmpackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- Language breakdown unavailable
- npm package 'brave' points at a different repository (git+https://github.com/davidjamesstone/brave.git); excluded from ecosystem scoring
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 7.1 / 10
7.1aggregate
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 |
| 5 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 10 | CI-Tests | 8 out of 8 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 |
| 2 | Code-Review | Found 8/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 14 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 14 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| 10 | Pinned-Dependencies | all dependencies are pinned |
| 0 | SAST | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| 8 | Signed-Releases | 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
| 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 |
|---|
Raw JSON report machine-readable
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