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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-27 22:52 UTC

capistrano / capistrano

A deployment automation tool built on Ruby, Rake, and SSH.

RubyMIT★ 12,985 stars⑂ 1,740 forkssince Feb 2009View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryCommand-line toolhow this is determined
#deployment#ssh#ruby#capistrano

capistrano/capistrano holds a health index of 84 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (94/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (47/100). It was last updated 39 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

84
overall / 100
Excellent

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.

84
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 71 is calibrated to 84 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

CapistranoOrganization
76 followers26 public repossince Feb 2009

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
RubyGemscapistrano3.20.1-118103 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

52Moderate · 21% of overall

Development activity

37Weak
How it's scored
18/36Push recency — last push 39 days ago
5.5/36Commit cadence — 8/52 weeks with commits
10.6/18Commit volume — 14 commits in the last year
3/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
commits_last_year14
human_commit_share0.92
days_since_last_push39
active_weeks_last_year8

Release discipline

74Good
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 37 releases published
27/36Release recency — latest release 103 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~153.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count37
latest_release_tagv3.20.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release103
mean_days_between_releases153.1
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?

94Exceptional · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

99Exceptional
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 12,985 stars
25/25Forks — 1,740 forks
13.8/15Watchers — 307 watchers
Inputs used
forks1,740
stars12,985
watchers307
growth_stateorganic
growth_factor_pct100

Community health

85Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesbadge.fury.io, github.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

100Exceptional
How it's scored
80/80Total downloads — 89,628,369 downloads all-time across rubygems
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagescapistrano
dependents—
ecosystemsrubygems
total_downloads89,628,369
monthly_downloads—
unverified_packages_excluded—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

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

76Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

64Moderate
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
15/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 33% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 99 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 24 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.333

Issue & PR responsiveness

81Excellent
How it's scored
39.8/42Issue resolution — 95% of issues closed
21.7/30PR acceptance — 675/933 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
9/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 15/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
Inputs used
merged_prs675
open_issues59
closed_issues1,074
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.948
closed_unmerged_prs258
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

66Good
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
13.6/25Owner reach — 76 followers of capistrano
22.4/25Track record — 26 public repos, account ~17 yr old
Inputs used
followers76
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logincapistrano
public_repos26
account_age_days6,391

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on rubygems
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 103 days ago
20/20Version history — 118 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagescapistrano
ecosystemsrubygems
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish103

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

79Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

72Good
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 2 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .rubocop.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
8/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 10 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — http://www.capistranorb.com
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 4 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdeployment, ssh, ruby, capistrano
has_wikino
homepagehttp://www.capistranorb.com
docs_sitehttp://www.capistranorb.com
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

62Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

53Moderate
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
1/2.5CI-Tests — 10 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 15/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 24 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
2.2/7.5Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 3
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated15
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive3
scorecard_aggregate5.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging, 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
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
advisories52
affected_packages7
assessed_packages85
unassessed_packages7
affected_by_severitycritical 1, high 6
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 85 resolved dependencies against OSV. 7 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.

47Weak · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

39Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
38.8/40Legible commit history — 67 of 92 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.728
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

51Moderate
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .rubocop.yml
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 8 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
lockfilesGemfile.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.08

Code legibility for models

54Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Ruby without a type-check config
54/55Manageable file sizes — 2/107 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRuby
largest_source_bytes94,020
source_files_sampled107
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

12,985GitHub stars
99contributors
14commits, last 12 months
39days since last push
37releases
2bus factor
59open issues
RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • Star history carried forward from 2026-07-20: GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository admins, so it can no longer be collected. The repository has 12985 stars today.

More detail

Star and fork history 12,972 ★ / 1,740 ⇿
12,972Stars
1,740Forks
37Releases

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.

Star history is shown as collected on 2026-07-20. GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository administrators in July 2026, so this series can no longer be extended; the current star total above remains live.

02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00012,9721,740222014-062020-072026-08
Major 0Minor 16Patch 20

Each point covers 12 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.3 / 10
5.3aggregate

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 · 2026-08-27 22:51 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
n/aBranch-Protectioninternal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md
4CI-Tests10 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6Code-ReviewFound 15/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
10Contributorsproject has 24 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
3Maintained3 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 3
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 4
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
RubyGemscucumber~> 11.0Gemfile
RubyGemsmocha~> 3.0Gemfile
RubyGemsrspec~> 3.13Gemfile
RubyGemsrubocop1.81.7Gemfile
All dependencies 92

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 4 direct and 88 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
RubyGemscucumber—direct
RubyGemsmocha—direct
RubyGemsrspec—direct
RubyGemsrubocop1.81.7direct
RubyGemsactivesupport4.2.10indirect
RubyGemsaddressable2.5.2indirect
RubyGemsairbrussh—indirect
RubyGemscoffee-script2.4.1indirect
RubyGemscoffee-script-source1.11.1indirect
RubyGemscolorator1.1.0indirect
RubyGemscommonmarker0.17.13indirect
RubyGemsconcurrent-ruby1.0.5indirect
RubyGemsdnsruby1.61.2indirect
RubyGemsem-websocket0.5.1indirect
RubyGemsethon0.11.0indirect
RubyGemseventmachine1.2.7indirect
RubyGemsexecjs2.7.0indirect
RubyGemsfaraday0.15.3indirect
RubyGemsffi1.9.25indirect
RubyGemsforwardable-extended2.6.0indirect
RubyGemsgemoji3.0.0indirect
RubyGemsgithub-pages192indirect
RubyGemsgithub-pages-health-check1.8.1indirect
RubyGemshtml-pipeline2.8.4indirect
RubyGemshttp_parser.rb0.6.0indirect
RubyGemsi18n—indirect
RubyGemsi18n0.9.5indirect
RubyGemsjekyll3.7.4indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-avatar0.6.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-coffeescript1.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-commonmark1.2.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-commonmark-ghpages0.1.5indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-default-layout0.1.4indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-feed0.10.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-gist1.5.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-github-metadata2.9.4indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-mentions1.4.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-optional-front-matter0.3.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-paginate1.1.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-readme-index0.2.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-redirect-from0.14.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-relative-links0.5.3indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-remote-theme0.3.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-sass-converter1.5.2indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-seo-tag2.5.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-sitemap1.2.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-swiss0.4.0indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-architect0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-cayman0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-dinky0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-hacker0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-leap-day0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-merlot0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-midnight0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-minimal0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-modernist0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-primer0.5.3indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-slate0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-tactile0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-theme-time-machine0.1.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-titles-from-headings0.5.1indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-watch2.0.0indirect
RubyGemsjemoji0.10.1indirect
RubyGemskramdown1.17.0indirect
RubyGemsliquid4.0.0indirect
RubyGemslisten3.1.5indirect
RubyGemsmercenary0.3.6indirect
RubyGemsmini_portile22.4.0indirect
RubyGemsminima2.5.0indirect
RubyGemsminitest5.11.3indirect
RubyGemsmultipart-post2.0.0indirect
RubyGemsnokogiri1.10.8indirect
RubyGemsoctokit4.12.0indirect
RubyGemspathutil0.16.1indirect
RubyGemspublic_suffix2.0.5indirect
RubyGemsrake—indirect
RubyGemsrb-fsevent0.10.3indirect
RubyGemsrb-inotify0.9.10indirect
RubyGemsrouge2.2.1indirect
RubyGemsruby-enum0.7.2indirect
RubyGemsruby_dep1.5.0indirect
RubyGemsrubyzip2.2.0indirect
RubyGemssafe_yaml1.0.4indirect
RubyGemssass3.6.0indirect
RubyGemssass-listen4.0.0indirect
RubyGemssawyer0.8.1indirect
RubyGemssshkit—indirect
RubyGemsterminal-table1.8.0indirect
RubyGemsthread_safe0.3.6indirect
RubyGemstyphoeus1.3.0indirect
RubyGemstzinfo1.2.5indirect
RubyGemsunicode-display_width1.4.0indirect
Dependency advisories 7

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 85 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 7 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 7 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
kramdown1.17.0indirectcritical22.3.1
activesupport4.2.10indirecthigh58.1.2.1
addressable2.5.2indirecthigh22.9.0
commonmarker0.17.13indirecthigh50.23.10
concurrent-ruby1.0.5indirecthigh31.3.7
nokogiri1.10.8indirecthigh341.19.4
tzinfo1.2.5indirecthigh11.2.10

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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