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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-20 09:13 UTC

charmbracelet / soft-serve

The mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command line🍦

GoMIT★ 7,224 stars⑂ 242 forkssince Jul 2021View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

charmbracelet/soft-serve holds a health index of 89 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (84/100) and lowest on Security (64/100). It was last updated 19 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

89
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.

89
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 75 is calibrated to 89 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

CharmOrganization
16,235 followers56 public repossince Nov 2019

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/soft-servev0.12.2-5543 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

84Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recency — last push 19 days ago
17.3/36Commit cadence — 25/52 weeks with commits
17.4/18Commit volume — 86 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year86
human_commit_share0.68
days_since_last_push19
active_weeks_last_year25

Release discipline

98Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 52 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 43 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~30.4 days
8/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
Inputs used
releases_count52
latest_release_tagv0.12.2
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release43
mean_days_between_releases30.4

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

83Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 7,224 stars
19.9/25Forks — 242 forks
8.6/15Watchers — 36 watchers
Inputs used
forks242
stars7,224
watchers36
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

69Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
7.2/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 68% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 53 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 26 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled53
top_contributor_share0.679
How it's scored
30.2/42Issue resolution — 72% of issues closed
23/30PR acceptance — 479/624 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
6/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 12/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
merged_prs479
open_issues72
closed_issues184
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.719
closed_unmerged_prs145
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.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 16,235 followers of charmbracelet
24.8/25Track record — 56 public repos, account ~6 yr old
Inputs used
followers16,235
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logincharmbracelet
public_repos56
account_age_days2,511

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 43 days ago
20/20Version history — 55 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish43

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

76Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 16 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

60Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 3 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsgit, golang, ssh
has_wikiyes
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

64Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2/2.5CI-Tests — 16 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3/7.5Code-Review — Found 12/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 26 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 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
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
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
6/7.5Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
4.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate5.8
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
26.6/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: golang.org/x/crypto v0.54.0 (unknown)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
40/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory has been public longer than 90 days
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories4
affected_packages1
assessed_packages95
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 1
direct_affected_packages1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 95 resolved dependencies against OSV. 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.

73Good · 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 — 64 of 68 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.941
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Taskfile.yaml
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
8/10Demonstrated agent practice — 4 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 31 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
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesTaskfile.yaml
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.04
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0.31
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/240 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes28,544
source_files_sampled240
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

7,224GitHub stars
53contributors
86commits, last 12 months
19days since last push
52releases
1bus factor
72open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 242 ⇿
0Stars
242Forks
52Releases

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.

050100150200250242102021-122024-042026-09
Major 0Minor 10Patch 42

Each point covers 5 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.8 / 10
5.8aggregate

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 · 2026-09-20 09:13 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
8CI-Tests16 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4Code-ReviewFound 12/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
10Contributorsproject has 26 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 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
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
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
8Signed-Releases5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
6Vulnerabilities4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 42
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gocharm.land/bubbles/v2v2.1.1go.mod
Gocharm.land/bubbletea/v2v2.0.8go.mod
Gocharm.land/glamour/v2v2.0.1go.mod
Gocharm.land/lipgloss/v2v2.0.5go.mod
Gocharm.land/log/v2v2.0.0go.mod
Gocharm.land/sshv0.4.3go.mod
Gocharm.land/wish/v2v2.0.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2v2.27.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/aymanbagabas/git-modulev1.8.4-0.20250826192401-1f81c5471e53go.mod
Gogithub.com/caarlos0/durationv0.0.0-20241219124531-2bb7dc683aa4go.mod
Gogithub.com/caarlos0/env/v11v11.4.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/colorprofilev0.4.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/git-lfs-transferv0.1.1-0.20240708204110-bacbfdb68d92go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/keygenv0.5.4go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/ansiv0.11.7go.mod
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/go-git/go-git/v5v5.19.2go.mod
Gogithub.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3v3.0.5go.mod
Gogithub.com/gobwas/globv0.2.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5v5.3.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/google/go-querystringv1.2.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/gorilla/handlersv1.5.2go.mod
Gogithub.com/gorilla/muxv1.8.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2v2.0.7go.mod
Gogithub.com/jmoiron/sqlxv1.4.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/lib/pqv1.12.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/lrstanley/bubblezone/v2v2.0.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/matryer/isv1.4.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/muesli/mango-cobrav1.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/muesli/reflowv0.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/muesli/roffv0.1.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_golangv1.24.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/robfig/cron/v3v3.0.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/rogpeppe/go-internalv1.16.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/sergi/go-diffv1.4.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav1.10.2go.mod
Gogo.uber.org/automaxprocsv1.6.0go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.22.0go.mod
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1go.mod
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.56.0go.mod
All dependencies 95

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 42 direct and 53 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gocharm.land/bubbles/v2v2.1.1direct
Gocharm.land/bubbletea/v2v2.0.8direct
Gocharm.land/glamour/v2v2.0.1direct
Gocharm.land/lipgloss/v2v2.0.5direct
Gocharm.land/log/v2v2.0.0direct
Gocharm.land/sshv0.4.3direct
Gocharm.land/wish/v2v2.0.3direct
Gogithub.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2v2.27.0direct
Gogithub.com/aymanbagabas/git-modulev1.8.4-0.20250826192401-1f81c5471e53direct
Gogithub.com/caarlos0/durationv0.0.0-20241219124531-2bb7dc683aa4direct
Gogithub.com/caarlos0/env/v11v11.4.1direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/colorprofilev0.4.3direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/git-lfs-transferv0.1.1-0.20240708204110-bacbfdb68d92direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/keygenv0.5.4direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/ansiv0.11.7direct
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.1direct
Gogithub.com/go-git/go-git/v5v5.19.2direct
Gogithub.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3v3.0.5direct
Gogithub.com/gobwas/globv0.2.3direct
Gogithub.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5v5.3.1direct
Gogithub.com/google/go-querystringv1.2.0direct
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0direct
Gogithub.com/gorilla/handlersv1.5.2direct
Gogithub.com/gorilla/muxv1.8.1direct
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2v2.0.7direct
Gogithub.com/jmoiron/sqlxv1.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/lib/pqv1.12.3direct
Gogithub.com/lrstanley/bubblezone/v2v2.0.0direct
Gogithub.com/matryer/isv1.4.1direct
Gogithub.com/muesli/mango-cobrav1.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/muesli/reflowv0.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/muesli/roffv0.1.0direct
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_golangv1.24.1direct
Gogithub.com/robfig/cron/v3v3.0.1direct
Gogithub.com/rogpeppe/go-internalv1.16.0direct
Gogithub.com/sergi/go-diffv1.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav1.10.2direct
Gogo.uber.org/automaxprocsv1.6.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.22.0direct
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1direct
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.56.0direct
Gogithub.com/anmitsu/go-shlexv0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2beindirect
Gogithub.com/atotto/clipboardv0.1.4indirect
Gogithub.com/aymerick/douceurv0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/beorn7/perksv1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/cespare/xxhash/v2v2.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/ultravioletv0.0.0-20260730003005-19049f296fa9indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/conptyv0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/slicev0.0.0-20260727090823-41c9e6be3365indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/termv0.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/termiosv0.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/windowsv0.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/xptyv0.1.4indirect
Gogithub.com/clipperhouse/displaywidthv0.11.0indirect
Gogithub.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2v2.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/creack/ptyv1.1.24indirect
Gogithub.com/dlclark/regexp2/v2v2.5.2indirect
Gogithub.com/felixge/httpsnoopv1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/git-lfs/pktlinev0.0.0-20230103162542-ca444d533ef1indirect
Gogithub.com/go-git/gcfgv1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376indirect
Gogithub.com/go-logfmt/logfmtv0.6.1indirect
Gogithub.com/gorilla/cssv1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/inconshreveable/mousetrapv1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorfulv1.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.24indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-runewidthv0.0.27indirect
Gogithub.com/mcuadros/go-versionv0.0.0-20190830083331-035f6764e8d2indirect
Gogithub.com/microcosm-cc/bluemondayv1.0.27indirect
Gogithub.com/muesli/cancelreaderv0.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/muesli/mangov0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/muesli/mango-pflagv0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/munnerz/goautonegv0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822indirect
Gogithub.com/ncruces/go-strftimev1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/pires/go-proxyprotov0.15.0indirect
Gogithub.com/prometheus/client_modelv0.6.2indirect
Gogithub.com/prometheus/commonv0.70.1indirect
Gogithub.com/prometheus/procfsv0.21.1indirect
Gogithub.com/remyoudompheng/bigfftv0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daecindirect
Gogithub.com/rivo/unisegv0.4.7indirect
Gogithub.com/sahilm/fuzzyv0.1.3indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflagv1.0.10indirect
Gogithub.com/xo/terminfov0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41eindirect
Gogithub.com/yuin/goldmarkv1.8.5indirect
Gogithub.com/yuin/goldmark-emojiv1.0.6indirect
Gogolang.org/x/expv0.0.0-20260727155853-b88d891fe743indirect
Gogolang.org/x/netv0.57.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.47.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/textv0.40.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/toolsv0.48.0indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/protobufv1.36.11indirect
Gogopkg.in/warnings.v0v0.1.2indirect
Gomodernc.org/libcv1.74.4indirect
Gomodernc.org/mathutilv1.7.1indirect
Gomodernc.org/memoryv1.11.0indirect
Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 95 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0directunknown40.56.0

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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