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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-19 10:39 UTC

codehaus-plexus / plexus-compiler

Wraps javac, ecj, aspectj, and other compilers behind one API for maven-compiler-plugin

JavaNo license detected★ 38 stars⑂ 63 forkssince Jan 2015View on GitHub ↗

codehaus-plexus/plexus-compiler holds a health index of 80 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (85/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (49/100). It was last updated 5 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

80
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.

80
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 68 is calibrated to 80 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

PlexusOrganization
19 followers27 public repossince Jan 2015

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api2.17.1-4839 days ago
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-test2.17.1-4839 days ago
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-manager2.17.1-4839 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

85Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 5 days ago
22.8/36Commit cadence — 33/52 weeks with commits
17.4/18Commit volume — 85 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 9 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year85
human_commit_share0.66
days_since_last_push5
active_weeks_last_year33
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 18 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 39 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~151.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count18
latest_release_tagplexus-compiler-2.17.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release39
mean_days_between_releases151.3
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?

49Weak · 17% of overall
How it's scored
25.4/60Stars — 38 stars
14.9/25Forks — 63 forks
5.3/15Watchers — 10 watchers
Inputs used
forks63
stars38
watchers10
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
0/22.5License — no license file detected
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseno
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?

73Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
14/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 38% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 64 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 36 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled64
top_contributor_share0.378
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
22.4/30PR acceptance — 329/441 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 1/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs329
open_issues0
closed_issues79
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d4
prs_decided_30d5
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs112
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
9.4/25Owner reach — 19 followers of codehaus-plexus
22.5/25Track record — 27 public repos, account ~11 yr old
Inputs used
followers19
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logincodehaus-plexus
public_repos27
account_age_days4,294

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 3 package(s) on maven
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 39 days ago
20/20Version history — 48 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api, org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-test, org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-manager
ecosystemsmaven
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish39

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

66Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 2 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
18/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 20 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-compiler/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 4 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicscompiler, java, maven, maven-plugin
has_wikino
homepagehttps://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-compiler/
docs_sitehttps://codehaus-plexus.github.io/plexus-compiler/
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
5.2/7.5Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code
2.2/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.2/2.5CI-Tests — 20 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 1/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 36 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
0/2.5License — license file not detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 9 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
4/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
4.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate5.5
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): 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
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages7
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitynone
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched the maven:org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api@2.17.1 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 7 packages. 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.

56Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
31.5/40Legible commit history — 39 of 66 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.591
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — plexus-compiler-api/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/MCOMPILER-346-mre/pom.xml (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — Java (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
4/10Demonstrated agent practice — 2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 34 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
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifestsplexus-compiler-api/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/MCOMPILER-346-mre/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/aspectj-compiler/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/eclipse-compiler-mapstruct/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/eclipse-compiler-procpath/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/error-prone-compiler/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/issues-351/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/missing-warnings-in-process/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/missing-warnings/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/simple-eclipse-compiler-fail/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/simple-eclipse-compiler/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/simple-javac-fork/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-its/src/main/it/simple-javac/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-manager/pom.xml, plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-aspectj/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-csharp/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-eclipse/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/pom.xml, plexus-compilers/pom.xml, pom.xml
dependency_bot_commit_share0.34
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Java (statically typed)
53.9/55Manageable file sizes — 2/104 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJava
largest_source_bytes104,264
source_files_sampled104
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

38GitHub stars
64contributors
85commits, last 12 months
5days since last push
18releases
2bus factor
0open issues
Mavenpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 63 ⇿
0Stars
63Forks
16Releases

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.

01325385063756342015-042020-122026-08
Major 0Minor 0Patch 0

Each point covers 11 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.5 / 10
5.5aggregate

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 · 2026-10-19 10:38 UTC

7Binary-Artifactsbinaries present in source code
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
9CI-Tests20 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 1/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 36 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
0Licenselicense file not detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 9 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
8SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
6Vulnerabilities4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 34
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
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Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-api1.7.36plexus-compiler-api/pom.xml
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Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-javac—plexus-compiler-its/pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone—plexus-compiler-its/pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-manager—plexus-compiler-its/pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api—plexus-compiler-manager/pom.xml
Mavenjavax.inject:javax.inject—plexus-compiler-manager/pom.xml
Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-api—plexus-compiler-manager/pom.xml
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Mavenjavax.inject:javax.inject—plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api—plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api—plexus-compiler-test/pom.xml
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Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-eclipse${project.version}pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone${project.version}pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-javac${project.version}pom.xml
Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-manager${project.version}pom.xml
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Mavencom.google.guava:guava33.7.2-jrepom.xml
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Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-xml3.1.0pom.xml
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All dependencies 59

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 19 direct and 40 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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Dependency advisories 0

Installing maven:org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-compiler-api@2.17.1 pulls in 7 packages, direct and transitive: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct dependencies.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

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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