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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-12 22:37 UTC

containers / podman-compose

a script to run docker-compose.yml using podman

PythonGPL-2.0★ 6,186 stars⑂ 616 forkssince Mar 2019View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined
#podman#docker-compose#linux-containers#rootless-containers

containers/podman-compose holds a health index of 97 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (94/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (64/100). It was last updated 1 day ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

97
overall / 100
Exceptional

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.

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

Ownership

ContainersOrganization
6,477 followers107 public repossince Nov 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIpodman-compose1.6.0423,1521770 days agopodmanpodman-compose

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

91Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

95Exceptional
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 1 days ago
31.2/36Commit cadence — 45/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 262 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 17 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year262
human_commit_share0.97
days_since_last_push1
active_weeks_last_year45

Release discipline

84Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 7 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 70 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~129.2 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count7
latest_release_tagv1.6.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release70
mean_days_between_releases129.2
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?

92Excellent · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

92Excellent
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 6,186 stars
23.2/25Forks — 616 forks
9/15Watchers — 43 watchers
Inputs used
forks616
stars6,186
watchers43
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (GPL-2.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges1
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com
has_pull_request_templateyes

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

94Exceptional
How it's scored
75/80Monthly downloads — 423,152 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagespodman-compose
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads423,152
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?

83Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

63Moderate
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
14.7/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 35% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 99 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 64 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.348

Issue & PR responsiveness

75Good
How it's scored
27.1/42Issue resolution — 64% of issues closed
22.6/30PR acceptance — 458/607 decided PRs merged
10.6/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 9/11 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs458
open_issues300
closed_issues546
prs_merged_7d6
prs_decided_7d6
prs_merged_30d21
prs_decided_30d24
issue_closed_ratio0.645
closed_unmerged_prs149
first_time_authors_30d9
first_time_prs_merged_30d9
first_time_prs_decided_30d11

Ownership & stewardship

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
25/25Owner reach — 6,477 followers of containers
25/25Track record — 107 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers6,477
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_logincontainers
public_repos107
account_age_days4,661
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 70 days ago
20/20Version history — 17 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagespodman-compose
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish70

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

94Exceptional · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

100Exceptional
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .eslintrc.json, .pylintrc
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 16 out of 16 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes

Documentation

85Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 4 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspodman, docker-compose, linux-containers, rootless-containers
has_wikiyes
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

66Good · 16% of overall

Security posture

58Moderate
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
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 16 out of 16 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 64 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 17 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
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
1.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate5.8
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_packages2
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 pypi:podman-compose@1.6.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 2 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.

64Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

40Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 74 of 97 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.763
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

62Moderate
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .eslintrc.json, .pylintrc
11/11Static type checking — examples/nodeproj/jsconfig.json
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 3 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_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configsexamples/nodeproj/jsconfig.json
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.03

Code legibility for models

82Excellent
How it's scored
27/45Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (examples/nodeproj/jsconfig.json)
54.7/55Manageable file sizes — 1/182 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes207,934
source_files_sampled182
oversized_source_files1

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examples — example, examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexample, examples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_of—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

6,186GitHub stars
99contributors
262commits, last 12 months
1days since last push
7releases
2bus factor
300open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 616 ⇿
0Stars
616Forks
7Releases

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.

012525037550062561372019-052022-122026-08
Major 0Minor 6Patch 1

Each point covers 7 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 · 2026-08-12 22:36 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests16 out of 16 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 64 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 17 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
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
2Vulnerabilities8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 2
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIpython-dotenv—pyproject.toml
PyPIpyyaml—pyproject.toml
All dependencies 47

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 4 direct and 43 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIpython-dotenv—direct
PyPIpython-dotenv1.0.1direct
PyPIpyyaml—direct
PyPIpyyaml6.0.1direct
npmexpress~4.16.4indirect
npmnodemon^2.0.14indirect
npmredis^3.1.2indirect
PyPIaiohttp—indirect
PyPIaioredis—indirect
PyPIapscheduler3.11.2indirect
PyPIastroid3.1.0indirect
PyPIcachetools5.3.3indirect
PyPIcertifi2025.11.12indirect
PyPIcffi2.0.0indirect
PyPIchardet5.2.0indirect
PyPIcharset-normalizer3.4.4indirect
PyPIcolorama0.4.6indirect
PyPIcoverage7.4.3indirect
PyPIcryptography50.0.0indirect
PyPIdill0.3.8indirect
PyPIdistlib0.3.8indirect
PyPIfilelock3.13.1indirect
PyPIidna3.15indirect
PyPIiniconfig2.0.0indirect
PyPIisort5.13.2indirect
PyPImccabe0.7.0indirect
PyPImypy1.15.0indirect
PyPImypy-extensions1.1.0indirect
PyPIpackaging23.2indirect
PyPIparameterized0.9.0indirect
PyPIplatformdirs4.2.0indirect
PyPIpluggy1.4.0indirect
PyPIpycparser2.23indirect
PyPIpylint3.1.0indirect
PyPIpyproject-api1.6.1indirect
PyPIpytest8.0.2indirect
PyPIrequests2.32.5indirect
PyPIruff0.14.8indirect
PyPItomlkit0.12.4indirect
PyPItox4.13.0indirect
PyPItypes-pyyaml6.0.12.20250402indirect
PyPItypes-requests2.32.0.20250328indirect
PyPItypes-setuptools80.7.0.20250516indirect
PyPItyping-extensions4.13.2indirect
PyPItzlocal5.3.1indirect
PyPIurllib32.6.3indirect
PyPIvirtualenv20.26.6indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:podman-compose@1.6.0 pulls in 2 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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