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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-17 19:07 UTC

databricks / koalas

Koalas: pandas API on Apache Spark

PythonApache-2.0★ 3,375 stars⑂ 370 forkssince Jan 2019View on GitHub ↗

databricks/koalas holds a health index of 34 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (88/100) and lowest on Security (21/100). It was last updated 911 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

34
overall / 100
At Risk

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.

34
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 60 is calibrated to 65 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

DatabricksOrganization · verified domain
4,073 followers260 public repossince Jul 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
PyPIkoalas1.8.2666,143471793 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

21At Risk · 21% of overall
How it's scored
0/36Push recency — last push 911 days ago
0/36Commit cadence — 0/52 weeks with commits
0/18Commit volume — 0 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data
Inputs used
commits_last_year0
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push911
active_weeks_last_year0
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 47 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 1,793 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~51 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count47
latest_release_tagv1.8.2
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1,793
mean_days_between_releases51

Community & Adoption

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

86Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
57.2/60Stars — 3,375 stars
21.4/25Forks — 370 forks
13.8/15Watchers — 310 watchers
Inputs used
forks370
stars3,375
watchers310
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (Apache-2.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges5
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicescodecov.io, github.com, readthedocs.org, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
77.6/80Monthly downloads — 666,143 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packageskoalas
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads666,143
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?

78Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
14.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 36% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 49 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled49
top_contributor_share0.356
How it's scored
34.9/42Issue resolution — 83% of issues closed
26.8/30PR acceptance — 1,448/1,622 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data
Inputs used
merged_prs1,448
open_issues100
closed_issues491
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.831
closed_unmerged_prs174
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
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 4,073 followers of databricks
25/25Track record — 260 public repos, account ~13 yr old
Inputs used
followers4,073
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_logindatabricks
public_repos260
account_age_days4,815
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
4/35Publish recency — latest publish 1,793 days ago
20/20Version history — 47 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packageskoalas
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1,793

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

88Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — tox.ini
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://koalas.readthedocs.io/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 7 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsspark, pandas, pydata, dataframe, mlflow, big-data, data-science
has_wikiyes
homepage—
docs_sitehttps://koalas.readthedocs.io/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

21At Risk · 16% of overall
How it's scored
0/30Security policy (SECURITY.md)
0/25Dependabot config
0/25Dependency lockfiles — published library — lockfiles are an application concern, not expected
0/20CodeQL workflow
Inputs used
sourcefile_signals
lockfiles—
manifestsrequirements-dev.txt, setup.py
has_codeql_workflowno
has_security_policyno
has_dependabot_configno
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dependency lockfiles. 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_packages5
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:koalas@1.8.2 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 5 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.

62Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt served by the project website (https://docs.databricks.com/llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 88 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://docs.databricks.com/llms.txt
legible_history_share0.88
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — docs/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — tox.ini
0/11Static type checking
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesdocs/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
47.5/55Manageable file sizes — 14/102 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes427,709
source_files_sampled102
oversized_source_files14
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 — notebooks
Inputs used
example_dirsnotebooks
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

3,375GitHub stars
49contributors
0commits, last 12 months
911days since last push
47releases
2bus factor
100open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • OpenSSF Scorecard did not return a usable result (killed by SIGKILL — most likely the container's memory limit); skipping Scorecard checks

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 370 ⇿
0Stars
370Forks
47Releases

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.

0125250375364362019-032022-122026-09
Major 1Minor 41Patch 5

Each point covers 7 days.

All dependencies 24

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 24 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIblack19.10b0indirect
PyPIdocutils0.16indirect
PyPIflake8—indirect
PyPIipython—indirect
PyPImatplotlib—indirect
PyPImlflow—indirect
PyPImypy—indirect
PyPInbconvert—indirect
PyPInbformat—indirect
PyPInbsphinx—indirect
PyPInumpy—indirect
PyPInumpydoc—indirect
PyPIopenpyxl—indirect
PyPIpandas—indirect
PyPIplotly—indirect
PyPIpyarrow—indirect
PyPIpydata-sphinx-theme—indirect
PyPIpypandoc—indirect
PyPIpytest—indirect
PyPIpytest-cov—indirect
PyPIscikit-learn—indirect
PyPIsphinx—indirect
PyPIsphinx-plotly-directive—indirect
PyPIxlrd—indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:koalas@1.8.2 pulls in 5 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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Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.34.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

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