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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-17 15:45 UTC

dbcli / pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting

PythonBSD-3-Clause★ 13,390 stars⑂ 613 forkssince Oct 2014View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

dbcli/pgcli holds a health index of 91 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (90/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (51/100). It was last updated today. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

91
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.

91
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 77 is calibrated to 91 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

dbcliOrganization
369 followers19 public repossince Apr 2015

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
PyPIpgcli4.6.0320,2495422 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

74Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
14.5/36Commit cadence — 21/52 weeks with commits
15.8/18Commit volume — 57 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 24 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year57
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year21
How it's scored
16.2/27Ships releases — 92 version tags (no GitHub releases)
36/36Release recency — latest release 22 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~180.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count92
latest_release_tagv4.6.0
releases_from_tagsyes
days_since_latest_release22
mean_days_between_releases180.1
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?

90Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 13,390 stars
23.2/25Forks — 613 forks
11.9/15Watchers — 139 watchers
Inputs used
forks613
stars13,390
watchers139
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

85Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (BSD-3-Clause)
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_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

79Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
14.7/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 34% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 100 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 20 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled100
top_contributor_share0.345
How it's scored
40.5/42Issue resolution — 96% of issues closed
26.5/30PR acceptance — 749/849 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 4/4 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
12/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 24/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
merged_prs749
open_issues27
closed_issues719
prs_merged_7d1
prs_decided_7d1
prs_merged_30d14
prs_decided_30d14
issue_closed_ratio0.964
closed_unmerged_prs100
first_time_authors_30d4
first_time_prs_merged_30d4
first_time_prs_decided_30d4
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
18.5/25Owner reach — 369 followers of dbcli
21.5/25Track record — 19 public repos, account ~11 yr old
Inputs used
followers369
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logindbcli
public_repos19
account_age_days4,182

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 22 days ago
20/20Version history — 54 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagespgcli
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish22

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

88Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff]), tox.ini
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 25 out of 28 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — http://pgcli.com
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 5 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspython, postgresql, postgres, psql, database
has_wikiyes
homepagehttp://pgcli.com
docs_sitehttp://pgcli.com
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

60Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2/2.5CI-Tests — 25 out of 28 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
6/7.5Code-Review — Found 24/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 20 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 24 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
2.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool detected but not run on all commits
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
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
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_packages12
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:pgcli@4.6.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 12 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.

51Moderate · 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 — 81 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.81
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff]), tox.ini
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 5 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
5/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.05
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 1/76 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes86,050
source_files_sampled76
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

13,390GitHub stars
100contributors
57commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
92releases
2bus factor
27open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 613 ⇿
0Stars
613Forks
92Releases

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.

0125250375500625606312014-122020-102026-09
Major 5Minor 40Patch 47

Each point covers 11 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.0 / 10
5.0aggregate

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 · 2026-09-17 15:44 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
8CI-Tests25 out of 28 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
8Code-ReviewFound 24/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
10Contributorsproject has 20 contributing companies or organizations
0Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained24 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
9SASTSAST tool detected but not run on all commits
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 11
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIpgspecial>=2.0.0pyproject.toml
PyPIclick>= 4.1, != 8.1.8, != 8.2.*, != 8.3.0, < 9pyproject.toml
PyPIPygments>=2.0pyproject.toml
PyPIprompt_toolkit>=2.0.6,<4.0.0pyproject.toml
PyPIpsycopg>= 3.0.14pyproject.toml
PyPIpsycopg-binary>= 3.0.14pyproject.toml
PyPIsqlparse>=0.3.0,<0.7pyproject.toml
PyPIconfigobj>= 5.0.6pyproject.toml
PyPIcli_helpers>= 2.4.0pyproject.toml
PyPIsetproctitle>= 1.1.9pyproject.toml
PyPItzlocal>= 5.2pyproject.toml
All dependencies 24

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 11 direct and 13 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIcli-helpers—direct
PyPIclick—direct
PyPIconfigobj—direct
PyPIpgspecial—direct
PyPIprompt-toolkit—direct
PyPIpsycopg—direct
PyPIpsycopg-binary—direct
PyPIpygments—direct
PyPIsetproctitle—direct
PyPIsqlparse—direct
PyPItzlocal—direct
PyPIbehave—indirect
PyPIcoverage—indirect
PyPIdocutils—indirect
PyPIkeyring—indirect
PyPIkeyrings-alt—indirect
PyPIpexpect—indirect
PyPIpytest—indirect
PyPIpytest-cov—indirect
PyPIruff—indirect
PyPIsetuptools—indirect
PyPIsetuptools-scm—indirect
PyPIsshtunnel—indirect
PyPItox—indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:pgcli@4.6.0 pulls in 12 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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