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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-13 20:10 UTC

deepspeedai / DeepSpeed

DeepSpeed is a deep learning optimization library that makes distributed training and inference easy, efficient, and effective.

Python · C++Apache-2.0★ 42,927 stars⑂ 4,929 forkssince Jan 2020View on GitHub ↗

deepspeedai/DeepSpeed holds a health index of 97 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (99/100) and lowest on Security (52/100). It was last updated today. 6 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

deepspeedaiOrganization
406 followers6 public repossince Nov 2020

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
PyPIdeepspeed0.19.51,112,7231303 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

99Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
35.3/36Commit cadence51/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume424 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintainedno data
Inputs used
commits_last_year424
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year51

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases100 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 3 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~19.9 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releasesno data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv0.19.5
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release3
mean_days_between_releases19.9

Community & Adoption

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

94Exceptional · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars42,927 stars
25/25Forks4,929 forks
14.2/15Watchers357 watchers
Inputs used
forks4,929
stars42,927
watchers357
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

85Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (Apache-2.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges20
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesbadge.fury.io, badgen.net, github.com, readthedocs.org, shields.io, www.bestpractices.dev
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads1,112,723 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependentsnot reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesdeepspeed
dependents
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads
monthly_downloads1,112,723
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?

86Excellent · 23% of overall
How it's scored
48.6/54Bus factor6 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
18.7/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 17% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth99 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsno data
Inputs used
bus_factor6
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.167
How it's scored
27.5/42Issue resolution65% of issues closed
25.1/30PR acceptance3,161/3,785 decided PRs merged
10.8/13Newcomer PR acceptance5/6 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Reviewno data
Inputs used
merged_prs3,161
open_issues1,163
closed_issues2,201
prs_merged_7d16
prs_decided_7d19
prs_merged_30d54
prs_decided_30d60
issue_closed_ratio0.654
closed_unmerged_prs624
first_time_authors_30d6
first_time_prs_merged_30d5
first_time_prs_decided_30d6
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domainverified-domain status not read for this organization
18.8/25Owner reach406 followers of deepspeedai
17.7/25Track record6 public repos, account ~5 yr old
Inputs used
followers406
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_logindeepspeedai
public_repos6
account_age_days2,106
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 3 days ago
20/20Version history130 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesdeepspeed
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish3

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

91Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows30 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config.flake8, .pylintrc
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Testsno data
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage sitehttps://www.deepspeed.ai/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics13 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdeep-learning, pytorch, gpu, machine-learning, billion-parameters, data-parallelism, model-parallelism, inference, pipeline-parallelism, compression, mixture-of-experts, trillion-parameters, zero
has_wikino
homepagehttps://www.deepspeed.ai/
docs_sitehttps://www.deepspeed.ai/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

52Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
30/30Security policy (SECURITY.md)
0/25Dependabot config
0/25Dependency lockfilespublished library — lockfiles are an application concern, not expected
0/20CodeQL workflow
Inputs used
sourcefile_signals
lockfiles
manifestsdocs/Gemfile, requirements/requirements-1bit-mpi.txt, requirements/requirements-autotuning-ml.txt, requirements/requirements-autotuning.txt, requirements/requirements-cpu.txt, requirements/requirements-deepcompile.txt, requirements/requirements-dev.txt, requirements/requirements-inf.txt, requirements/requirements-readthedocs.txt, requirements/requirements-sd.txt, requirements/requirements-sparse_attn.txt, requirements/requirements-sparse_pruning.txt, requirements/requirements-torchembed.txt, requirements/requirements-triton.txt, requirements/requirements.txt, setup.cfg, setup.py
has_codeql_workflowno
has_security_policyyes
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 advisoriesno direct dependency carries a known advisory
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriesno indirect dependency carries a known advisory
0/40No advisories left outstandingno advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages15
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:deepspeed@0.19.5 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 15 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.

80Excellent · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructionsAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history100 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes2,041
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrapMakefile, docs/code-docs/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config.flake8, .pylintrc
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice16 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesno data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesMakefile, docs/code-docs/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.16
toolchain_manifests
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable codePython without a type-check config
54.3/55Manageable file sizes16/1,286 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes289,592
source_files_sampled1,286
oversized_source_files16
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP servernot applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examplesexamples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
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

42,927GitHub stars
99contributors
424commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
6bus factor
1,163open issues
PyPI, RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • First-time contributor figures cover 12 of 21 authors (cap 12)
  • OpenSSF Scorecard did not return a usable result (2026/08/13 20:09:18 Warning: PATs stored in env variables GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN differ. Scorecard will use the former.); skipping Scorecard checks

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 4,929 ⇿
0Stars
4,929Forks
33Releases

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.

Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.

3,5004,0004,5005,0004,929122024-112025-102026-08
Major 0Minor 4Patch 29

Each point covers 2 days.

All dependencies 58

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 58 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIaccelerateindirect
PyPIautodoc-pydanticindirect
PyPIclang-format18.1.3indirect
PyPIcomet-mlindirect
PyPIdeepspeed-kernelsindirect
PyPIdiffusersindirect
PyPIdocutilsindirect
PyPIeinopsindirect
PyPIfutureindirect
PyPIgoogleindirect
PyPIhjsonindirect
PyPIimportlib-metadataindirect
PyPIlm-eval0.3.0indirect
PyPImpi4pyindirect
PyPImsgpackindirect
PyPImupindirect
PyPIneural-compressor2.1.0indirect
PyPIninjaindirect
PyPInumpyindirect
PyPIpackagingindirect
PyPIpre-commitindirect
PyPIprotobufindirect
PyPIpsutilindirect
PyPIpy-cpuinfoindirect
PyPIpydanticindirect
PyPIpytestindirect
PyPIpytest-forkedindirect
PyPIpytest-randomlyindirect
PyPIpytest-xdistindirect
PyPIqtorchindirect
PyPIqtorch0.3.0indirect
PyPIrecommonmarkindirect
PyPIsafetensorsindirect
PyPIscipyindirect
PyPIsentencepieceindirect
PyPIsphinxindirect
PyPIsphinx-rtd-themeindirect
PyPItabulateindirect
PyPItensorboardindirect
PyPItorchindirect
PyPItorchembedindirect
PyPItorchvisionindirect
PyPItqdmindirect
PyPItransformersindirect
PyPItritonindirect
PyPItriton1.0.0indirect
PyPItriton2.1.0indirect
PyPIwandbindirect
PyPIxgboostindirect
RubyGemsgithub-pagesindirect
RubyGemsjekyll-feedindirect
RubyGemsjekyll-include-cacheindirect
RubyGemsjekyll-paginateindirect
RubyGemsjekyll-remote-themeindirect
RubyGemsminimal-mistakes-jekyllindirect
RubyGemstzinfoindirect
RubyGemstzinfo-dataindirect
RubyGemswebrickindirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:deepspeed@0.19.5 pulls in 15 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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