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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-18 01:33 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★ 43,129 stars⑂ 4,989 forkssince Jan 2020View on GitHub ↗

deepspeedai/DeepSpeed holds a health index of 96 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (100/100) and lowest on Security (52/100). It was last updated today. 6 contributors account for most of its recent work.

96
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.

96
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 84 is calibrated to 96 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

deepspeedaiOrganization
415 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
PyPIdeepspeed0.19.71,106,5931321 day ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

100Exceptional · 21% of overall

Development activity

100Exceptional
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
36/36Commit cadence — 52/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 522 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data
Inputs used
commits_last_year522
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year52

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 1 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~20.8 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv0.19.7
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1
mean_days_between_releases20.8

Community & Adoption

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

94Exceptional · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 43,129 stars
25/25Forks — 4,989 forks
14.2/15Watchers — 359 watchers
Inputs used
forks4,989
stars43,129
watchers359
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 (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 downloads — 1,106,593 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesdeepspeed
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads1,106,593
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?

80Excellent · 23% of overall
How it's scored
48.6/54Bus factor — 6 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
18.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 16% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 99 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data
Inputs used
bus_factor6
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.161
How it's scored
27.5/42Issue resolution — 65% of issues closed
25.1/30PR acceptance — 3,300/3,947 decided PRs merged
2.2/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 1/6 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data
Inputs used
merged_prs3,300
open_issues1,181
closed_issues2,235
prs_merged_7d39
prs_decided_7d48
prs_merged_30d50
prs_decided_30d60
issue_closed_ratio0.654
closed_unmerged_prs647
first_time_authors_30d5
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d6
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
18.8/25Owner reach — 415 followers of deepspeedai
17.9/25Track record — 6 public repos, account ~5 yr old
Inputs used
followers415
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logindeepspeedai
public_repos6
account_age_days2,141

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 1 days ago
20/20Version history — 132 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesdeepspeed
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

91Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 31 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .flake8, .pylintrc
9.6/9.6Pre-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_configyes

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://www.deepspeed.ai/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 13 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 lockfiles — published library — lockfiles are an application concern, not expected
0/20CodeQL workflow
Inputs used
sourcefile_signals
lockfiles—
manifestsdocs/Gemfile, 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-torchembed.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 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_packages42
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@0.19.7 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 42 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 instructions — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 100 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_bytes3,321
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile, docs/code-docs/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .flake8, .pylintrc
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 16 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no 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 code — Python without a type-check config
54.2/55Manageable file sizes — 18/1,293 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes296,788
source_files_sampled1,293
oversized_source_files18
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 — examples
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

43,129GitHub stars
99contributors
522commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
6bus factor
1,181open 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 22 authors (cap 12)
  • OpenSSF Scorecard did not return a usable result (killed by SIGKILL — most likely the container's memory limit; 2026/09/18 01:32:40 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 ★ / 4,989 ⇿
0Stars
4,989Forks
31Releases

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.

3,5004,0004,5005,0004,989132025-012025-112026-09
Major 0Minor 3Patch 28

Each point covers 2 days.

All dependencies 54

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 54 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIaccelerate—indirect
PyPIautodoc-pydantic—indirect
PyPIclang-format18.1.3indirect
PyPIcomet-ml—indirect
PyPIdeepspeed-kernels—indirect
PyPIdiffusers—indirect
PyPIdocutils—indirect
PyPIeinops—indirect
PyPIfuture—indirect
PyPIgoogle—indirect
PyPIhjson—indirect
PyPIimportlib-metadata—indirect
PyPIlm-eval0.3.0indirect
PyPImsgpack—indirect
PyPImup—indirect
PyPIninja—indirect
PyPInumpy—indirect
PyPIpackaging—indirect
PyPIpre-commit—indirect
PyPIprotobuf—indirect
PyPIpsutil—indirect
PyPIpy-cpuinfo—indirect
PyPIpydantic—indirect
PyPIpytest—indirect
PyPIpytest-forked—indirect
PyPIpytest-randomly—indirect
PyPIpytest-xdist—indirect
PyPIqtorch—indirect
PyPIqtorch0.3.0indirect
PyPIrecommonmark—indirect
PyPIsafetensors—indirect
PyPIscipy—indirect
PyPIsentencepiece—indirect
PyPIsphinx—indirect
PyPIsphinx-rtd-theme—indirect
PyPItabulate—indirect
PyPItensorboard—indirect
PyPItorch—indirect
PyPItorchembed—indirect
PyPItorchvision—indirect
PyPItqdm—indirect
PyPItransformers—indirect
PyPItriton—indirect
PyPIwandb—indirect
PyPIxgboost—indirect
RubyGemsgithub-pages—indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-feed—indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-include-cache—indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-paginate—indirect
RubyGemsjekyll-remote-theme—indirect
RubyGemsminimal-mistakes-jekyll—indirect
RubyGemstzinfo—indirect
RubyGemstzinfo-data—indirect
RubyGemswebrick—indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:deepspeed@0.19.7 pulls in 42 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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