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django-commons / django-polymorphic

Improved Django model inheritance with automatic downcasting

PythonCustom license★ 1,832 stars⑂ 305 forkssince Feb 2011View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryNetwork servicehow this is determined
#django#django-orm#django-admin#django-formsets#object-oriented#oop#polymorphism

django-commons/django-polymorphic holds a health index of 96 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (92/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (59/100). It was last updated 5 days ago. 2 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

Django CommonsOrganization
387 followers23 public repossince Mar 2024

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIdjango-polymorphic4.11.72,539,4017011 days agodjangodjango-admindjango-formsetsdjango-ormmodelpolymorphicpolymorphism

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

91Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

86Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 5 days ago
21.5/36Commit cadence — 31/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 401 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year401
human_commit_share0.84
days_since_last_push5
active_weeks_last_year31

Release discipline

98Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 32 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 11 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~20.7 days
8/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
Inputs used
releases_count32
latest_release_tagv4.11.7
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release11
mean_days_between_releases20.7

Community & Adoption

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

85Excellent · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

82Excellent
How it's scored
52.9/60Stars — 1,832 stars
20.7/25Forks — 305 forks
8.1/15Watchers — 30 watchers
Inputs used
forks305
stars1,832
watchers30
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

79Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges18
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesapi.securityscorecards.dev, badge.fury.io, github.com, readthedocs.org, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

100Exceptional
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads — 2,539,401 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesdjango-polymorphic
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads2,539,401
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?

79Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

63Moderate
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
14.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 36% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 98 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 51 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled98
top_contributor_share0.356

Issue & PR responsiveness

82Excellent
How it's scored
40/42Issue resolution — 95% of issues closed
24.1/30PR acceptance — 376/468 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 1/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
4.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 3/8 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
merged_prs376
open_issues19
closed_issues373
prs_merged_7d1
prs_decided_7d1
prs_merged_30d3
prs_decided_30d3
issue_closed_ratio0.952
closed_unmerged_prs92
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d1

Ownership & stewardship

79Good
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
18.6/25Owner reach — 387 followers of django-commons
14.9/25Track record — 23 public repos, account ~2 yr old
Inputs used
followers387
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_logindjango-commons
public_repos23
account_age_days894
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 11 days ago
20/20Version history — 70 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesdjango-polymorphic
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish11

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

92Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

94Exceptional
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
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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://django-polymorphic.readthedocs.io
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 7 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdjango, django-orm, django-admin, django-formsets, object-oriented, oop, polymorphism
has_wikino
homepagehttps://django-polymorphic.readthedocs.io
docs_sitehttps://django-polymorphic.readthedocs.io
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

80Excellent · 16% of overall

Security posture

75Good
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
3.8/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 13 out of 13 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
2.2/7.5Code-Review — Found 3/8 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 51 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
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
5/5Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
6/7.5Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
7.5/7.5Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 28 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated18
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive0
scorecard_aggregate7.5

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_packages4
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:django-polymorphic@4.11.7 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 4 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.

59Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

12Critical
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
12.1/40Legible commit history — 19 of 84 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
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Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

92Excellent
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — justfile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — src/polymorphic/py.typed
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
2/10Demonstrated agent practice — 1 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 16 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesjustfile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configssrc/polymorphic/py.typed
agent_commit_share0.01
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.16

Code legibility for models

81Excellent
How it's scored
27/45Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (src/polymorphic/py.typed)
53.7/55Manageable file sizes — 4/171 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes108,844
source_files_sampled171
oversized_source_files4

Machine-readable interfaces

40Weak
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)
0/20MCP server
40/40Runnable examples — example, examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexample, examples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

1,832GitHub stars
98contributors
401commits, last 12 months
5days since last push
32releases
2bus factor
19open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 305 ⇿
0Stars
305Forks
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.

05010015020025030028462010-012018-042026-07
Major 1Minor 11Patch 18

Each point covers 16 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 7.5 / 10
7.5aggregate

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 · 2026-08-13 03:40 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests13 out of 13 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3Code-ReviewFound 3/8 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
10Contributorsproject has 51 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
10Pinned-Dependenciesall dependencies are pinned
9SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
8Signed-Releases5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
10Token-PermissionsGitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
0Vulnerabilities28 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 2
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIDjango>= 4.2pyproject.toml
PyPItyping_extensions>= 4.12.0pyproject.toml
All dependencies 145

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 5 direct and 140 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
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Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:django-polymorphic@4.11.7 pulls in 4 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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