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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-14 02:05 UTC

dmellok / tesserae

E-ink dashboard companion. Compose dashboards in a browser, render server-side, and push to e-ink panels over REST or MQTT.

Python · CSS · JavaScriptAGPL-3.0★ 745 stars⑂ 39 forkssince May 2026View on GitHub ↗
KindNetwork serviceCommand-line toolWeb interfacehow this is determined

dmellok/tesserae holds a health index of 84 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (86/100) and lowest on Security (49/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

84
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.

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

Ownership

Kayden D'MelloPersonal account
24 followers101 public repossince Sep 2024

This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPItesserae0.41.22,842701 day agollmwikiknowledge-graphmcpobsidian

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

85Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
11.1/36Commit cadence16/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume1,656 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained30 commit(s) and 30 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year1,656
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year16

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases86 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 7 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~2.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releasesno data
Inputs used
releases_count86
latest_release_tagv0.392.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release7
mean_days_between_releases2.1
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?

77Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
46.6/60Stars745 stars
13.2/25Forks39 forks
3.3/15Watchers5 watchers
Inputs used
forks39
stars745
watchers5
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (AGPL-3.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges6
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

61Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
1.3/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 94% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth13 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 8 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled13
top_contributor_share0.941
How it's scored
30.9/42Issue resolution74% of issues closed
28.6/30PR acceptance81/85 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance31/31 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
6/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 7/16 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
merged_prs81
open_issues44
closed_issues122
prs_merged_7d12
prs_decided_7d12
prs_merged_30d37
prs_decided_30d38
issue_closed_ratio0.735
closed_unmerged_prs4
first_time_authors_30d5
first_time_prs_merged_30d31
first_time_prs_decided_30d31
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backingpersonal (user) account
0/20Verified domainnot applicable to user accounts
10.1/25Owner reach24 followers of dmellok
17.1/25Track record101 public repos, account ~2 yr old
Inputs used
followers24
owner_typeUser
is_verified
owner_logindmellok
public_repos101
account_age_days742
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 1 days ago
20/20Version history70 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagestesserae
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

86Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows7 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter configeslint.config.js, pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff])
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests7 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage sitehttps://tesserae.ink
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics7 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdashboard, e-ink, esp32, home-assistant, raspberry-pi, self-hosted, tesserae
has_wikino
homepagehttps://tesserae.ink
docs_sitehttps://tesserae.ink
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

49Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests7 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3/7.5Code-ReviewFound 7/16 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 8 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained30 commit(s) and 30 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
5/5Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releasesno data
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities37 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate3.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. 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_packages11
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:tesserae@0.41.2 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 11 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.

50Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history99 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.99
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format configeslint.config.js, pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff])
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environmentdevcontainer, Dockerfile, lockfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice27 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilespackage-lock.json, uv.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files
has_devcontaineryes
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.27
toolchain_manifests
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable codePython without a type-check config
53.2/55Manageable file sizes21/649 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes175,445
source_files_sampled649
oversized_source_files21
How it's scored
40/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)schema/openapi.yaml
20/20MCP server
0/40Runnable examples
Inputs used
example_dirs
has_mcp_signalyes
api_schema_filesschema/openapi.yaml
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

745GitHub stars
13contributors
1,656commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
86releases
1bus factor
44open issues
npm, PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • GitHub dependency-graph SBOM unavailable (404); the dependency graph may be disabled for this repository

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 39 ⇿
0Stars
39Forks
51Releases

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.

0102030403932026-062026-072026-09
Major 0Minor 18Patch 33
OpenSSF Scorecard 3.6 / 10
3.6aggregate

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 · 2026-09-14 02:04 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests7 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4Code-ReviewFound 7/16 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
10Contributorsproject has 8 contributing companies or organizations
0Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 30 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities37 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 17
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIflask>=3.0,<4pyproject.toml
PyPIpydantic>=2.6,<3pyproject.toml
PyPIjsonschema>=4.21,<5pyproject.toml
PyPIpillow>=10.2,<13pyproject.toml
PyPIpillow-heif>=1.1,<2pyproject.toml
PyPInumpy>=1.26,<3pyproject.toml
PyPIpaho-mqtt>=2.0,<3pyproject.toml
PyPIplaywright>=1.60,<1.61pyproject.toml
PyPIamqtt>=0.11,<1pyproject.toml
PyPIicalendar>=5.0,<7pyproject.toml
PyPIrecurring-ical-events>=2.1,<4pyproject.toml
PyPIdefusedxml>=0.7,<1pyproject.toml
PyPIwaitress>=3.0,<4pyproject.toml
PyPItzdatapyproject.toml
PyPIcryptography>=42,<51pyproject.toml
PyPIzeroconf>=0.130,<1pyproject.toml
PyPIsegno>=1.6,<2pyproject.toml
All dependencies not collected

The resolved dependency set could not be collected for this report: GitHub dependency-graph SBOM unavailable (404); the dependency graph may be disabled for this repository

Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:tesserae@0.41.2 pulls in 11 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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