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essentialkaos / ek
Auxiliary packages for Go
essentialkaos/ek holds a health index of 35 out of 100, placing it in the At risk band. It scores highest on Vitality (98/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (57/100). It was last updated 4 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
35
overall / 100Software health index
Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At risk ceiling of 49. AI Readiness sits outside the overall score.
35
Excellent85-100Exemplary; meets essentially all checked criteria
Good70-84Healthy; minor gaps
Moderate50-69Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
At risk30-49Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-29Severe problems (abandoned, single-maintainer, no hygiene)
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.
High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 50% multiplier to weighted overall health and gives it an At risk ceiling of 49.
Ownership
ESSENTIAL KAOSOrganization
17 followers147 public repossince Feb 2012
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/ek/v14 | v14.4.0 | - | 16 | 4 days ago |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
98
Development activity
96Excellent
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 4 days ago |
| 32.5/36 | Commit cadence — 47/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 430 commits in the last year |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 430 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 4 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 47 |
Release discipline
100Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 100 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 4 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~7.3 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v14.4.0 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 4 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 7.3 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
62
Popularity & adoption
35At risk
How it's scored
| 27.3/60 | Stars — 49 stars |
| 5/25 | Forks — 5 forks |
| 2.7/15 | Watchers — 4 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 5 |
| stars | 49 |
| watchers | 4 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
92Excellent
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (Apache-2.0) |
| 18/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 13.5/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 6.3/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | yes |
| has_pull_request_template | yes |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
65
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
15Critical
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 0.6/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 98% of commits |
| 4.1/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 3 contributors |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 3 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.975 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
97Excellent
How it's scored
| 46.8/46.8 | Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed |
| 35.9/38.3 | PR acceptance — 638/680 decided PRs merged |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 638 |
| open_issues | 0 |
| closed_issues | 2 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 1 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 42 |
Ownership & stewardship
64Moderate
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain |
| 9/25 | Owner reach — 17 followers of essentialkaos |
| 25/25 | Track record — 147 public repos, account ~14 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 17 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | essentialkaos |
| public_repos | 147 |
| account_age_days | 5,270 |
Package maintenance
100Excellent
How it's scored
| 25/25 | Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go |
| 35/35 | Publish recency — latest publish 4 days ago |
| 20/20 | Version history — 16 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | github.com/essentialkaos/ek/v14 |
| ecosystems | go |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 4 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
62
Engineering practices
60Moderate
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 3 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 0/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | yes |
| has_editorconfig | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
65Moderate
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://kaos.sh/g/ek.v14 |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 3 topics |
| 0/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | golang, auxiliary, golang-package |
| has_wiki | no |
| homepage | https://kaos.sh/g/ek.v14 |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | no |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
57
Security posture
49At risk
Jurisdiction risk alert
High-risk jurisdiction exposure detected
1 contributor organization profilesRussia1 top contributor profilesRussiaSecurity and overall rating: At risk ceiling
Based on self-published public profile locations. This governance signal does not determine nationality, citizenship, intent, sanctions status, or individual trustworthiness.
How jurisdiction exposure is assessedHow it's scored
| 30/30 | Security policy (SECURITY.md) |
| 25/25 | Dependabot config |
| 0/25 | Dependency lockfiles — published library — lockfiles are an application concern, not expected |
| 20/20 | CodeQL workflow |
Inputs used
| source | file_signals |
| lockfiles | go.sum |
| manifests | go.mod |
| has_codeql_workflow | yes |
| has_security_policy | yes |
| has_dependabot_config | yes |
| high_risk_jurisdiction_cap | 49 |
| high_risk_jurisdiction_multiplier | 50 |
| security_posture_after_multiplier | 50 |
| security_posture_before_jurisdiction | 100 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dependency lockfiles. Remaining weights renormalized. High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy applies a 50% multiplier and gives Security posture an At risk ceiling of 49.
Dependency advisories
89Excellent
How it's scored
| 26.6/35 | Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: golang.org/x/crypto v0.54.0 (unknown) |
| 0/25 | Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope |
| 40/40 | No advisories left outstanding — no advisory has been public longer than 90 days |
Inputs used
| source | osv |
| advisories | 1 |
| affected_packages | 1 |
| assessed_packages | 8 |
| unassessed_packages | 0 |
| affected_by_severity | unknown 1 |
| direct_affected_packages | 1 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 8 resolved dependencies against OSV. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. Reachability is not analyzed.
AI Readiness
How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? An independent, experimental badge — weight 0.0, so it is surfaced on its own and does not affect the overall health score.
57
Agent context & guidance
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| legible_history_share | — |
| agent_instruction_files | — |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
| 18/18 | One-command bootstrap — Makefile |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — Go (statically typed) |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 5/8 | Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | go.sum |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | yes |
| bootstrap_files | Makefile |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | — |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice. Remaining weights renormalized.
Code legibility for models
100Excellent
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed) |
| 54.9/55 | Manageable file sizes — 1/388 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | Go |
| largest_source_bytes | 77,923 |
| source_files_sampled | 388 |
| oversized_source_files | 1 |
Key facts
49GitHub stars
3contributors
430commits, last 12 months
4days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
0open issues
Gopackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- OpenSSF Scorecard timed out after 240s; skipping Scorecard checks
More detail
Direct dependencies 5
| Registry | Package | Version constraint | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/check | v1.4.1 | go.mod |
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/depsy | v1.3.1 | go.mod |
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/go-linenoise/v3 | v3.7.0 | go.mod |
| Go | golang.org/x/crypto | v0.54.0 | go.mod |
| Go | golang.org/x/sys | v0.47.0 | go.mod |
All dependencies 8
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 5 direct and 3 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/check | v1.4.1 | direct |
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/depsy | v1.3.1 | direct |
| Go | github.com/essentialkaos/go-linenoise/v3 | v3.7.0 | direct |
| Go | golang.org/x/crypto | v0.54.0 | direct |
| Go | golang.org/x/sys | v0.47.0 | direct |
| Go | github.com/kr/pretty | v0.3.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/kr/text | v0.2.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal | v1.15.0 | indirect |
Dependency advisories 1
This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 8 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct.
| Package | Version | Relation | Severity | Advisories | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/crypto | v0.54.0 | direct | unknown | 1 | — |
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.
Raw JSON report machine-readable
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How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics — Go.