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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-11 00:25 UTC

fiatjaf / nak

a command line tool for doing all things nostr

GoUnlicense★ 415 stars⑂ 49 forkssince Feb 2022View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

fiatjaf/nak holds a health index of 71 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (92/100) and lowest on Security (44/100). It was last updated 3 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

71
overall / 100
Good

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.

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

Ownership

fiatjafPersonal account
2,383 followers463 public repossince Apr 2012

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 publish
Gogithub.com/fiatjaf/nakv0.20.6-12324 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

92Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 3 days ago
29.1/36Commit cadence — 42/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 391 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year391
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push3
active_weeks_last_year42
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 24 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~8.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv0.20.6
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release24
mean_days_between_releases8.4

Community & Adoption

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

55Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
42.5/60Stars — 415 stars
14/25Forks — 49 forks
2.7/15Watchers — 4 watchers
Inputs used
forks49
stars415
watchers4
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (Unlicense)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

69Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
5.8/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 74% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 18 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 38 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled18
top_contributor_share0.743
How it's scored
35.9/42Issue resolution — 86% of issues closed
27.6/30PR acceptance — 117/127 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 1/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs117
open_issues11
closed_issues65
prs_merged_7d7
prs_decided_7d7
prs_merged_30d24
prs_decided_30d24
issue_closed_ratio0.855
closed_unmerged_prs10
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d1
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backing — personal (user) account
0/20Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts
24.3/25Owner reach — 2,383 followers of fiatjaf
25/25Track record — 463 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers2,383
owner_typeUser
is_verified—
owner_loginfiatjaf
public_repos463
account_age_days5,259
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 go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 24 days ago
20/20Version history — 123 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/fiatjaf/nak
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish24

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

49Weak · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 0 out of 14 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

50Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 2 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsnostr, cli
has_wikino
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

44Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0/2.5CI-Tests — 0 out of 14 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 38 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 45 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories71
affected_packages8
assessed_packages103
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitycritical 1, high 1, moderate 1, unknown 5
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 103 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? Carries a deliberately small weight (4%): agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but a repository with none can still reach 100/100.

60Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 86 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.86
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — justfile
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesjustfile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54/55Manageable file sizes — 1/55 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes119,538
source_files_sampled55
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

415GitHub stars
18contributors
391commits, last 12 months
3days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
11open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 49 ⇿
0Stars
49Forks
100Releases

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.

010203040504932023-022024-112026-08
Major 0Minor 19Patch 81

Each point covers 4 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 3.0 / 10
3.0aggregate

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 · 2026-09-11 00:25 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0CI-Tests0 out of 14 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 38 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities45 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 29
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gofiatjaf.com/nostrv0.0.0-20260827104008-28e324b57f7ego.mod
Gogithub.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2v2.3.7go.mod
Gogithub.com/bep/debouncev1.2.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2v2.3.6go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/glamourv0.10.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/ansiv0.8.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/chzyer/readlinev0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48ego.mod
Gogithub.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4v4.4.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/fatih/colorv1.16.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/json-iterator/gov1.1.12go.mod
Gogithub.com/liamg/magicv0.0.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/mailru/easyjsonv0.9.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/mark3labs/mcp-gov0.8.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/markusmobius/go-dateparserv1.2.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20go.mod
Gogithub.com/mdp/qrterminal/v3v3.2.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3v3.5.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.10.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/urfave/cli/v3v3.0.0-beta1go.mod
Gogithub.com/winfsp/cgofusev1.6.0go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/expv0.0.0-20251113190631-e25ba8c21ef6go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.18.0go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/termv0.32.0go.mod
Gofiatjaf.com/libv0.3.7go.mod
Gogithub.com/denisbrodbeck/machineidv1.0.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2v2.9.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/itchyny/gojqv0.12.19go.mod
Gogithub.com/lithammer/fuzzysearchv1.1.8go.mod
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-tty/v2v2.0.0go.mod
All dependencies 103

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 29 direct and 74 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
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Gofiatjaf.com/nostrv0.0.0-20260827104008-28e324b57f7edirect
Gogithub.com/alecaivazis/survey/v2v2.3.7direct
Gogithub.com/bep/debouncev1.2.1direct
Gogithub.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2v2.3.6direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/glamourv0.10.0direct
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/ansiv0.8.0direct
Gogithub.com/chzyer/readlinev0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48edirect
Gogithub.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4v4.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/denisbrodbeck/machineidv1.0.1direct
Gogithub.com/fatih/colorv1.16.0direct
Gogithub.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2v2.9.0direct
Gogithub.com/itchyny/gojqv0.12.19direct
Gogithub.com/json-iterator/gov1.1.12direct
Gogithub.com/liamg/magicv0.0.1direct
Gogithub.com/lithammer/fuzzysearchv1.1.8direct
Gogithub.com/mailru/easyjsonv0.9.1direct
Gogithub.com/mark3labs/mcp-gov0.8.3direct
Gogithub.com/markusmobius/go-dateparserv1.2.3direct
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20direct
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-tty/v2v2.0.0direct
Gogithub.com/mdp/qrterminal/v3v3.2.1direct
Gogithub.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3v3.5.1direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.10.0direct
Gogithub.com/urfave/cli/v3v3.0.0-beta1direct
Gogithub.com/winfsp/cgofusev1.6.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/expv0.0.0-20251113190631-e25ba8c21ef6direct
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.18.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/termv0.32.0direct
Gogithub.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2v2.14.0indirect
Gogithub.com/andybalholm/brotliv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2v2.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/aymerick/douceurv0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/bluekeyes/go-gitdiffv0.7.1indirect
Gogithub.com/btcsuite/btcdv0.24.2indirect
Gogithub.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutilv1.1.5indirect
Gogithub.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhashv1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/cespare/xxhash/v2v2.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/colorprofilev0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dcindirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/lipglossv1.1.1-0.20250404203927-76690c660834indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbufv0.0.13indirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/slicev0.0.0-20250327172914-2fdc97757edfindirect
Gogithub.com/charmbracelet/x/termv0.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/chzyer/logexv1.1.10indirect
Gogithub.com/chzyer/testv0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1indirect
Gogithub.com/clipperhouse/stringishv0.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2v2.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/coder/websocketv1.8.14indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spewv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256v1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2v2.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/dlclark/regexp2v1.11.0indirect
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/elliotchance/pie/v2v2.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/elnosh/gonutsv0.4.2indirect
Gogithub.com/fastfilter/xorfilterv0.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/fasthttp/websocketv1.5.12indirect
Gogithub.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2v2.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-git/go-git/v5v5.16.3indirect
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gorilla/cssv1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/hablullah/go-hijriv1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/hablullah/go-juliandaysv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/imvexed/fasturlv0.0.0-20230304231329-4e41488060f3indirect
Gogithub.com/itchyny/timefmt-gov0.1.8indirect
Gogithub.com/jalaali/go-jalaaliv0.0.0-20210801064154-80525e88d958indirect
Gogithub.com/josharian/internv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/kballard/go-shellquotev0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51indirect
Gogithub.com/klauspost/compressv1.18.0indirect
Gogithub.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorfulv1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/magefile/magev1.14.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-colorablev0.1.14indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-runewidthv0.0.19indirect
Gogithub.com/mgutz/ansiv0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474bindirect
Gogithub.com/microcosm-cc/bluemondayv1.0.27indirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/concurrentv0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1ddindirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/reflect2v1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/muesli/reflowv0.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/muesli/termenvv0.16.0indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflibv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/powerdns/lmdb-gov1.9.3indirect
Gogithub.com/rivo/unisegv0.4.7indirect
Gogithub.com/rs/corsv1.11.1indirect
Gogithub.com/savsgio/gotilsv0.0.0-20240704082632-aef3928b8a38indirect
Gogithub.com/templexxx/cpuv0.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/templexxx/xhexv0.0.0-20200614015412-aed53437177bindirect
Gogithub.com/tetratelabs/wazerov1.8.0indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/gjsonv1.18.0indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/matchv1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/prettyv1.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/valyala/bytebufferpoolv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/valyala/fasthttpv1.59.0indirect
Gogithub.com/wasilibs/go-re2v1.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/x448/float16v0.8.4indirect
Gogithub.com/xo/terminfov0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41eindirect
Gogithub.com/yuin/goldmarkv1.7.8indirect
Gogithub.com/yuin/goldmark-emojiv1.0.5indirect
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.39.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/netv0.41.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.38.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/textv0.26.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
Gorsc.io/qrv0.2.0indirect
Dependency advisories 8

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 103 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 8 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptov0.39.0indirectcritical350.56.0
github.com/go-git/go-git/v5v5.16.3indirecthigh206.0.0-alpha.5
golang.org/x/netv0.41.0indirectmoderate111.27.0-rc.3
github.com/klauspost/compressv1.18.0indirectunknown11.18.7
github.com/valyala/fasthttpv1.59.0indirectunknown11.70.0
github.com/yuin/goldmarkv1.7.8indirectunknown11.7.17
golang.org/x/sysv0.38.0indirectunknown10.44.0
golang.org/x/textv0.26.0indirectunknown10.39.0

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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