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Software health reportschema 0.11.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-16 01:12 UTC

forge-cms / forge

Content backend with typed lifecycle enforcement, MCP-native API, and zero runtime dependencies. Self-hosted. Open source.

GoAGPL-3.0★ 5 stars⑂ 0 forkssince Feb 2026View on GitHub ↗
#content-management#go#golang#open-source#zero-dependency#ai-agents#mcp#smeldr

forge-cms/forge holds a health index of 75 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (88/100) and lowest on Security (40/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

75
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.

75
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 65 is calibrated to 75 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

SmeldrOrganization
0 followers7 public repossince May 2026

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gosmeldr.dev/corev1.55.0-1044 days ago
Gosmeldr.dev/core/pgxv0.1.2-333 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

85Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

75Good
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
13.2/36Commit cadence — 19/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 423 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data
Inputs used
commits_last_year423
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year19

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 4 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv1.55.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release4
mean_days_between_releases1

Community & Adoption

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

41Weak · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

10Critical
How it's scored
9.8/60Stars — 5 stars
0/25Forks — 0 forks
0/15Watchers — 1 watchers
Inputs used
forks0
stars5
watchers1
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

77Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (AGPL-3.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

59Moderate · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

13Critical
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 100% of commits
2.7/13.5Contributor breadth — 2 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled2
top_contributor_share0.998

Issue & PR responsiveness

93Exceptional
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
25/30PR acceptance — 15/18 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data
Inputs used
merged_prs15
open_issues0
closed_issues3
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs3
first_time_authors_30d—
first_time_prs_merged_30d—
first_time_prs_decided_30d—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

46Weak
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
0/25Owner reach — 0 followers of Smeldr
6.9/25Track record — 7 public repos, account ~0 yr old
Inputs used
followers0
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginSmeldr
public_repos7
account_age_days51
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 4 days ago
20/20Version history — 104 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagessmeldr.dev/core, smeldr.dev/core/pgx
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish4

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

88Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

80Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-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_configno

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://smeldr.dev
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 8 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicscontent-management, go, golang, open-source, zero-dependency, ai-agents, mcp, smeldr
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://smeldr.dev
docs_sitehttps://smeldr.dev
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

40Weak · 16% of overall

Security posture

40Weak
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
lockfilesgo.sum
manifestsgo.mod, pgx/go.mod
has_codeql_workflowno
has_security_policyyes
has_dependabot_configno
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dependency lockfiles. Remaining weights renormalized.

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.

82Excellent · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

75Good
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
0/40Legible commit history — no data
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share—
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes43,977
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

75Good
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
0/8Automated maintenance — no data
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share—
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, Automated maintenance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

98Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
52.5/55Manageable file sizes — 6/133 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes127,806
source_files_sampled133
oversized_source_files6

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional
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 — example
Inputs used
example_dirsexample
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

5GitHub stars
2contributors
423commits, last 12 months
0days 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 3
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.50.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/jackc/pgx/v5v5.9.2pgx/go.mod
Gosmeldr.dev/corev1.52.1pgx/go.mod
All dependencies 49

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 5 direct and 44 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/jackc/pgx/v5v5.9.2direct
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.50.0direct
Gomodernc.org/sqlitev1.50.1direct
Gosmeldr.dev/corev1.52.1direct
Gosmeldr.dev/corev1.54.0direct
Go../..0.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-gov1.43.0indirect
Gogithub.com/bahlo/generic-list-gov0.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/buger/jsonparserv1.1.2indirect
Gogithub.com/dustin/go-humanizev1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/go-co-op/gocron/v2v2.21.2indirect
Gogithub.com/google/jsonschema-gov0.4.3indirect
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/invopop/jsonschemav0.13.0indirect
Gogithub.com/jackc/pgpassfilev1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/jackc/pgservicefilev0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761indirect
Gogithub.com/jackc/puddle/v2v2.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/jonboulle/clockworkv0.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mailru/easyjsonv0.7.7indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20indirect
Gogithub.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdkv1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/ncruces/go-strftimev1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/remyoudompheng/bigfftv0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daecindirect
Gogithub.com/robfig/cron/v3v3.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/rogpeppe/go-internalv1.15.0indirect
Gogithub.com/segmentio/asmv1.1.3indirect
Gogithub.com/segmentio/encodingv0.5.4indirect
Gogithub.com/standard-webhooks/standard-webhooks/librariesv0.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/gjsonv1.18.0indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/matchv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/prettyv1.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/tidwall/sjsonv1.2.5indirect
Gogithub.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2v2.1.8indirect
Gogithub.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3v3.0.2indirect
Gogolang.org/x/oauth2v0.35.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.17.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.20.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.42.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/textv0.29.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
Gomodernc.org/libcv1.72.0indirect
Gomodernc.org/libcv1.72.3indirect
Gomodernc.org/mathutilv1.7.1indirect
Gomodernc.org/memoryv1.11.0indirect
Gosmeldr.dev/agentv0.7.1indirect
Gosmeldr.dev/mcpv1.28.0indirect
Gosmeldr.dev/mediav1.6.0indirect
Gosmeldr.dev/oauthv0.2.0indirect
Gosmeldr.dev/socialv0.9.2indirect
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