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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-22 15:46 UTC
giantswarm / klaus-operator
Kubernetes operator for dynamic Klaus instance management
giantswarm/klaus-operator holds a health index of 19 out of 100, placing it in the Critical band. It scores highest on AI Readiness (91/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (27/100). The repository is archived, so no further maintenance is expected.
19
overall / 100Software 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.
19
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)
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 68 is calibrated to 80 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
Giant SwarmOrganization · verified domain
151 followers1,210 public repossince May 2014
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/giantswarm/klaus-operator | v0.0.173 | - | 178 | 26 days ago |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
86
Development activity
76Good
Abandonment alert
Work has arrived and nobody has attended to it
archived on GitHub by its maintainersOverall rating: Critical ceiling
Silence alone is never the finding — a small, finished library may need no commits for years. This alert requires both: no human commit for a long time, and obligations the project is visibly not discharging. Automated commits do not count as maintenance.
How abandonment is assessedHow it's scored
| 28.8/36 | Push recency — last push 19 days ago |
| 21.5/36 | Commit cadence — 31/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 202 commits in the last year |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 202 |
| human_commit_share | 0.07 |
| days_since_last_push | 19 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 31 |
Release discipline
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 98 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 19 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~1 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 98 |
| latest_release_tag | v0.0.174-rc.5 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 19 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 1 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
27
Popularity & adoption
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/60 | Stars — 1 stars |
| 0/25 | Forks — 0 forks |
| 0/15 | Watchers — 0 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 0 |
| stars | 1 |
| watchers | 0 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
57Moderate
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (Apache-2.0) |
| 0/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 6.3/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | 0 |
| has_contributing | no |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | yes |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
73
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
20At Risk
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 4/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 82% of commits |
| 5.4/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 4 contributors |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 4 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.824 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
96Exceptional
How it's scored
| 40.3/42 | Issue resolution — 96% of issues closed |
| 28.8/30 | PR acceptance — 197/205 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 197 |
| open_issues | 1 |
| closed_issues | 24 |
| prs_merged_7d | 0 |
| prs_decided_7d | 0 |
| prs_merged_30d | 1 |
| prs_decided_30d | 3 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.96 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 8 |
| first_time_authors_30d | 0 |
| first_time_prs_merged_30d | 0 |
| first_time_prs_decided_30d | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Ownership & stewardship
91Excellent
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 20/20 | Verified domain |
| 15.7/25 | Owner reach — 151 followers of giantswarm |
| 25/25 | Track record — 1,210 public repos, account ~12 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 151 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | yes |
| owner_login | giantswarm |
| public_repos | 1,210 |
| account_age_days | 4,546 |
Package maintenance
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 25/25 | Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go |
| 35/35 | Publish recency — latest publish 26 days ago |
| 20/20 | Version history — 178 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | github.com/giantswarm/klaus-operator |
| ecosystems | go |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 26 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
85
Engineering practices
92Excellent
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 9 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 16/16 | Linter config — .golangci.yml |
| 9.6/9.6 | 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 | yes |
| has_precommit_config | yes |
Documentation
75Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 25/25 | Documentation directory |
| 0/15 | Documentation / homepage site |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 3 topics |
| 0/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | kubernetes, mcp, operator |
| has_wiki | no |
| homepage | — |
| docs_site | — |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | yes |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
52
Security posture
40Weak
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Security policy (SECURITY.md) |
| 0/25 | Dependabot config |
| 0/25 | Dependency lockfiles — published library — lockfiles are an application concern, not expected |
| 0/20 | CodeQL workflow |
Inputs used
| source | file_signals |
| lockfiles | go.sum, uv.lock |
| manifests | go.mod |
| has_codeql_workflow | no |
| has_security_policy | yes |
| has_dependabot_config | no |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dependency lockfiles. Remaining weights renormalized.
Dependency advisories
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 35/35 | Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory |
| 0/25 | Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope |
| 0/40 | No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date |
Inputs used
| source | osv |
| advisories | 15 |
| affected_packages | 4 |
| assessed_packages | 95 |
| unassessed_packages | 0 |
| affected_by_severity | high 2, moderate 1, unknown 1 |
| direct_affected_packages | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 95 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.
91
Agent context & guidance
75Good
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Agent instructions — .cursor/rules/zz_generated.base-llm-rules.mdc, .cursor/rules/zz_generated.go-llm-rules.mdc |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | — |
| agent_instruction_files | .cursor/rules/zz_generated.base-llm-rules.mdc, .cursor/rules/zz_generated.go-llm-rules.mdc |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | 3,012 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 18/18 | One-command bootstrap — Makefile |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 11/11 | Lint / format config — .golangci.yml |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — Go (statically typed) |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile |
| 10/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — 7 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited |
| 8/8 | Automated maintenance — 64 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | go.sum, uv.lock |
| has_dockerfile | yes |
| typed_language | yes |
| bootstrap_files | Makefile |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | yes |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | 0.07 |
| toolchain_manifests | go.mod |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0.64 |
Code legibility for models
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed) |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/49 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | Go |
| largest_source_bytes | 34,886 |
| source_files_sampled | 49 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Key facts
1GitHub stars
4contributors
202commits, last 12 months
19days since last push
98releases
1bus factor
1open issues
Gopackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
- OpenSSF Scorecard did not return a usable result (exit code 0; Skipping github.com/giantswarm/klaus-operator: run: internal error: ListCommits:error during graphqlHandler.setup: internal error: githubv4.Query: Something went wrong while executing your query on 2026-10-22T15:46:31Z. Please include `DC6A:2ADBB:485976:797E6C:6ADA2FD4` when reporting this issue.); skipping Scorecard checks
More detail
Direct dependencies 7
| Registry | Package | Version constraint | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/giantswarm/klaus-oci | v0.0.79 | go.mod |
| Go | github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go | v1.1.1 | go.mod |
| Go | k8s.io/api | v0.37.1 | go.mod |
| Go | k8s.io/apimachinery | v0.37.1 | go.mod |
| Go | k8s.io/client-go | v0.37.1 | go.mod |
| Go | k8s.io/utils | v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 | go.mod |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime | v0.25.2 | go.mod |
All dependencies 95
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 7 direct and 88 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/giantswarm/klaus-oci | v0.0.79 | direct |
| Go | github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go | v1.1.1 | direct |
| Go | k8s.io/api | v0.37.1 | direct |
| Go | k8s.io/apimachinery | v0.37.1 | direct |
| Go | k8s.io/client-go | v0.37.1 | direct |
| Go | k8s.io/utils | v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 | direct |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime | v0.25.2 | direct |
| Go | github.com/beorn7/perks | v1.0.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 | v2.3.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/davecgh/go-spew | v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc | indirect |
| Go | github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 | v3.13.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 | v5.9.11 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify | v1.9.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 | v2.9.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-logr/logr | v1.4.3 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-logr/zapr | v1.3.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer | v1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference | v1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/mangling | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/netutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/pools | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/stringutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils | v0.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/google/gnostic-models | v0.7.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/google/jsonschema-go | v0.4.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/google/uuid | v1.6.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/json-iterator/go | v1.1.12 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/masterminds/semver/v3 | v3.5.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/modern-go/concurrent | v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd | indirect |
| Go | github.com/modern-go/reflect2 | v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee | indirect |
| Go | github.com/munnerz/goautoneg | v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/opencontainers/go-digest | v1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/opencontainers/image-spec | v1.1.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/pmezard/go-difflib | v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/prometheus/client_golang | v1.24.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/prometheus/client_model | v0.6.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/prometheus/common | v0.70.0 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/prometheus/procfs | v0.21.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 | v6.0.2 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/cast | v1.7.1 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/spf13/pflag | v1.0.10 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/x448/float16 | v0.8.4 | indirect |
| Go | github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 | v3.0.2 | indirect |
| Go | go.uber.org/multierr | v1.11.0 | indirect |
| Go | go.uber.org/zap | v1.27.1 | indirect |
| Go | go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 | v2.4.4 | indirect |
| Go | go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 | v3.0.4 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/net | v0.57.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/oauth2 | v0.36.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/sync | v0.23.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/sys | v0.47.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/term | v0.45.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/text | v0.41.0 | indirect |
| Go | golang.org/x/time | v0.15.0 | indirect |
| Go | gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 | v2.4.0 | indirect |
| Go | google.golang.org/protobuf | v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af | indirect |
| Go | gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 | v4.13.0 | indirect |
| Go | gopkg.in/inf.v0 | v0.9.1 | indirect |
| Go | gopkg.in/yaml.v3 | v3.0.1 | indirect |
| Go | k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver | v0.37.0 | indirect |
| Go | k8s.io/klog/v2 | v2.140.0 | indirect |
| Go | k8s.io/kube-openapi | v0.0.0-20260721132016-d427ff9ee9ad | indirect |
| Go | oras.land/oras-go/v2 | v2.6.2 | indirect |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/json | v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 | indirect |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/randfill | v1.0.0 | indirect |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 | v6.4.2 | indirect |
| Go | sigs.k8s.io/yaml | v1.6.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | ats-tests | 0.1.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | certifi | 2026.7.22 | indirect |
| PyPI | charset-normalizer | 3.5.1 | indirect |
| PyPI | colorama | 0.4.6 | indirect |
| PyPI | deprecated | 1.3.1 | indirect |
| PyPI | idna | 3.19 | indirect |
| PyPI | iniconfig | 2.3.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | packaging | 26.3 | indirect |
| PyPI | pluggy | 1.6.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | pygments | 2.21.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | pykube-ng | 23.6.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest | 8.4.2 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest | 9.1.1 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-helm-charts | 1.3.4 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-helm-charts | 1.3.5 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-rerunfailures | 16.3 | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-rerunfailures | 16.6.1 | indirect |
| PyPI | pyyaml | 6.0.3 | indirect |
| PyPI | requests | 2.34.2 | indirect |
| PyPI | urllib3 | 2.7.0 | indirect |
| PyPI | wrapt | 2.4.0 | indirect |
Dependency advisories 4
This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 95 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 4 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.
| Package | Version | Relation | Severity | Advisories | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| certifi | 2026.7.22 | indirect | high | 2 | 2026.10.19 |
| urllib3 | 2.7.0 | indirect | high | 6 | 2.8.0 |
| pytest | 8.4.2 | indirect | moderate | 2 | 9.0.3 |
| golang.org/x/net | v0.57.0 | indirect | unknown | 5 | 1.27.2 |
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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Scores are signals, not warranties. They reflect publicly visible practices on GitHub — not a code audit, and not a security guarantee.
Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.34.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.
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