golang/go holds a health index of 84 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (96/100) and lowest on Security (47/100). It was last updated today. 9 contributors account 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)
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).
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, CI-Tests, Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Signed-Releases, Token-Permissions. Remaining weights renormalized.
Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 11 affected: golang.org/x/crypto 0.0.0-20210503195802-e9a32991a82e (critical 10.0), golang.org/x/net 0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed (high 7.5), golang.org/x/sys 0.0.0-20210511113859-b0526f3d8744 (moderate 5.3), +8 more
0/25
Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
25.5/40
No advisories left outstanding — 3 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 1,671 days ago
Inputs used
source
osv
advisories
101
affected_packages
12
assessed_packages
56
unassessed_packages
0
affected_by_severity
critical 1, high 2, moderate 1, unknown 8
direct_affected_packages
11
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 56 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.
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.
API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20
MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40
Runnable examples — examples
Inputs used
example_dirs
examples
has_mcp_signal
no
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
138,842GitHub stars
100contributors
3,357commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
0releases
9bus factor
9,617open issues
Gopackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
First-time contributor figures cover 12 of 25 authors (cap 12)
More detail
Star and fork history 0 ★ / 19,566 ⇿
0Stars
19,566Forks
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.
Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.
OpenSSF Scorecard 4.9 / 10
4.9aggregate
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 · 2026-09-16 13:29 UTC
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 39 direct and 17 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
Registry
Package
Version
Relation
Go
github.com/google/pprof
0.0.0-20210506205249-923b5ab0fc1a
direct
Go
github.com/google/pprof
0.0.0-20260507013755-92041b743c96
direct
Go
golang.org/x/arch
0.0.0-20210502124803-cbf565b21d1e
direct
Go
golang.org/x/arch
0.29.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/arch
v0.26.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/build
0.0.0-20260715183034-a43f90886f2e
direct
Go
golang.org/x/crypto
0.0.0-20210503195802-e9a32991a82e
direct
Go
golang.org/x/crypto
0.57.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
0.14.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
0.4.3-0.20210608190319-0f08993efd8a
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
0.41.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
v0.19.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
v0.20.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
v0.29.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
v0.33.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/mod
v0.38.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/net
0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed
direct
Go
golang.org/x/net
0.59.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
0.23.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
v0.17.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
v0.19.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
v0.22.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
v0.7.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sync
v0.8.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sys
0.0.0-20210511113859-b0526f3d8744
direct
Go
golang.org/x/sys
0.48.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/telemetry
0.0.0-20260811182544-a038080d80e5
direct
Go
golang.org/x/term
0.0.0-20210503060354-a79de5458b56
direct
Go
golang.org/x/term
0.45.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
0.1.2-0.20210519160823-49064d2332f9
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
0.16.1
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
0.49.1-0.20260902161736-89ed5c340cb6
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.23.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.24.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.27.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.33.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.38.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.42.0
direct
Go
golang.org/x/tools
v0.48.0
direct
Go
dario.cat/mergo
v1.0.2
indirect
Go
github.com/atombender/go-jsonschema
v0.24.1
indirect
Go
github.com/c2sp/wycheproof
v0.0.0-20260625212325-ee7b4f7e6119
indirect
Go
github.com/goccy/go-yaml
v1.19.2
indirect
Go
github.com/google/go-cmp
v0.7.0
indirect
Go
github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle
0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639
indirect
Go
github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle
0.0.0-20250417193237-f615e6bd150b
indirect
Go
github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap
v1.0.1
indirect
Go
github.com/mmcloughlin/avo
0.2.0
indirect
Go
github.com/mmcloughlin/avo
v0.6.0
indirect
Go
github.com/sanity-io/litter
v1.5.8
indirect
Go
github.com/sosodev/duration
v1.4.0
indirect
Go
golang.org/x/text
0.3.7-0.20210503195748-5c7c50ebbd4f
indirect
Go
golang.org/x/text
0.42.0
indirect
Go
golang.org/x/xerrors
0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1
indirect
Go
gopkg.in/yaml.v3
v3.0.1
indirect
Go
rsc.io/markdown
0.0.0-20240306144322-0bf8f97ee8ef
indirect
Dependency advisories 12
This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 56 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 12 carry known advisories, of which 11 are direct.
Package
Version
Relation
Severity
Advisories
Fixed in
golang.org/x/crypto
0.0.0-20210503195802-e9a32991a82e
direct
critical
46
3.4.0
golang.org/x/net
0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed
direct
high
32
12.0.2
golang.org/x/text
0.3.7-0.20210503195748-5c7c50ebbd4f
indirect
high
5
0.39.0
golang.org/x/sys
0.0.0-20210511113859-b0526f3d8744
direct
moderate
3
1.18.2
golang.org/x/crypto
0.57.0
direct
unknown
1
—
golang.org/x/mod
0.14.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
0.4.3-0.20210608190319-0f08993efd8a
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
v0.19.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
v0.20.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
v0.29.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
v0.33.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/mod
v0.38.0
direct
unknown
2
1.27.0-rc.3
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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