grantjenks / python-diskcache
Python disk-backed cache (Django-compatible). Faster than Redis and Memcached. Pure-Python.
grantjenks/python-diskcache holds a health index of 26 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (88/100) and lowest on Security (1/100). It was last updated 763 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
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.
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 46 is calibrated to 44 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
Development activity
Work has arrived and nobody has attended to it
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
| 0/36 | Push recency — last push 763 days ago |
| 0/36 | Commit cadence — 0/52 weeks with commits |
| 0/18 | Commit volume — 0 commits in the last year |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 0 |
| human_commit_share | 1 |
| days_since_last_push | 763 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 0 |
Release discipline
How it's scored
| 16.2/27 | Ships releases — 88 version tags (no GitHub releases) |
| 0/36 | Release recency — latest release 1,108 days ago |
| 19.8/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~105.6 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 88 |
| latest_release_tag | v5.6.3 |
| releases_from_tags | yes |
| days_since_latest_release | 1,108 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 105.6 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
Popularity & adoption
How it's scored
| 56.2/60 | Stars — 2,906 stars |
| 18.9/25 | Forks — 184 forks |
| 7.1/15 | Watchers — 20 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 184 |
| stars | 2,906 |
| watchers | 20 |
| growth_state | organic |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
Community health
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 16.9/22.5 | License — license file present, not a recognized license |
| 0/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 0/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | 2 |
| has_contributing | no |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| readme_badge_services | github.com |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 0.9/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 96% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 23 contributors |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 23 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.959 |
How it's scored
| 34.4/42 | Issue resolution — 82% of issues closed |
| 17.9/30 | PR acceptance — 37/62 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 | 37 |
| open_issues | 51 |
| closed_issues | 229 |
| prs_merged_7d | 0 |
| prs_decided_7d | 0 |
| prs_merged_30d | 0 |
| prs_decided_30d | 0 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.818 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 25 |
| first_time_authors_30d | 0 |
| first_time_prs_merged_30d | 0 |
| first_time_prs_decided_30d | 0 |
Ownership & stewardship
How it's scored
| 10/30 | Ownership backing — personal (user) account |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts |
| 20.1/25 | Owner reach — 621 followers of grantjenks |
| 25/25 | Track record — 86 public repos, account ~17 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 621 |
| owner_type | User |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | grantjenks |
| public_repos | 86 |
| account_age_days | 6,230 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
Engineering practices
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 2 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 16/16 | Linter config — .pylintrc, tox.ini |
| 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 | yes |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 25/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/diskcache/ |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 5 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | python, cache, persistence, key-value-store, filesystem |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/diskcache/ |
| docs_site | http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/diskcache/ |
| 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?
Security posture
How it's scored
| 0/30 | Security policy (SECURITY.md) |
| 0/25 | Dependabot config |
| 0/25 | Dependency lockfiles |
| 0/20 | CodeQL workflow |
Inputs used
| source | file_signals |
| lockfiles | — |
| manifests | requirements-dev.txt, requirements.txt, setup.py |
| has_codeql_workflow | no |
| has_security_policy | no |
| has_dependabot_config | no |
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.
Agent context & guidance
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 3.2/40 | Legible commit history — 6 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body) |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | 0.06 |
| agent_instruction_files | — |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | — |
How it's scored
| 18/18 | One-command bootstrap — docs/Makefile |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 11/11 | Lint / format config — .pylintrc, tox.ini |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — mypy.ini |
| 0/10 | Reproducible environment |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100 |
| 0/8 | Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | — |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | docs/Makefile |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | yes |
| typecheck_configs | mypy.ini |
| agent_commit_share | 0 |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0 |
Code legibility for models
How it's scored
| 27/45 | Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (mypy.ini) |
| 53.5/55 | Manageable file sizes — 1/36 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | Python |
| largest_source_bytes | 81,956 |
| source_files_sampled | 36 |
| oversized_source_files | 1 |
Key facts
Data collection warnings
- Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
- Star history carried forward from 2026-07-20: GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository admins, so it can no longer be collected. The repository has 2906 stars today.
- No resolved dependencies carried a version and a supported ecosystem
- OpenSSF Scorecard timed out after 240s; skipping Scorecard checks
More detail
Star and fork history 2,898 ★ / 184 ⇿
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.
Star history is shown as collected on 2026-07-20. GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository administrators in July 2026, so this series can no longer be extended; the current star total above remains live.
Each point covers 10 days.
All dependencies 22
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 22 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | blue | — | indirect |
| PyPI | coverage | — | indirect |
| PyPI | django | 4.2.* | indirect |
| PyPI | django-redis | — | indirect |
| PyPI | doc8 | — | indirect |
| PyPI | flake8 | — | indirect |
| PyPI | ipython | — | indirect |
| PyPI | jedi | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pickledb | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pylibmc | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pylint | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-cov | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-django | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-env | — | indirect |
| PyPI | pytest-xdist | — | indirect |
| PyPI | rstcheck | — | indirect |
| PyPI | sphinx | — | indirect |
| PyPI | sqlitedict | — | indirect |
| PyPI | tox | — | indirect |
| PyPI | twine | — | indirect |
| PyPI | wheel | — | indirect |
Dependency advisories not assessed
Advisory matching could not run for this report: No resolved dependencies carried a version and a supported ecosystem
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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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