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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-08 22:07 UTC

handshake-org / hsd

Handshake Daemon & Full Node

JavaScriptCustom license★ 2,072 stars⑂ 306 forkssince Mar 2018View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryCommand-line toolhow this is determined

handshake-org/hsd holds a health index of 32 out of 100, placing it in the At Risk band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (69/100) and lowest on Vitality (25/100). It was last updated 382 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

32
overall / 100
At Risk

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.

32
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 52 is calibrated to 53 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

HandshakeOrganization
427 followers24 public repossince Jun 2017

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
npmhsd8.0.087824434 days agoblockchaincryptocurrencyhandshakehnswallet

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

25At Risk · 21% of overall
How it's scored
0/36Push recency — last push 382 days ago
0/36Commit cadence — 0/52 weeks with commits
0/18Commit volume — 0 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
commits_last_year0
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push382
active_weeks_last_year0
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 22 releases published
7.2/36Release recency — latest release 434 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~79.3 days
8/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
Inputs used
releases_count22
latest_release_tagv8.0.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release434
mean_days_between_releases79.3

Community & Adoption

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

69Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
53.8/60Stars — 2,072 stars
20.7/25Forks — 306 forks
10.5/15Watchers — 79 watchers
Inputs used
forks306
stars2,072
watchers79
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
39.3/80Monthly downloads — 878 downloads/month across npm
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packageshsd
dependents—
ecosystemsnpm
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads878
unverified_packages_excluded—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

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

58Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
4.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 78% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 56 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 31 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled56
top_contributor_share0.781
How it's scored
30.2/42Issue resolution — 72% of issues closed
20.7/30PR acceptance — 407/590 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 0/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
3/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 3/12 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
merged_prs407
open_issues97
closed_issues250
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d1
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d1
issue_closed_ratio0.72
closed_unmerged_prs183
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d1
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
18.9/25Owner reach — 427 followers of handshake-org
22.2/25Track record — 24 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers427
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginhandshake-org
public_repos24
account_age_days3,363
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on npm
14/35Publish recency — latest publish 434 days ago
20/20Version history — 24 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packageshsd
ecosystemsnpm
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish434

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

61Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 3 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
4/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 2 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics—
has_wikino
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

52Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
0.5/2.5CI-Tests — 2 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
1.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 3/12 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 31 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
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
0/7.5Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
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
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
6/7.5Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
6.8/7.5Vulnerabilities — 1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate4.8
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
9.5/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: bsock 0.1.11 (critical 9.1)
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
32.6/40No advisories left outstanding — 1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 992 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories1
affected_packages1
assessed_packages33
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitycritical 1
direct_affected_packages1
Matched the npm:hsd@8.0.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 33 packages. 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.

39Weak · 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 — 87 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.87
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
0/11Static type checking
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
lockfilespackage-lock.json
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config
52.8/55Manageable file sizes — 12/302 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes141,122
source_files_sampled302
oversized_source_files12

Key facts

2,072GitHub stars
56contributors
0commits, last 12 months
382days since last push
22releases
1bus factor
97open issues
npmpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 306 ⇿
0Stars
306Forks
22Releases

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.

050100150200250300299112018-082022-082026-09
Major 6Minor 5Patch 6

Each point covers 8 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.8 / 10
4.8aggregate

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 · 2026-09-08 22:07 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
n/aBranch-Protectioninternal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md
2CI-Tests2 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
2Code-ReviewFound 3/12 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2
10Contributorsproject has 31 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
8Signed-Releases5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
9Vulnerabilities1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 27
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npmbfilter~2.4.0package.json
npmbcfg~0.2.2package.json
npmbcrypto~5.5.2package.json
npmbcurl~0.2.1package.json
npmbdb~1.6.2package.json
npmbdns~0.1.5package.json
npmbevent~0.1.6package.json
npmbfile~0.2.3package.json
npmbheep~0.1.6package.json
npmbinet~0.3.9package.json
npmblgr~0.2.1package.json
npmblru~0.1.8package.json
npmblst~0.1.6package.json
npmbmutex~0.1.8package.json
npmbns~0.16.0package.json
npmbsert~0.0.13package.json
npmbsock~0.1.11package.json
npmbsocks~0.2.6package.json
npmbtcp~0.1.5package.json
npmbuffer-map~0.0.8package.json
npmbufio~1.2.3package.json
npmbupnp~0.2.6package.json
npmbval~0.1.8package.json
npmbweb~0.3.0package.json
npmgoosig~0.11.0package.json
npmn64~0.2.10package.json
npmurkel~1.0.3package.json
All dependencies 35

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 28 direct and 7 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npmbcfg0.2.2direct
npmbcrypto5.5.2direct
npmbcurl0.2.1direct
npmbdb1.6.2direct
npmbdns0.1.5direct
npmbevent0.1.6direct
npmbfile0.2.3direct
npmbfilter2.4.0direct
npmbheep0.1.6direct
npmbinet0.3.9direct
npmblgr0.2.1direct
npmblru0.1.8direct
npmblst0.1.6direct
npmbmutex0.1.8direct
npmbns0.16.0direct
npmbsert0.0.13direct
npmbsock0.1.11direct
npmbsocks0.2.6direct
npmbtcp0.1.5direct
npmbuffer-map0.0.8direct
npmbufio1.0.7direct
npmbufio1.2.3direct
npmbupnp0.2.6direct
npmbval0.1.8direct
npmbweb0.3.0direct
npmgoosig0.11.0direct
npmn640.2.10direct
npmurkel1.0.3direct
npmbmocha2.2.1indirect
npmbrq0.1.10indirect
npmbs320.1.7indirect
npmbslintrc0.0.3indirect
npmbudp0.1.6indirect
npmloady0.0.5indirect
npmunbound0.4.3indirect
Dependency advisories 1

Installing npm:hsd@8.0.0 pulls in 33 packages, direct and transitive: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct dependencies.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
bsock0.1.11directcritical1—

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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