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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-20 09:44 UTC

jacobtomlinson / busykube

A busybox style all-in-one binary for Kubernetes. All your favourite Kubernetes tools in a single executable.

GoNo license detected★ 2 stars⑂ 0 forkssince Mar 2025View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolhow this is determined

jacobtomlinson/busykube holds a health index of 39 out of 100, placing it in the Weak band. It scores highest on Vitality (56/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (12/100). It was last updated 19 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

39
overall / 100
Weak

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.

39
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 43 is calibrated to 39 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Jacob TomlinsonPersonal account
632 followers262 public repossince Apr 2012@nvidia

This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/jacobtomlinson/busykubev0.202609.0-20207 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

56Moderate · 21% of overall
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recencylast push 19 days ago
1.4/36Commit cadence2/52 weeks with commits
4.3/18Commit volume2 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
commits_last_year2
human_commit_share0.792
days_since_last_push19
active_weeks_last_year2
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases20 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 19 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~30.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count20
latest_release_tagv0.202609.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release19
mean_days_between_releases30.4

Community & Adoption

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

12Critical · 17% of overall
How it's scored
0/60Stars2 stars
0/25Forks0 forks
0/15Watchers1 watchers
Inputs used
forks0
stars2
watchers1
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
0/22.5Licenseno license file detected
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseno
readme_badges0
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

54Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 100% of commits
1.4/13.5Contributor breadth1 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled1
top_contributor_share1
How it's scored
21/42Issue resolution50% of issues closed
23.3/30PR acceptance7/9 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs7
open_issues2
closed_issues2
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.5
closed_unmerged_prs2
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backingpersonal (user) account
0/20Verified domainnot applicable to user accounts
20.1/25Owner reach632 followers of jacobtomlinson
25/25Track record262 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers632
owner_typeUser
is_verified
owner_loginjacobtomlinson
public_repos262
account_age_days5,282
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable1 package(s) on go
26/35Publish recencylatest publish 207 days ago
20/20Version history20 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/jacobtomlinson/busykube
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish207

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

39Weak · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows4 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
8/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests3 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

50Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics
has_wikiyes
homepage
docs_site
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

50Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionno data
1/2.5CI-Tests3 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-ReviewFound 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
0/2.5Licenselicense file not detected
0/7.5Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
5/5Packagingpackaging workflow detected
1.5/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3
0/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
4.5/5Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities59 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate4.1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
26.6/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories1 affected: helm.sh/helm/v4 4.0.0-20250318122126-85bd131fd851 (moderate)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
37.2/40No advisories left outstanding1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 162 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories95
affected_packages12
assessed_packages129
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitycritical 2, high 4, moderate 3, unknown 3
direct_affected_packages1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 129 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.

39Weak · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
0/40Legible commit historyno data
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrapgo.mod (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checkingGo (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environmentlockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practiceno agent-authored commits among the last 24
8/8Automated maintenance5 of the last 24 commits are automated dependency updates
3/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsno
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0.208
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeGo (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes0/7 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes1,599
source_files_sampled7
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

2GitHub stars
1contributors
2commits, last 12 months
19days since last push
20releases
1bus factor
2open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.1 / 10
4.1aggregate

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 · 2026-09-20 09:44 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
4CI-Tests3 out of 7 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 4
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
0Licenselicense file not detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
3Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
9Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities59 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 4
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav1.9.1go.mod
Gohelm.sh/helm/v4v4.0.0-20250318122126-85bd131fd851go.mod
Gok8s.io/kubectlv0.32.3go.mod
Gosigs.k8s.io/kindv0.27.0go.mod
All dependencies 129

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 4 direct and 125 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobra1.9.1direct
Gohelm.sh/helm/v44.0.0-20250318122126-85bd131fd851direct
Gok8s.io/kubectl0.32.3direct
Gosigs.k8s.io/kind0.27.0direct
Goal.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape1.5.1indirect
Godario.cat/mergo1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/asaskevich/govalidator0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2indirect
Gogithub.com/azure/go-ansiterm0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171cindirect
Gogithub.com/blang/semver/v44.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/burntsushi/toml1.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/chai2010/gettext-go1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd1.7.27indirect
Gogithub.com/containerd/errdefs0.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/containerd/log0.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/containerd/platforms0.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v22.0.6indirect
Gogithub.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin0.4.1indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spew1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33ccindirect
Gogithub.com/distribution/reference0.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/emicklei/go-restful/v33.11.0indirect
Gogithub.com/evanphx/json-patch5.9.11+incompatibleindirect
Gogithub.com/evanphx/json-patch/v55.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/exponent-io/jsonpath0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3findirect
Gogithub.com/fatih/camelcase1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/fatih/color1.13.0indirect
Gogithub.com/fxamacker/cbor/v22.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-errors/errors1.4.2indirect
Gogithub.com/go-gorp/gorp/v33.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-logr/logr1.4.2indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer0.21.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/jsonreference0.20.2indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/swag0.23.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gobwas/glob0.2.3indirect
Gogithub.com/gofrs/flock0.12.1indirect
Gogithub.com/gogo/protobuf1.3.2indirect
Gogithub.com/golang/protobuf1.5.4indirect
Gogithub.com/google/btree1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/google/gnostic-models0.6.8indirect
Gogithub.com/google/go-cmp0.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/google/gofuzz1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/google/safetext0.0.0-20220905092116-b49f7bc46da2indirect
Gogithub.com/google/shlex0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510indirect
Gogithub.com/google/uuid1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gorilla/websocket1.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gosuri/uitable0.0.4indirect
Gogithub.com/gregjones/httpcache0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79indirect
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/errwrap1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-multierror1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/huandu/xstrings1.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/jmoiron/sqlx1.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/jonboulle/clockwork0.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/josharian/intern1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/json-iterator/go1.1.12indirect
Gogithub.com/klauspost/compress1.17.11indirect
Gogithub.com/lann/builder0.0.0-20180802200727-47ae307949d0indirect
Gogithub.com/lann/ps0.0.0-20150810152359-62de8c46ede0indirect
Gogithub.com/lib/pq1.10.9indirect
Gogithub.com/liggitt/tabwriter0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43deindirect
Gogithub.com/lithammer/dedent1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mailru/easyjson0.7.7indirect
Gogithub.com/makenowjust/heredoc1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/goutils1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/semver/v33.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/sprig/v33.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/squirrel1.5.4indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/vcs1.13.3indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-colorable0.1.13indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isatty0.0.20indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-runewidth0.0.9indirect
Gogithub.com/mitchellh/copystructure1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/moby/spdystream0.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/moby/term0.5.2indirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/concurrent0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1ddindirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/reflect21.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00indirect
Gogithub.com/munnerz/goautoneg0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822indirect
Gogithub.com/mxk/go-flowrate0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478findirect
Gogithub.com/opencontainers/go-digest1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/opencontainers/image-spec1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/pelletier/go-toml1.9.5indirect
Gogithub.com/peterbourgon/diskv2.0.1+incompatibleindirect
Gogithub.com/pkg/errors0.9.1indirect
Gogithub.com/rubenv/sql-migrate1.7.1indirect
Gogithub.com/russross/blackfriday/v22.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/shopspring/decimal1.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrus1.9.3indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/cast1.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflag1.0.6indirect
Gogithub.com/x448/float160.8.4indirect
Gogithub.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfbindirect
Gogithub.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415indirect
Gogithub.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/xlab/treeprint1.2.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/crypto0.36.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/net0.37.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/oauth20.23.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sync0.12.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.31.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/term0.30.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/text0.23.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/time0.7.0indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc0.0.0-20241104194629-dd2ea8efbc28indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/grpc1.68.0indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/protobuf1.35.2indirect
Gogopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v44.12.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/inf.v00.9.1indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v33.0.1indirect
Gok8s.io/api0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/apimachinery0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/apiserver0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/cli-runtime0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/client-go0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/component-base0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/component-helpers0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/klog/v22.130.1indirect
Gok8s.io/kube-openapi0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3findirect
Gok8s.io/metrics0.32.3indirect
Gok8s.io/utils0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738indirect
Gooras.land/oras-go/v22.5.0indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/json0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api0.18.0indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v55.5.0indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml0.18.1indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v44.4.2indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/yaml1.4.0indirect
Dependency advisories 12

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 129 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 12 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/crypto0.36.0indirectcritical350.56.0
google.golang.org/grpc1.68.0indirectcritical101.85.0-dev.0.20260825072537-93e31b48545e
github.com/containerd/containerd1.7.27indirecthigh152.3.5
github.com/moby/spdystream0.5.0indirecthigh20.5.1
golang.org/x/oauth20.23.0indirecthigh20.27.0
oras.land/oras-go/v22.5.0indirecthigh122.6.2
helm.sh/helm/v44.0.0-20250318122126-85bd131fd851directmoderate14.1.4
github.com/gorilla/websocket1.5.0indirectmoderate21.5.3
golang.org/x/net0.37.0indirectmoderate131.27.0-rc.3
github.com/klauspost/compress1.17.11indirectunknown11.18.7
golang.org/x/sys0.31.0indirectunknown10.44.0
golang.org/x/text0.23.0indirectunknown10.39.0

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