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Software health reportschema 0.11.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-17 02:24 UTC

lestrrat / jwx

Complete implementation of JWx (Javascript Object Signing and Encryption/JOSE) technologies for Go. #golang #jwt #jws #jwk #jwe

GoMIT★ 2,404 stars⑂ 193 forkssince Nov 2015View on GitHub ↗
#jwt#jwe#jws#jwk#go#golang#oidc

lestrrat/jwx holds a health index of 92 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (94/100) and lowest on Sustainability & Governance (65/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

92
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.

92
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 78 is calibrated to 92 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

lestrrat-goOrganization
67 followers129 public repossince Feb 2018

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v4points to another repo — not scoredv4.1.0-3115 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

94Exceptional · 21% of overall

Development activity

90Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
26.3/36Commit cadence — 38/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 624 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 7 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year624
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year38

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 15 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~36.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv4.1.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release15
mean_days_between_releases36.7
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Community & Adoption

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

76Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

81Excellent
How it's scored
54.8/60Stars — 2,404 stars
19/25Forks — 193 forks
7.5/15Watchers — 23 watchers
Inputs used
forks193
stars2,404
watchers23
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

70Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingyes
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?

65Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

36Weak
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
3.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 85% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 60 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 5 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled60
top_contributor_share0.846

Issue & PR responsiveness

79Good
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
26.9/30PR acceptance — 1,649/1,842 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs1,649
open_issues0
closed_issues320
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs193
first_time_authors_30d—
first_time_prs_merged_30d—
first_time_prs_decided_30d—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

85Excellent
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
13.2/25Owner reach — 67 followers of lestrrat-go
25/25Track record — 129 public repos, account ~8 yr old
Inputs used
followers67
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginlestrrat-go
public_repos129
account_age_days3,068
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

84Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

84Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 12 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 29 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

85Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 7 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsjwt, jwe, jws, jwk, go, golang, oidc
has_wikiyes
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?

66Good · 16% of overall

Security posture

66Good
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 29 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 5 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
5/5Fuzzing — project is fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 7 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
4.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
6.8/7.5Vulnerabilities — 1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated15
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive3
scorecard_aggregate6.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

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.

89Excellent · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

75Good
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
0/40Legible commit history — no data
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share—
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes10,191
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

96Exceptional
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
5/8Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits
9/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share—
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

99Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 4/295 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes107,491
source_files_sampled295
oversized_source_files4

Key facts

2,404GitHub stars
60contributors
624commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
0open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • go package 'github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v4' points at a different repository (https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx); excluded from ecosystem scoring

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.6 / 10
6.6aggregate

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 · 2026-07-17 02:24 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
10CI-Tests29 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 5 contributing companies or organizations
0Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
10Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 7 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
9Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
9Vulnerabilities1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 5
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/dsigv1.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/option/v3v3.0.0-alpha1go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/valyala/fastjsonv1.6.10go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0go.mod
All dependencies 67

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 11 direct and 56 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/dsigv1.2.1direct
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/dsigv1.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/option/v3v3.0.0-alpha1direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testify1.8.2direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1direct
Gogithub.com/valyala/fastjsonv1.6.10direct
Gogolang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20201217014255-9d1352758620direct
Gogolang.org/x/crypto0.45.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.50.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.52.0direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0direct
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Gogithub.com/cloudflare/circlv1.6.3indirect
Gogithub.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2v2.0.3indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spewv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4v4.4.1indirect
Gogithub.com/emmansun/gmsmv0.41.1indirect
Gogithub.com/fatih/colorv1.16.0indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-json0.7.10indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-jsonv0.10.3indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-jsonv0.10.6indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-yaml1.17.1indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-yaml1.9.4indirect
Gogithub.com/goccy/go-yamlv1.11.2indirect
Gogithub.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5v5.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/blackmagicv1.0.4indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/codegen1.0.3indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/codegen1.0.3-0.20211020122631-7d66c5ac40a2indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/codegen1.0.3-0.20211020221528-a8643894b931indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/codegenv1.0.4indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/dsig-circl-ed448v1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/dsig-secp256k1v1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/httpccv1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/httprc/v3v3.0.5indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/jwx0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/jwx1.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/jwx-circl-ed448v0.0.0-20260403052429-ce28e4bb9ad6indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/optionv1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/option/v2v2.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/lestrrat-go/xstringsv0.0.0-20220901080742-cacb16b8ddb7indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-colorablev0.1.13indirect
Gogithub.com/mattn/go-isattyv0.0.20indirect
Gogithub.com/pkg/errors0.9.1indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflibv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/russross/blackfriday/v2v2.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/segmentio/asmv1.2.1indirect
Gogithub.com/urfave/cli/v22.3.0indirect
Gogithub.com/urfave/cli/v2v2.26.0indirect
Gogithub.com/xrash/smetricsv0.0.0-20231213231151-1d8dd44e695eindirect
Gogolang.org/x/mod0.14.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/mod0.3.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/modv0.33.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/modv0.35.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/syncv0.20.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.14.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.38.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.43.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.45.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.47.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/termv0.45.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/tools0.0.0-20200918232735-d647fc253266indirect
Gogolang.org/x/tools0.16.1indirect
Gogolang.org/x/toolsv0.42.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/toolsv0.44.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/xerrors0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2indirect
Gogolang.org/x/xerrorsv0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
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