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Software health reportschema 0.31.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-05 01:42 UTC

lightpanda-io / browser

Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation

Zig · HTMLAGPL-3.0★ 33,441 stars⑂ 1,532 forkssince Feb 2023View on GitHub ↗

lightpanda-io/browser holds a health index of 90 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (95/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (65/100). It was last updated today. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

90
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.

90
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 76 is calibrated to 90 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

LightpandaOrganization
369 followers32 public repossince Sep 2023

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

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

95Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
35.3/36Commit cadence51/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume6,051 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained30 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year6,051
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year51
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases19 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 10 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~13.5 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count19
latest_release_tag0.3.6
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release10
mean_days_between_releases13.5

Community & Adoption

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

84Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars33,441 stars
25/25Forks1,532 forks
10.7/15Watchers85 watchers
Inputs used
forks1,532
stars33,441
watchers85
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (AGPL-3.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges4
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

69Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.4/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 41% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth58 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 14 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled58
top_contributor_share0.406
How it's scored
36/42Issue resolution86% of issues closed
27.5/30PR acceptance2,405/2,628 decided PRs merged
0.6/13Newcomer PR acceptance1/21 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
1.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 1/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
merged_prs2,405
open_issues70
closed_issues422
prs_merged_7d38
prs_decided_7d59
prs_merged_30d39
prs_decided_30d60
issue_closed_ratio0.858
closed_unmerged_prs223
first_time_authors_30d2
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d21
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domainverified-domain status not read for this organization
18.5/25Owner reach369 followers of lightpanda-io
16.8/25Track record32 public repos, account ~2 yr old
Inputs used
followers369
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_loginlightpanda-io
public_repos32
account_age_days1,044
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

67Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows9 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests9 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage sitehttps://lightpanda.io
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics8 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsbrowser, cdp, headless, playwright, puppeteer, zig, browser-automation, lightpanda
has_wikino
homepagehttps://lightpanda.io
docs_sitehttps://lightpanda.io
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

66Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionno data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests9 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0.8/7.5Code-ReviewFound 1/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 14 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained30 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packagingno data
3.5/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 7
5/5SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
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
6.8/7.5Vulnerabilities1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate5.7
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisoriesno direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstandingno advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories1
affected_packages1
assessed_packages78
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 1
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 78 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.

65Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructionsAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
34.7/40Legible commit history65 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.65
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes1,174
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrapMakefile
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile, Nix, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practiceno agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
7/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 7
Inputs used
has_nixyes
has_testsyes
lockfilesCargo.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestssrc/html5ever/Cargo.toml
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable codeZig without a type-check config
55/55Manageable file sizes0/81 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageZig
largest_source_bytes28,947
source_files_sampled81
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

33,441GitHub stars
58contributors
6,051commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
19releases
2bus factor
70open issues
package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • Could not fetch crates package 'litefetch-html5ever' from its registry

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 1,532 ⇿
0Stars
1,532Forks
11Releases

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.

4008001,2001,6001,532732026-032026-052026-08
Major 0Minor 1Patch 10
OpenSSF Scorecard 5.7 / 10
5.7aggregate

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 · 2026-08-05 01:42 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-Tests9 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
1Code-ReviewFound 1/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
10Contributorsproject has 14 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 8 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
7Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 7
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
9Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
9Vulnerabilities1 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 9
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
crates.iohtml5ever0.39.0src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.iostring_cache0.9.0src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.iotyped-arena2.0.2src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.iotikv-jemallocator0.6.1src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.iotikv-jemalloc-ctl0.6.1src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.ioxml5ever0.39.0src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.ioencoding_rs0.8src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.ioidna1.1.0src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
crates.iourl2.5.8src/html5ever/Cargo.toml
All dependencies 78

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 9 direct and 69 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
crates.ioencoding_rs0.8.35direct
crates.iohtml5ever0.39.0direct
crates.ioidna1.1.0direct
crates.iostring_cache0.9.0direct
crates.iotikv-jemalloc-ctl0.6.1direct
crates.iotikv-jemallocator0.6.1direct
crates.iotyped-arena2.0.2direct
crates.iourl2.5.8direct
crates.ioxml5ever0.39.0direct
crates.ioautocfg1.4.0indirect
crates.iobitflags2.9.1indirect
crates.iocc1.2.39indirect
crates.iocfg-if1.0.0indirect
crates.iodisplaydoc0.2.6indirect
crates.iofastrand2.4.1indirect
crates.iofind-msvc-tools0.1.2indirect
crates.ioform_urlencoded1.2.2indirect
crates.ioicu_collections2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_locale_core2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_normalizer2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_normalizer_data2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_properties2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_properties_data2.2.0indirect
crates.ioicu_provider2.2.0indirect
crates.ioidna_adapter1.2.2indirect
crates.iolibc0.2.172indirect
crates.iolitemap0.8.2indirect
crates.iolock_api0.4.13indirect
crates.iolog0.4.27indirect
crates.iomarkup5ever0.39.0indirect
crates.ionew_debug_unreachable1.0.6indirect
crates.ioparking_lot0.12.4indirect
crates.ioparking_lot_core0.9.11indirect
crates.iopaste1.0.15indirect
crates.iopercent-encoding2.3.2indirect
crates.iophf0.13.1indirect
crates.iophf_codegen0.13.1indirect
crates.iophf_generator0.13.1indirect
crates.iophf_shared0.13.1indirect
crates.iopotential_utf0.1.5indirect
crates.ioprecomputed-hash0.1.1indirect
crates.ioproc-macro21.0.95indirect
crates.ioquote1.0.45indirect
crates.ioredox_syscall0.5.12indirect
crates.ioscopeguard1.2.0indirect
crates.ioserde1.0.219indirect
crates.ioserde_derive1.0.219indirect
crates.ioshlex1.3.0indirect
crates.iosiphasher1.0.1indirect
crates.iosmallvec1.15.1indirect
crates.iostable_deref_trait1.2.1indirect
crates.iostring_cache_codegen0.6.1indirect
crates.iosyn2.0.101indirect
crates.iosynstructure0.13.2indirect
crates.iotendril0.5.0indirect
crates.iotikv-jemalloc-sys0.6.1+5.3.0-1-ge13ca993e8ccb9ba9847cc330696e02839f328f7indirect
crates.iotinystr0.8.3indirect
crates.iounicode-ident1.0.18indirect
crates.ioutf-80.7.6indirect
crates.ioutf8_iter1.0.4indirect
crates.ioweb_atoms0.2.3indirect
crates.iowindows-targets0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_aarch64_gnullvm0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_aarch64_msvc0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_i686_gnu0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_i686_gnullvm0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_i686_msvc0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_x86_64_gnu0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_x86_64_gnullvm0.52.6indirect
crates.iowindows_x86_64_msvc0.52.6indirect
crates.iowriteable0.6.3indirect
crates.ioyoke0.8.2indirect
crates.ioyoke-derive0.8.2indirect
crates.iozerofrom0.1.8indirect
crates.iozerofrom-derive0.1.7indirect
crates.iozerotrie0.2.4indirect
crates.iozerovec0.11.6indirect
crates.iozerovec-derive0.11.3indirect
Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 78 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
paste1.0.15indirectunknown1

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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