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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-06 01:40 UTC

nirs / kubectl-gather

Gathering data about your cluster

GoApache-2.0★ 10 stars⑂ 9 forkssince Apr 2024View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

nirs/kubectl-gather holds a health index of 80 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (80/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (45/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

80
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.

80
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 68 is calibrated to 80 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Nir SofferPersonal account
168 followers209 public repossince Sep 2010IBM

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/nirs/kubectl-gatherv0.14.0-3838 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

80Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
10.4/36Commit cadence15/52 weeks with commits
17.4/18Commit volume85 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained10 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year85
human_commit_share0.99
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year15
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases36 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 20 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~15.5 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count36
latest_release_tagv0.15.0-pre1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release20
mean_days_between_releases15.5

Community & Adoption

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

45Weak · 17% of overall
How it's scored
15.5/60Stars10 stars
7.5/25Forks9 forks
0/15Watchers2 watchers
Inputs used
forks9
stars10
watchers2
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (Apache-2.0)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges5
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, goreportcard.com, pkg.go.dev, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

63Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
2.5/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 89% of commits
9.5/13.5Contributor breadth7 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled7
top_contributor_share0.888
How it's scored
23.8/42Issue resolution57% of issues closed
28.7/30PR acceptance114/119 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
7.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 8/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
merged_prs114
open_issues26
closed_issues34
prs_merged_7d1
prs_decided_7d1
prs_merged_30d3
prs_decided_30d3
issue_closed_ratio0.567
closed_unmerged_prs5
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
16/25Owner reach168 followers of nirs
25/25Track record209 public repos, account ~15 yr old
Inputs used
followers168
owner_typeUser
is_verified
owner_loginnirs
public_repos209
account_age_days5,839
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 38 days ago
20/20Version history38 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/nirs/kubectl-gather
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish38

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

80Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows3 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config.golangci.yaml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests16 out of 16 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
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics6 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsdebugging, developer-tools, gathering, kubectl-plugins, kubernetes, openshift
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?

70Good · 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-Tests16 out of 16 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
3.8/7.5Code-ReviewFound 8/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
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
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained10 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packagingno data
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
4/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
0/5Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
7.5/7.5Token-PermissionsGitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
4.5/7.5Vulnerabilities4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate6.5
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
26.6/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories1 affected: golang.org/x/crypto v0.54.0 (unknown)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
40/40No advisories left outstandingno advisory has been public longer than 90 days
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories4
affected_packages1
assessed_packages50
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 1
direct_affected_packages1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 50 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.

69Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history95 of 99 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.96
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrapMakefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config.golangci.yaml
11/11Static type checkingGo (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environmentlockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practiceno agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance1 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0.01
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeGo (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes0/33 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes15,271
source_files_sampled33
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

10GitHub stars
7contributors
85commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
36releases
1bus factor
26open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 9 ⇿
0Stars
9Forks
35Releases

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.

0246810932024-062025-072026-08
Major 0Minor 11Patch 4

Each point covers 3 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.5 / 10
6.5aggregate

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 · 2026-09-06 01:40 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-Tests16 out of 16 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
5Code-ReviewFound 8/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
10Contributorsproject has 7 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained10 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
8SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
10Token-PermissionsGitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
6Vulnerabilities4 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 9
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/aymanbagabas/go-udiffv0.4.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav1.10.2go.mod
Gogo.uber.org/zapv1.27.1go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0go.mod
Gok8s.io/apiv0.33.10go.mod
Gok8s.io/apimachineryv0.33.10go.mod
Gok8s.io/cli-runtimev0.33.10go.mod
Gok8s.io/client-gov0.33.10go.mod
Gosigs.k8s.io/yamlv1.4.0go.mod
All dependencies 50

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 9 direct and 41 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/aymanbagabas/go-udiffv0.4.1direct
Gogithub.com/spf13/cobrav1.10.2direct
Gogo.uber.org/zapv1.27.1direct
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0direct
Gok8s.io/apiv0.33.10direct
Gok8s.io/apimachineryv0.33.10direct
Gok8s.io/cli-runtimev0.33.10direct
Gok8s.io/client-gov0.33.10direct
Gosigs.k8s.io/yamlv1.4.0direct
Gogithub.com/azure/go-ansitermv0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spewv1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33ccindirect
Gogithub.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3v3.12.1indirect
Gogithub.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2v2.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-logr/logrv1.4.2indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/jsonpointerv0.21.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/jsonreferencev0.21.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-openapi/swagv0.23.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gogo/protobufv1.3.2indirect
Gogithub.com/google/gnostic-modelsv0.6.9indirect
Gogithub.com/google/go-cmpv0.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0indirect
Gogithub.com/inconshreveable/mousetrapv1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/josharian/internv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/json-iterator/gov1.1.12indirect
Gogithub.com/liggitt/tabwriterv0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43deindirect
Gogithub.com/mailru/easyjsonv0.7.7indirect
Gogithub.com/moby/termv0.5.0indirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/concurrentv0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1ddindirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/reflect2v1.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/munnerz/goautonegv0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822indirect
Gogithub.com/pkg/errorsv0.9.1indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflagv1.0.9indirect
Gogithub.com/x448/float16v0.8.4indirect
Gogo.uber.org/multierrv1.11.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/netv0.56.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/oauth2v0.27.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.47.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/termv0.45.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/textv0.40.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/timev0.9.0indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/protobufv1.36.5indirect
Gogopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4v4.12.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/inf.v0v0.9.1indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
Gok8s.io/klog/v2v2.130.1indirect
Gok8s.io/kube-openapiv0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ffindirect
Gok8s.io/utilsv0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/jsonv0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/randfillv1.0.0indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4v4.6.0indirect
Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 50 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptov0.54.0directunknown40.56.0

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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