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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-12 15:19 UTC

nodejs / citgm

Canary in the Gold Mine

JavaScriptCustom license★ 606 stars⑂ 158 forkssince Jul 2015View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined

nodejs/citgm holds a health index of 88 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (87/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (42/100). It was last updated 4 days ago. 3 contributors account for most of its recent work.

88
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.

88
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 74 is calibrated to 88 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Node.jsOrganization · verified domain
16,473 followers231 public repossince Nov 2014

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
npmcitgm10.0.22,04822859 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

69Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 4 days ago
4.2/36Commit cadence — 6/52 weeks with commits
10.8/18Commit volume — 15 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 13 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year15
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push4
active_weeks_last_year6
How it's scored
16.2/27Ships releases — 100 version tags (no GitHub releases)
36/36Release recency — latest release 59 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~99.6 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv10.0.2
releases_from_tagsyes
days_since_latest_release59
mean_days_between_releases99.6
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?

75Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
45.1/60Stars — 606 stars
18.3/25Forks — 158 forks
8.4/15Watchers — 34 watchers
Inputs used
forks158
stars606
watchers34
growth_stateorganic
growth_factor_pct100

Community health

94Exceptional
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges1
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
44.2/80Monthly downloads — 2,048 downloads/month across npm
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagescitgm
dependents—
ecosystemsnpm
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads2,048
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?

87Excellent · 23% of overall
How it's scored
36/54Bus factor — 3 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
15.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 29% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 68 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 92 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor3
contributors_sampled68
top_contributor_share0.294
How it's scored
35.4/42Issue resolution — 84% of issues closed
21.7/30PR acceptance — 540/746 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
12/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 19/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
merged_prs540
open_issues55
closed_issues294
prs_merged_7d2
prs_decided_7d4
prs_merged_30d6
prs_decided_30d9
issue_closed_ratio0.842
closed_unmerged_prs206
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
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 16,473 followers of nodejs
25/25Track record — 231 public repos, account ~11 yr old
Inputs used
followers16,473
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginnodejs
public_repos231
account_age_days4,308

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on npm
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 59 days ago
20/20Version history — 228 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagescitgm
ecosystemsnpm
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish59

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

74Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 3 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — eslint.config.js, package.json ("prettier")
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 16 out of 19 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://www.npmjs.com/package/citgm
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 6 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsnodejs, test, npm-module, mit, javascript, node
has_wikino
homepagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/citgm
docs_sitehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/citgm
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

67Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
2.2/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2/2.5CI-Tests — 16 out of 19 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6/7.5Code-Review — Found 19/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 92 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
7.5/7.5Maintained — 13 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
2.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate5.9
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
25/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages143
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitynone
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched the npm:citgm@10.0.2 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 143 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.

42Weak · 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 — 85 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.85
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — eslint.config.js, package.json ("prettier")
0/11Static type checking
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
5/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
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
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/64 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes9,717
source_files_sampled64
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

606GitHub stars
68contributors
15commits, last 12 months
4days since last push
100releases
3bus factor
55open issues
npmpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • Star history carried forward from 2026-07-08: GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository admins, so it can no longer be collected. The repository has 606 stars today.

More detail

Star and fork history 604 ★ / 158 ⇿
604Stars
158Forks
100Releases

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.

Star history is shown as collected on 2026-07-08. GitHub restricted the stargazers API to repository administrators in July 2026, so this series can no longer be extended; the current star total above remains live.

0125250375500625604147432015-072021-022026-09
Major 8Minor 15Patch 77

Each point covers 11 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.9 / 10
5.9aggregate

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 · 2026-09-12 15:19 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
8CI-Tests16 out of 19 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
8Code-ReviewFound 19/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
10Contributorsproject has 92 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained13 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 24
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npm@npmcli/package-json^8.0.0package.json
npmasync^3.2.6package.json
npmbl^7.0.12package.json
npmchalk^6.0.0package.json
npmcolumnify^1.6.0package.json
npmexeca^10.0.1package.json
npmlodash^4.18.1package.json
npmnormalize-git-url^3.0.2package.json
npmnpm-package-arg^14.0.0package.json
npmnpm-which^3.0.1package.json
npmpnpm^11.24.0package.json
npmroot-check^2.0.0package.json
npmsemver^7.8.5package.json
npmstrip-ansi^7.2.0package.json
npmsupports-color^11.0.0package.json
npmtar^7.5.22package.json
npmuid-number0.0.6package.json
npmundici^8.10.0package.json
npmwhich^7.0.0package.json
npmwinston^3.19.0package.json
npmxml-sanitizer^3.0.0package.json
npmxmlbuilder^15.1.1package.json
npmyargs^18.1.0package.json
npmyarn^1.22.22package.json
All dependencies 34

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 24 direct and 10 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npm@npmcli/package-json^8.0.0direct
npmasync^3.2.6direct
npmbl^7.0.12direct
npmchalk^6.0.0direct
npmcolumnify^1.6.0direct
npmexeca^10.0.1direct
npmlodash^4.18.1direct
npmnormalize-git-url^3.0.2direct
npmnpm-package-arg^14.0.0direct
npmnpm-which^3.0.1direct
npmpnpm^11.24.0direct
npmroot-check^2.0.0direct
npmsemver^7.8.5direct
npmstrip-ansi^7.2.0direct
npmsupports-color^11.0.0direct
npmtar^7.5.22direct
npmuid-number0.0.6direct
npmundici^8.10.0direct
npmwhich^7.0.0direct
npmwinston^3.19.0direct
npmxml-sanitizer^3.0.0direct
npmxmlbuilder^15.1.1direct
npmyargs^18.1.0direct
npmyarn^1.22.22direct
npm@eslint/js^10.0.1indirect
npmansi-regex^6.3.0indirect
npmeslint^10.9.1indirect
npmeslint-config-prettier^10.1.8indirect
npmglobals^17.11.0indirect
npmprettier^3.9.6indirect
npmstring-to-stream^3.0.1indirect
npmtap^21.7.5indirect
npmtap-parser^18.3.4indirect
npmxml2js^0.6.2indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing npm:citgm@10.0.2 pulls in 143 packages, direct and transitive: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct dependencies.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

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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