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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-21 06:25 UTC

npm / pacote

npm fetcher

JavaScriptISC★ 400 stars⑂ 68 forkssince Jun 2019View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryCommand-line toolhow this is determined

npm/pacote holds a health index of 89 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (82/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (49/100). It was last updated 1 day ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

89
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.

89
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 75 is calibrated to 89 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

npmOrganization · verified domain
5,266 followers358 public repossince Dec 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
npmpacote22.0.053,715,108238127 days agopackagesnpmgit

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

75Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 1 days ago
11.8/36Commit cadence — 17/52 weeks with commits
16.1/18Commit volume — 61 commits in the last year
1/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 2 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
commits_last_year61
human_commit_share0.73
days_since_last_push1
active_weeks_last_year17
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 70 releases published
27/36Release recency — latest release 127 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~15.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count70
latest_release_tagv22.0.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release127
mean_days_between_releases15.3
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?

82Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
42.2/60Stars — 400 stars
15.2/25Forks — 68 forks
6/15Watchers — 13 watchers
Inputs used
forks68
stars400
watchers13
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (ISC)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads — 53,715,108 downloads/month across npm
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagespacote
dependents—
ecosystemsnpm
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads53,715,108
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?

75Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
9.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 58% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 55 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 21 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled55
top_contributor_share0.577
How it's scored
31.2/42Issue resolution — 74% of issues closed
20.3/30PR acceptance — 293/433 decided PRs merged
4.3/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 1/3 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs293
open_issues19
closed_issues55
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d1
prs_decided_30d3
issue_closed_ratio0.743
closed_unmerged_prs140
first_time_authors_30d2
first_time_prs_merged_30d1
first_time_prs_decided_30d3
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 5,266 followers of npm
25/25Track record — 358 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers5,266
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginnpm
public_repos358
account_age_days4,706

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on npm
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 127 days ago
20/20Version history — 238 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagespacote
ecosystemsnpm
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish127

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

73Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 8 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .eslintrc.js
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
18/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 11 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

60Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 1 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsnpm-cli
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?

74Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.2/2.5CI-Tests — 11 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 21 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
0.8/7.5Maintained — 2 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool detected but not 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
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated15
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive3
scorecard_aggregate6.8
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, 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_packages89
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:pacote@22.0.0 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 89 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.

49Weak · 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 — 73 of 73 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .eslintrc.js
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
2/10Demonstrated agent practice — 1 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 12 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilespackage-lock.json
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.01
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.12
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config
53.9/55Manageable file sizes — 1/51 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJavaScript
largest_source_bytes61,000
source_files_sampled51
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

400GitHub stars
55contributors
61commits, last 12 months
1days since last push
70releases
1bus factor
19open issues
npmpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 68 ⇿
0Stars
68Forks
70Releases

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.

01325385063756732019-072023-022026-09
Major 10Minor 13Patch 43

Each point covers 7 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.8 / 10
6.8aggregate

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 · 2026-10-21 06:24 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
9CI-Tests11 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 21 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
1Maintained2 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 1
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
9SASTSAST tool detected but not run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 17
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npm@gar/promise-retry^1.0.0package.json
npm@npmcli/git^8.0.0package.json
npm@npmcli/installed-package-contents^5.0.0package.json
npm@npmcli/package-json^8.0.0package.json
npm@npmcli/promise-spawn^10.0.0package.json
npm@npmcli/run-script^11.0.0package.json
npmcacache^21.0.1package.json
npmfs-minipass^3.0.0package.json
npmminipass^7.0.2package.json
npmnpm-package-arg^14.0.0package.json
npmnpm-packlist^11.2.0package.json
npmnpm-pick-manifest^12.0.0package.json
npmnpm-registry-fetch^20.0.1package.json
npmproc-log^7.0.0package.json
npmsigstore^5.0.0package.json
npmssri^14.0.0package.json
npmtar^7.4.3package.json
All dependencies 26

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 17 direct and 9 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npm@gar/promise-retry^1.0.0direct
npm@npmcli/git^8.0.0direct
npm@npmcli/installed-package-contents^5.0.0direct
npm@npmcli/package-json^8.0.0direct
npm@npmcli/promise-spawn^10.0.0direct
npm@npmcli/run-script^11.0.0direct
npmcacache^21.0.1direct
npmfs-minipass^3.0.0direct
npmminipass^7.0.2direct
npmnpm-package-arg^14.0.0direct
npmnpm-packlist^11.2.0direct
npmnpm-pick-manifest^12.0.0direct
npmnpm-registry-fetch^20.0.1direct
npmproc-log^7.0.0direct
npmsigstore^5.0.0direct
npmssri^14.0.0direct
npmtar^7.4.3direct
npm@npmcli/arborist^10.0.1indirect
npm@npmcli/eslint-config^7.0.0indirect
npm@npmcli/template-oss5.1.1indirect
npmhosted-git-info^10.1.1indirect
npmmutate-fs^2.1.1indirect
npmnock^13.2.4indirect
npmnpm-registry-mock^1.3.2indirect
npmrimraf^6.0.1indirect
npmtap^16.0.1indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing npm:pacote@22.0.0 pulls in 89 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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