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Software health reportschema 0.15.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-19 19:35 UTC

openstax / openstax-cms

The OpenStax CMS, built using Wagtail on top of Django.

PythonAGPL-3.0★ 110 stars⑂ 18 forkssince Oct 2015View on GitHub ↗
#wagtail#django#python#hacktoberfest

openstax/openstax-cms holds a health index of 83 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (87/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (55/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

83
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.

83
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 70 is calibrated to 83 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

OpenStaxOrganization
93 followers386 public repossince Mar 2013

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?

87Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

79Good
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
15.2/36Commit cadence — 22/52 weeks with commits
17.7/18Commit volume — 92 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year92
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year22

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 3 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~1.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv13.1.3
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release3
mean_days_between_releases1.4
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?

60Moderate · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

51Moderate
How it's scored
33/60Stars — 110 stars
10.3/25Forks — 18 forks
7.9/15Watchers — 27 watchers
Inputs used
forks18
stars110
watchers27
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 (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_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?

66Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

42Weak
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 — 19 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 16 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled19
top_contributor_share0.577

Issue & PR responsiveness

74Good
How it's scored
37.2/42Issue resolution — 88% of issues closed
27.2/30PR acceptance — 1,499/1,656 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs1,499
open_issues9
closed_issues69
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio0.885
closed_unmerged_prs157
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

86Excellent
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
14.2/25Owner reach — 93 followers of openstax
25/25Track record — 386 public repos, account ~13 yr old
Inputs used
followers93
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginopenstax
public_repos386
account_age_days4,881
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

81Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

68Good
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 28 out of 28 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

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://openstax.org
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 4 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicswagtail, django, python, hacktoberfest
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://openstax.org
docs_sitehttps://openstax.org
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

57Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

57Moderate
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 28 out of 28 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 0/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 16 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
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not 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_aggregate5.7
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): 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.

55Moderate · 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_bytes8,480
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

41Weak
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
5/8Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
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

54Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
53.5/55Manageable file sizes — 23/832 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes161,934
source_files_sampled832
oversized_source_files23

Key facts

110GitHub stars
19contributors
92commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
9open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

More detail

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 · 2026-07-19 19:35 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests28 out of 28 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 0/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 16 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 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
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
All dependencies 54

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 54 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
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PyPIblack—indirect
PyPIboto31.43.47indirect
PyPIbotocore1.43.47indirect
PyPIbs40.0.2indirect
PyPIcertifi2026.6.17indirect
PyPIcoverage—indirect
PyPIdjango6.0.7indirect
PyPIdjango-admin-rangefilter0.13.5indirect
PyPIdjango-ai-core0.1.5indirect
PyPIdjango-compressor4.6.0indirect
PyPIdjango-cors-headers—indirect
PyPIdjango-crontab0.7.1indirect
PyPIdjango-debug-toolbar—indirect
PyPIdjango-extensions—indirect
PyPIdjango-filter26.1indirect
PyPIdjango-import-export4.4.1indirect
PyPIdjango-modelcluster—indirect
PyPIdjango-openstax-accounts1.2.0indirect
PyPIdjango-openstax-healthcheck1.0indirect
PyPIdjango-reversion6.3.0indirect
PyPIdjango-ses4.7.2indirect
PyPIdjango-storages1.14.6indirect
PyPIdjango-taggit—indirect
PyPIdjangorestframework3.17.1indirect
PyPIhtml2text2025.4.15indirect
PyPIllm0.31.1indirect
PyPIllm-anthropic0.25.1indirect
PyPImapbox0.18.1indirect
PyPIpgvector0.5.0indirect
PyPIpillow12.3.0indirect
PyPIpipdeptree—indirect
PyPIposthog7.22.2indirect
PyPIpsycopg2—indirect
PyPIpydot—indirect
PyPIpython-dotenv1.2.2indirect
PyPIrapidfuzz3.14.5indirect
PyPIrequests2.34.2indirect
PyPIselenium—indirect
PyPIsentry-sdk2.65.0indirect
PyPIsimple-salesforce1.12.10indirect
PyPIsix1.17.0indirect
PyPIua-parser1.0.2indirect
PyPIunicodecsv0.14.1indirect
PyPIuwsgi—indirect
PyPIvcrpy8.3.0indirect
PyPIwagtail—indirect
PyPIwagtail-ai3.1.0indirect
PyPIwagtail-autocomplete0.12.0indirect
PyPIwagtail-color-panel—indirect
PyPIwagtail-html-editor1.0.1indirect
PyPIwagtail-modeladmin2.4.0indirect
PyPIwagtail-transfer0.11indirect
PyPIwhitenoise6.12.0indirect
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