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Software health reportschema 0.11.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-15 17:01 UTC

pion / ice

A Go implementation of ICE

GoMIT★ 593 stars⑂ 214 forkssince Mar 2019View on GitHub ↗
#pion#golang#go#ice#networking#peer-to-peer#firewall#webrtc

pion/ice holds a health index of 94 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (95/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (56/100). It was last updated 2 days ago. 4 contributors account for most of its recent work.

94
overall / 100
Exceptional

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.

94
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 80 is calibrated to 94 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

PionOrganization
1,682 followers62 public repossince Apr 2018

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/pion/ice/v4v4.3.0-242 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

95Exceptional · 21% of overall

Development activity

91Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 2 days ago
27/36Commit cadence — 39/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 126 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 21 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year126
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push2
active_weeks_last_year39

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 87 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 2 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~23.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count87
latest_release_tagv4.3.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release2
mean_days_between_releases23.7
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?

74Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

71Good
How it's scored
45/60Stars — 593 stars
19.4/25Forks — 214 forks
6.2/15Watchers — 14 watchers
Inputs used
forks214
stars593
watchers14
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

77Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

90Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

85Excellent
How it's scored
43.2/54Bus factor — 4 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
18.4/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 18% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 89 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 45 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor4
contributors_sampled89
top_contributor_share0.181

Issue & PR responsiveness

82Excellent
How it's scored
36/42Issue resolution — 86% of issues closed
23.6/30PR acceptance — 603/767 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
12/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 19/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
merged_prs603
open_issues22
closed_issues131
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio0.856
closed_unmerged_prs164
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

98Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
23.2/25Owner reach — 1,682 followers of pion
25/25Track record — 62 public repos, account ~8 yr old
Inputs used
followers1,682
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginpion
public_repos62
account_age_days3,019
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 2 days ago
20/20Version history — 24 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/pion/ice/v4
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish2

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

76Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

84Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 9 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 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

Documentation

65Good
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://pion.ly/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 8 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspion, golang, go, ice, networking, peer-to-peer, firewall, webrtc
has_wikino
homepagehttps://pion.ly/
docs_sitehttps://pion.ly/
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

Security posture

66Good
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 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
6/7.5Code-Review — Found 19/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 45 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
5/5Fuzzing — project is fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 21 commit(s) and 3 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
3/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
2/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 22 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated15
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive3
scorecard_aggregate6.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, 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.

56Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

1Critical
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
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_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

66Good
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
0/8Automated maintenance — no data
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share—
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, Automated maintenance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

98Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
52.8/55Manageable file sizes — 4/100 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes126,537
source_files_sampled100
oversized_source_files4

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examples — examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_of—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

593GitHub stars
89contributors
126commits, last 12 months
2days since last push
87releases
4bus factor
22open issues
Gopackage ecosystems

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.6 / 10
6.6aggregate

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 · 2026-07-15 17:00 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-Tests30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
8Code-ReviewFound 19/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 8
10Contributorsproject has 45 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
10Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained21 commit(s) and 3 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
6SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
4Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities22 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 10
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/dtls/v3v3.1.5go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/loggingv0.2.4go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/mdns/v2v2.1.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/randutilv0.1.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/stun/v3v3.1.6go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/transport/v4v4.0.2go.mod
Gogithub.com/pion/turn/v5v5.0.12go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1go.mod
Gogolang.org/x/netv0.49.0go.mod
All dependencies 19

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 10 direct and 9 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.6.0direct
Gogithub.com/pion/dtls/v3v3.1.5direct
Gogithub.com/pion/loggingv0.2.4direct
Gogithub.com/pion/mdns/v2v2.1.0direct
Gogithub.com/pion/randutilv0.1.0direct
Gogithub.com/pion/stun/v3v3.1.6direct
Gogithub.com/pion/transport/v4v4.0.2direct
Gogithub.com/pion/turn/v5v5.0.12direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.11.1direct
Gogolang.org/x/netv0.49.0direct
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spewv1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/kr/prettyv0.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflibv1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/wlynxg/anetv0.0.5indirect
Gogolang.org/x/cryptov0.48.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/sysv0.41.0indirect
Gogolang.org/x/timev0.14.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/check.v1v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v3v3.0.1indirect
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