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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-19 06:16 UTC

project-dalec / dalec

📦 Produce secure packages and containers with declarative configurations

GoApache-2.0★ 322 stars⑂ 62 forkssince Jun 2023View on GitHub ↗
KindNetwork serviceLibraryhow this is determined

project-dalec/dalec holds a health index of 95 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (98/100) and lowest on Sustainability & Governance (62/100). It was last updated 4 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

95
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.

95
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 82 is calibrated to 95 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

project-dalecOrganization
5 followers4 public repossince Jul 2025

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/project-dalec/dalecv0.22.1-8841 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

98Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 4 days ago
33.2/36Commit cadence — 48/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 383 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year383
human_commit_share0.66
days_since_last_push4
active_weeks_last_year48

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 88 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 41 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~3.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count88
latest_release_tagv0.21.6
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release41
mean_days_between_releases3.7
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?

75Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
40.7/60Stars — 322 stars
14.9/25Forks — 62 forks
5.8/15Watchers — 12 watchers
Inputs used
forks62
stars322
watchers12
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 (Apache-2.0)
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_badges2
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesapi.securityscorecards.dev, www.bestpractices.dev
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

62Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
9.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 56% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 40 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 27 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled40
top_contributor_share0.559
How it's scored
28.9/42Issue resolution — 69% of issues closed
24.4/30PR acceptance — 783/961 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
10.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 12/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7
Inputs used
merged_prs783
open_issues86
closed_issues189
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d7
prs_decided_30d8
issue_closed_ratio0.687
closed_unmerged_prs178
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
0/20Verified domain
5.6/25Owner reach — 5 followers of project-dalec
7.6/25Track record — 4 public repos, account ~1 yr old
Inputs used
followers5
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginproject-dalec
public_repos4
account_age_days457

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on go
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 41 days ago
20/20Version history — 88 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/project-dalec/dalec
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish41

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

92Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 10 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .golangci.yaml
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 24 out of 24 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configyes

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://project-dalec.github.io/dalec/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 20 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicscontainers, declarative, linux, packages, security, security-tools, azure-linux, almalinux, debian, ubuntu, debian-packages, rockylinux, ubuntu-packages, devops, package-manager, buildkit, cloud-native, kubernetes, build-tools, golang
has_wikino
homepagehttps://project-dalec.github.io/dalec/
docs_sitehttps://project-dalec.github.io/dalec/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

83Excellent · 16% of overall

Security posture

83Excellent
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
3/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 24 out of 24 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
1.2/2.5CII-Best-Practices — badge detected: Passing
5.2/7.5Code-Review — Found 12/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 27 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 — 30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
5/5Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
7.5/7.5Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 10 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate8.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
24.7/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 2 affected: golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 (unknown), golang.org/x/mod v0.39.0 (unknown)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
37.2/40No advisories left outstanding — 1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 103 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories10
affected_packages3
assessed_packages96
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityunknown 3
direct_affected_packages2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 96 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.

89Excellent · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — .github/copilot-instructions.md
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt served by the project website (https://docs.docker.com/llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 52 of 66 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://docs.docker.com/llms.txt
legible_history_share0.788
agent_instruction_files.github/copilot-instructions.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes5,461
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Makefile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .golangci.yaml
11/11Static type checking — Go (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
4/10Demonstrated agent practice — 2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 34 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod, website/go.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0.34
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Go (statically typed)
54.8/55Manageable file sizes — 1/258 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes209,151
source_files_sampled258
oversized_source_files1
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)
0/20MCP server
40/40Runnable examples — examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

322GitHub stars
40contributors
383commits, last 12 months
4days since last push
88releases
1bus factor
86open 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 ★ / 62 ⇿
0Stars
62Forks
88Releases

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.

013253850636122024-012025-052026-09
Major 0Minor 22Patch 66

Each point covers 3 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 8.3 / 10
8.3aggregate

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 · 2026-10-19 06:15 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
4Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests24 out of 24 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
5CII-Best-Practicesbadge detected: Passing
7Code-ReviewFound 12/17 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7
10Contributorsproject has 27 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
10Fuzzingproject is fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 10 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
10Pinned-Dependenciesall dependencies are pinned
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
10Token-PermissionsGitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
0Vulnerabilities10 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 38
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
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All dependencies 96

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 38 direct and 58 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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Dependency advisories 3

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 96 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 3 carry known advisories, of which 2 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
golang.org/x/cryptov0.55.0directunknown30.56.0
golang.org/x/modv0.39.0directunknown21.27.0-rc.3
golang.org/x/netv0.58.0indirectunknown51.27.2

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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