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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-29 21:42 UTC

projectblacklight / spotlight

Spotlight enables librarians, curators, and others who are responsible for digital collections to create attractive, feature-rich websites that highlight these collections.

Ruby · JavaScript · HTMLCustom license★ 168 stars⑂ 63 forkssince Nov 2013View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryNetwork servicehow this is determined

projectblacklight/spotlight holds a health index of 88 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (87/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (44/100). It was last updated today. 2 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

Project BlacklightOrganization
52 followers34 public repossince Aug 2009

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
npmspotlight-frontend5.3.1291350 days ago
RubyGemsblacklight-spotlight5.3.1-1870 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

87Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
20.1/36Commit cadence — 29/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 151 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 26 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year151
human_commit_share0.98
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year29
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 0 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~61.6 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv5.3.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases61.6
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?

59Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
36.1/60Stars — 168 stars
14.9/25Forks — 63 forks
8.5/15Watchers — 35 watchers
Inputs used
forks63
stars168
watchers35
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code 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_conductno
readme_badge_servicesbadge.fury.io, github.com
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
32.9/80Monthly downloads — 291 downloads/month across npm, rubygems
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesspotlight-frontend, blacklight-spotlight
dependents—
ecosystemsnpm, rubygems
total_downloads420,184
monthly_downloads291
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?

77Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
11.7/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 48% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 38 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 46 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled38
top_contributor_share0.481
How it's scored
35.4/42Issue resolution — 84% of issues closed
26.9/30PR acceptance — 2,087/2,327 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs2,087
open_issues213
closed_issues1,154
prs_merged_7d5
prs_decided_7d5
prs_merged_30d7
prs_decided_30d7
issue_closed_ratio0.844
closed_unmerged_prs240
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
12.4/25Owner reach — 52 followers of projectblacklight
23.2/25Track record — 34 public repos, account ~17 yr old
Inputs used
followers52
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginprojectblacklight
public_repos34
account_age_days6,241

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on npm, rubygems
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 187 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesspotlight-frontend, blacklight-spotlight
ecosystemsnpm, rubygems
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

78Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .rubocop.yml, eslint.config.js
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 13 out of 15 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.rubydoc.info/gems/blacklight-spotlight/5.3.1
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 7 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicssolr, rails, ruby, discovery-interface, rails-application, rails-engine, exhibit
has_wikiyes
homepage—
docs_sitehttps://www.rubydoc.info/gems/blacklight-spotlight/5.3.1
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

72Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
2/2.5CI-Tests — 13 out of 15 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
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 46 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
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained — 26 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 1
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
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
6/7.5Vulnerabilities — 2 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate6.5
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, 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
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories2
affected_packages1
assessed_packages148
unassessed_packages46
affected_by_severityhigh 1
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 148 resolved dependencies against OSV. 46 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. 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.

44Weak · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
26.7/40Legible commit history — 49 of 98 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.5
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .rubocop.yml, eslint.config.js
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 2 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
1/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilespackage-lock.json
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.02
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Ruby without a type-check config
54.8/55Manageable file sizes — 2/695 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRuby
largest_source_bytes255,641
source_files_sampled695
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

168GitHub stars
38contributors
151commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
2bus factor
213open issues
npm, RubyGemspackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • deps.dev does not index npm:spotlight-frontend@5.3.1; advisories assessed against the repository dependency graph instead

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 63 ⇿
0Stars
63Forks
97Releases

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.

01020304050606022014-022020-052026-08
Major 4Minor 39Patch 39

Each point covers 12 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.5 / 10
6.5aggregate

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 · 2026-09-29 21:42 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
8CI-Tests13 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 46 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained26 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
1Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 1
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
8Vulnerabilities2 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 10
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
RubyGemsrails—Gemfile
RubyGemsrails—Gemfile
npmblacklight-frontend^8.4.0package.json
npmjquery>=3.7.1package.json
npmjquery-serializejson^3.2.1package.json
npmleaflet^1.9.4package.json
npmleaflet-iiif^3.0.0package.json
npmopenseadragon-rails^1.0.1package.json
npmsir-trevor^0.8.2package.json
npmsortablejs^1.15.3package.json
All dependencies 194

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 9 direct and 185 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
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npmjquery3.7.1direct
npmjquery-serializejson3.2.1direct
npmleaflet1.9.4direct
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npmsir-trevor0.8.2direct
npmsortablejs1.15.3direct
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Dependency advisories 1

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 148 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 1 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 46 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
brace-expansion5.0.7indirecthigh25.0.9

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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