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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-27 16:55 UTC

pypa / pipx

Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments

PythonMIT★ 12,948 stars⑂ 589 forkssince Oct 2018View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined
#pip#cli#pypi#venv#python#hacktoberfest

pypa/pipx holds a health index of 98 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (95/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (55/100). It was last updated 2 days ago. 3 contributors account for most of its recent work.

98
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.

98
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 86 is calibrated to 98 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Python Packaging AuthorityOrganization · verified domain
2,414 followers59 public repossince Mar 2011

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIpipx1.16.76,825,5388713 days agovirtual-environmentcliinstallpipworkflow

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

86Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

83Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 2 days ago
18.7/36Commit cadence — 27/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 285 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year285
human_commit_share0.74
days_since_last_push2
active_weeks_last_year27

Release discipline

90Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 59 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 13 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~3.2 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count59
latest_release_tag1.16.7
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release13
mean_days_between_releases3.2

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

95Exceptional · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

94Exceptional
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 12,948 stars
23.1/25Forks — 589 forks
10.4/15Watchers — 76 watchers
Inputs used
forks589
stars12,948
watchers76
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 (MIT)
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_badges—
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

100Exceptional
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads — 6,825,538 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagespipx
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads6,825,538
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?

89Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

77Good
How it's scored
36/54Bus factor — 3 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
17.7/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 21% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 97 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 40 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor3
contributors_sampled97
top_contributor_share0.212

Issue & PR responsiveness

84Excellent
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
25.6/30PR acceptance — 881/1,034 decided PRs merged
10.8/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 5/6 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
6/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 8/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
merged_prs881
open_issues0
closed_issues908
prs_merged_7d3
prs_decided_7d4
prs_merged_30d15
prs_decided_30d18
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs153
first_time_authors_30d6
first_time_prs_merged_30d5
first_time_prs_decided_30d6

Ownership & stewardship

99Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
24.3/25Owner reach — 2,414 followers of pypa
24.9/25Track record — 59 public repos, account ~15 yr old
Inputs used
followers2,414
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginpypa
public_repos59
account_age_days5,657

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 13 days ago
20/20Version history — 87 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagespipx
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish13

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

91Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

92Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 6 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff])
9.6/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
18/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 24 out of 25 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
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://pipx.pypa.io
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 6 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspip, cli, pypi, venv, python, hacktoberfest
has_wikino
homepagehttps://pipx.pypa.io
docs_sitehttps://pipx.pypa.io
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

74Good · 16% of overall

Security posture

68Good
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 — 24 out of 25 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
3/7.5Code-Review — Found 8/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 40 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 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
2.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
6.8/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 11 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate6.8
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection. 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_packages6
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 pypi:pipx@1.16.7 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 6 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.

55Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

55Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt served by the project website (https://pipx.pypa.io/llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 74 of 74 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://pipx.pypa.io/llms.txt
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

56Moderate
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff])
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 7 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
5/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.07

Code legibility for models

54Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
54.1/55Manageable file sizes — 2/129 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes75,925
source_files_sampled129
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

12,948GitHub stars
97contributors
285commits, last 12 months
2days since last push
59releases
3bus factor
0open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 589 ⇿
0Stars
589Forks
58Releases

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.

0100200300400500600584192018-102022-092026-08
Major 1Minor 17Patch 23

Each point covers 8 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 · 2026-08-27 16:54 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-Tests24 out of 25 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4Code-ReviewFound 8/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
10Contributorsproject has 40 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 2 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5
9SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities11 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 7
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIargcomplete>=1.9.4pyproject.toml
PyPIcolorama>=0.4.4pyproject.toml
PyPIfilelock>=3.16pyproject.toml
PyPIpackaging>=20pyproject.toml
PyPIplatformdirs>=4.6pyproject.toml
PyPItomli—pyproject.toml
PyPIuserpath>=1.6,!=1.9pyproject.toml
All dependencies 114

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 13 direct and 101 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
PyPIargcomplete—direct
PyPIargcomplete3.7.0direct
PyPIcolorama—direct
PyPIcolorama0.4.6direct
PyPIfilelock—direct
PyPIfilelock3.29.7direct
PyPIpackaging—direct
PyPIpackaging26.2direct
PyPIplatformdirs—direct
PyPIplatformdirs4.10.0direct
PyPItomli2.4.1direct
PyPIuserpath—direct
PyPIuserpath1.9.2direct
PyPIaccessible-pygments0.0.5indirect
PyPIalabaster1.0.0indirect
PyPIbabel2.18.0indirect
PyPIbeautifulsoup44.15.0indirect
PyPIcertifi2026.6.17indirect
PyPIcfgv3.5.0indirect
PyPIcharset-normalizer3.4.9indirect
PyPIclick8.4.2indirect
PyPIcoverage7.15.1indirect
PyPIdistlib0.4.3indirect
PyPIdocutils—indirect
PyPIdocutils0.21.2indirect
PyPIdocutils0.22.4indirect
PyPIexceptiongroup1.3.1indirect
PyPIexecnet2.1.2indirect
PyPIfuro2025.12.19indirect
PyPIgitdb4.0.12indirect
PyPIgitpython3.1.54indirect
PyPIhatch-vcs—indirect
PyPIhatchling—indirect
PyPIhatchling1.31.0indirect
PyPIidentify2.6.19indirect
PyPIidna3.18indirect
PyPIimagesize2.0.0indirect
PyPIimportlib-resources7.1.0indirect
PyPIiniconfig2.3.0indirect
PyPIjinja23.1.6indirect
PyPIlegacy-cgi2.6.4indirect
PyPImarkupsafe3.0.3indirect
PyPImkdocs—indirect
PyPInodeenv1.10.0indirect
PyPIpasslib1.7.4indirect
PyPIpathspec1.1.1indirect
PyPIpip26.1.2indirect
PyPIpluggy1.6.0indirect
PyPIpre-commit—indirect
PyPIpre-commit4.6.0indirect
PyPIpygments2.20.0indirect
PyPIpypiserver—indirect
PyPIpypiserver2.4.1indirect
PyPIpytest—indirect
PyPIpytest9.1.1indirect
PyPIpytest-cov—indirect
PyPIpytest-cov7.1.0indirect
PyPIpytest-mock—indirect
PyPIpytest-mock3.15.1indirect
PyPIpytest-subprocess—indirect
PyPIpytest-subprocess1.6.0indirect
PyPIpytest-xdist—indirect
PyPIpytest-xdist3.8.0indirect
PyPIpython-discovery1.4.4indirect
PyPIpyyaml6.0.3indirect
PyPIrequests2.34.2indirect
PyPIroman-numerals4.1.0indirect
PyPIsetuptools—indirect
PyPIsetuptools83.0.0indirect
PyPIshiv—indirect
PyPIshiv1.0.8indirect
PyPIsmmap5.0.3indirect
PyPIsnowballstemmer3.1.1indirect
PyPIsoupsieve2.8.4indirect
PyPIsphinx8.1.3indirect
PyPIsphinx9.0.4indirect
PyPIsphinx9.1.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-argparse-cli1.19.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-argparse-cli1.21.4indirect
PyPIsphinx-autodoc-typehints3.0.1indirect
PyPIsphinx-autodoc-typehints3.12.1indirect
PyPIsphinx-autodoc-typehints3.6.1indirect
PyPIsphinx-basic-ng1.0.0b2indirect
PyPIsphinx-codeautolink0.18.1indirect
PyPIsphinx-copybutton0.5.2indirect
PyPIsphinx-design0.6.1indirect
PyPIsphinx-design0.7.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-issues6.0.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-last-updated-by-git0.3.8indirect
PyPIsphinx-notfound-page1.1.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-reredirects0.1.6indirect
PyPIsphinx-reredirects1.1.0indirect
PyPIsphinx-sitemap2.9.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-applehelp2.0.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-devhelp2.0.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-htmlhelp2.1.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-jsmath1.0.1indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-mermaid2.0.3indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-qthelp2.0.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-serializinghtml2.0.0indirect
PyPIsphinxcontrib-towncrier0.5.0a0indirect
PyPIsphinxext-opengraph0.13.0indirect
PyPItowncrier—indirect
PyPItowncrier25.8.0indirect
PyPItrove-classifiers2026.6.1.19indirect
PyPIty0.0.59indirect
PyPItypes-docutils0.22.3.20260712indirect
PyPItyping-extensions4.16.0indirect
PyPIurllib32.7.0indirect
PyPIuv—indirect
PyPIuv0.11.28indirect
PyPIvirtualenv21.6.1indirect
PyPIwatchdog—indirect
PyPIwatchdog6.0.0indirect
Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:pipx@1.16.7 pulls in 6 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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