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Software health reportschema 0.12.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-18 12:41 UTC

python-attrs / cattrs

Composable custom class converters for attrs, dataclasses and friends.

PythonMIT★ 1,045 stars⑂ 145 forkssince Aug 2016View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryhow this is determined
#attrs#deserialization#serialization

python-attrs/cattrs holds a health index of 90 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (83/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (56/100). It was last updated 6 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

90
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.

90
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 76 is calibrated to 90 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

The attrs CabalOrganization
74 followers2 public repossince Feb 2017

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIcattrs26.1.0-42149 days agoattrsdataclassesserialization

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

83Excellent · 21% of overall

Development activity

84Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 6 days ago
21.5/36Commit cadence — 31/52 weeks with commits
16.4/18Commit volume — 66 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 18 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year66
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push6
active_weeks_last_year31

Release discipline

82Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 13 releases published
27/36Release recency — latest release 149 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~90.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count13
latest_release_tagv26.1.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release149
mean_days_between_releases90.1
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?

83Excellent · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

74Good
How it's scored
49/60Stars — 1,045 stars
18/25Forks — 145 forks
6.7/15Watchers — 17 watchers
Inputs used
forks145
stars1,045
watchers17
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

93Exceptional
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

69Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

38Weak
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
5.2/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 77% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 79 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 29 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled79
top_contributor_share0.77

Issue & PR responsiveness

77Good
How it's scored
33.9/42Issue resolution — 81% of issues closed
26/30PR acceptance — 300/346 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
7.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 7/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
merged_prs300
open_issues78
closed_issues329
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio0.808
closed_unmerged_prs46
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

74Good
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
13.5/25Owner reach — 74 followers of python-attrs
15.5/25Track record — 2 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers74
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_loginpython-attrs
public_repos2
account_age_days3,436
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 pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 149 days ago
20/20Version history — 42 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagescattrs
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish149

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

77Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

68Good
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 19 out of 19 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

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://catt.rs
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 3 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsattrs, deserialization, serialization
has_wikino
homepagehttps://catt.rs
docs_sitehttps://catt.rs
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

73Good · 16% of overall

Security posture

73Good
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 — 19 out of 19 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
3.8/7.5Code-Review — Found 7/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 29 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 — 18 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
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 — 17 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate7.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): 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)

87Excellent
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — Justfile, docs/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — src/cattr/py.typed, src/cattrs/py.typed
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
0/8Automated maintenance — no data
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesJustfile, docs/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configssrc/cattr/py.typed, src/cattrs/py.typed
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

82Excellent
How it's scored
27/45Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (src/cattr/py.typed, src/cattrs/py.typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/122 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes56,581
source_files_sampled122
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

1,045GitHub stars
79contributors
66commits, last 12 months
6days since last push
13releases
1bus factor
78open issues
PyPIpackage ecosystems

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 7.3 / 10
7.3aggregate

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 · 2026-07-18 12:40 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests19 out of 19 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
5Code-ReviewFound 7/13 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5
10Contributorsproject has 29 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained18 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow 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
0Vulnerabilities17 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 3
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
PyPIattrs>=25.4.0pyproject.toml
PyPItyping-extensions>=4.14.0pyproject.toml
PyPIexceptiongroup>=1.1.1pyproject.toml
All dependencies 80

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 3 direct and 77 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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