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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-17 00:01 UTC

spotDL / spotify-downloader

Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).

PythonMIT★ 26,116 stars⑂ 2,255 forkssince Jul 2016View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolNetwork serviceLibraryhow this is determined

spotDL/spotify-downloader holds a health index of 90 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (91/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (43/100). It was last updated 13 days ago. 2 contributors account 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

spotDLOrganization
389 followers5 public repossince Sep 2020

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
PyPIspotdl4.5.256,38110658 days agodownloadermusicspotdlspotify

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

82Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recency — last push 13 days ago
18.7/36Commit cadence — 27/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 314 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year314
human_commit_share0.95
days_since_last_push13
active_weeks_last_year27
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 99 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 58 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~39.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count99
latest_release_tagv4.5.2
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release58
mean_days_between_releases39.1

Community & Adoption

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

91Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars — 26,116 stars
25/25Forks — 2,255 forks
13/15Watchers — 221 watchers
Inputs used
forks2,255
stars26,116
watchers221
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_badges6
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
63.3/80Monthly downloads — 56,381 downloads/month across pypi
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesspotdl
dependents—
ecosystemspypi
total_downloads—
monthly_downloads56,381
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?

75Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 38% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 99 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 25 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled99
top_contributor_share0.381
How it's scored
40.5/42Issue resolution — 96% of issues closed
22/30PR acceptance — 609/830 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
4.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 3/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
merged_prs609
open_issues68
closed_issues1,807
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.964
closed_unmerged_prs221
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
18.6/25Owner reach — 389 followers of spotDL
17.6/25Track record — 5 public repos, account ~5 yr old
Inputs used
followers389
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginspotDL
public_repos5
account_age_days2,181

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on pypi
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 58 days ago
20/20Version history — 106 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesspotdl
ecosystemspypi
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish58

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

90Excellent · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 6 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .pylintrc, pyproject.toml ([tool.pylint], [tool.isort])
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 12 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://spotdl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 12 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsmp3, spotify, download-music, music, song-lyrics, song, youtube-music, playlists, spotdl, spotdl-cli, hacktoberfest, python
has_wikino
homepagehttps://spotdl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
docs_sitehttps://spotdl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

48Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
2.2/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 12 out of 12 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
2.2/7.5Code-Review — Found 3/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 25 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 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
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 — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 26 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated18
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive0
scorecard_aggregate4.7
How it's scored
14/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: fastapi 0.103.2 (high 7.5)
10/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — 1 affected: starlette 0.27.0 (high 7.5)
29.1/40No advisories left outstanding — 2 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 954 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories15
affected_packages2
assessed_packages58
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityhigh 2
direct_affected_packages1
Matched the pypi:spotdl@4.5.2 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 58 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.

43Weak · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
22.5/40Legible commit history — 40 of 95 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.421
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .pylintrc, pyproject.toml ([tool.pylint], [tool.isort])
0/11Static type checking
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
4/10Demonstrated agent practice — 2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 5 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesuv.lock
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageno
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0.05
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Python without a type-check config
54.4/55Manageable file sizes — 1/96 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languagePython
largest_source_bytes260,638
source_files_sampled96
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

26,116GitHub stars
99contributors
314commits, last 12 months
13days since last push
99releases
2bus factor
68open 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 ★ / 2,255 ⇿
0Stars
2,255Forks
17Releases

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.

Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.

1,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002,4002,255202024-012025-052026-09
Major 0Minor 3Patch 14

Each point covers 3 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.7 / 10
4.7aggregate

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 · 2026-09-17 00:01 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests12 out of 12 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3Code-ReviewFound 3/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3
10Contributorsproject has 25 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 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities26 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 21
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
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All dependencies 150

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 21 direct and 129 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

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Dependency advisories 2

Installing pypi:spotdl@4.5.2 pulls in 58 packages, direct and transitive: 2 carry known advisories, of which 1 are direct dependencies.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
fastapi0.103.2directhigh10.109.1
starlette0.27.0indirecthigh141.3.1

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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