Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-20 02:21 UTC

spyder-ide / spyder

Official repository for Spyder - The Scientific Python Development Environment

PythonMIT★ 9,330 stars⑂ 1,800 forkssince Feb 2015View on GitHub ↗

KindDesktop applicationCommand-line toolLibraryPluginhow this is determined

#spyder #python #pyqt5 #anaconda #anaconda-distribution #winpython #qt #language-server-protocol #ide

spyder-ide/spyder holds a health index of 95 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (96/100) and lowest on Security (62/100). It was last updated 5 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

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.

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)

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

Spyder IDEOrganization

641 followers53 public repossince Dec 2011

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

Package ecosystems

Registry	Package	Version	Downloads / mo	Versions	Last publish	Tags
PyPI	qtconsolepoints to another repo — not scored	5.7.2	1,702,897	53	178 days ago	interactive interpreter shell
PyPI	python-lsp-serverpoints to another repo — not scored	1.15.0	1,299,945	36	54 days ago	—
PyPI	spyder-kernels	3.1.6	104,026	94	24 days ago	spyder jupyter kernel ipython console
PyPI	spyder-remote-services	1.0.3	77	8	172 days ago	jupyter spyder

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

96Exceptional · 21% of overall

Development activity

100Exceptional

How it's scored

36/36	Push recency — last push 5 days ago
36/36	Commit cadence — 52/52 weeks with commits
18/18	Commit volume — 1,028 commits in the last year
10/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10

Inputs used

commits_last_year	1,028
human_commit_share	1
days_since_last_push	5
active_weeks_last_year	52

Release discipline

90Excellent

How it's scored

27/27	Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36	Release recency — latest release 22 days ago
27/27	Release cadence — a release every ~15.9 days
0/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.

Inputs used

releases_count	100
latest_release_tag	v6.1.7
releases_from_tags	no
days_since_latest_release	22
mean_days_between_releases	15.9

Community & Adoption

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

96Exceptional · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

99Exceptional

How it's scored

60/60	Stars — 9,330 stars
25/25	Forks — 1,800 forks
13.7/15	Watchers — 288 watchers

Inputs used

forks	1,800
stars	9,330
watchers	288
growth_state	unverified
growth_factor_pct	100
growth_unverified_reason	no_history

Community health

100Exceptional

How it's scored

22.5/22.5	README
22.5/22.5	License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18	CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5	Code of conduct
7.2/7.2	Issue template
6.3/6.3	PR template

Inputs used

has_readme	yes
has_license	yes
readme_badges	17
has_contributing	yes
has_issue_template	yes
has_code_of_conduct	yes
readme_badge_services	codecov.io, coveralls.io, github.com, opencollective.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_template	yes

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

84Excellent

How it's scored

66.9/80	Monthly downloads — 104,026 downloads/month across pypi
0/20	Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem

Inputs used

packages	spyder-kernels
dependents	—
ecosystems	pypi
total_downloads	—
monthly_downloads	104,026
unverified_packages_excluded	spyder-remote-services

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?

79Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

60Moderate

How it's scored

25.2/54	Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
11.3/22.5	Commit distribution — top contributor authored 50% of commits
13.5/13.5	Contributor breadth — 100 contributors
10/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 93 contributing companies or organizations

Inputs used

bus_factor	2
contributors_sampled	100
top_contributor_share	0.499

Issue & PR responsiveness

88Excellent

How it's scored

39.4/42	Issue resolution — 94% of issues closed
26.9/30	PR acceptance — 4,770/5,311 decided PRs merged
13/13	Newcomer PR acceptance — 2/2 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
9/15	OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 9/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6

Inputs used

merged_prs	4,770
open_issues	1,289
closed_issues	19,473
prs_merged_7d	1
prs_decided_7d	1
prs_merged_30d	32
prs_decided_30d	36
issue_closed_ratio	0.938
closed_unmerged_prs	541
first_time_authors_30d	2
first_time_prs_merged_30d	2
first_time_prs_decided_30d	2

Ownership & stewardship

75Good

How it's scored

30/30	Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20	Verified domain
20.2/25	Owner reach — 641 followers of spyder-ide
24.6/25	Track record — 53 public repos, account ~14 yr old

Inputs used

followers	641
owner_type	Organization
is_verified	no
owner_login	spyder-ide
public_repos	53
account_age_days	5,382

Package maintenance

100Exceptional

How it's scored

25/25	Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on pypi
35/35	Publish recency — latest publish 24 days ago
20/20	Version history — 94 published versions
20/20	Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked

Inputs used

packages	spyder-kernels, spyder-remote-services
ecosystems	pypi
any_deprecated	no
min_days_since_publish	24

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

76Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

76Good

How it's scored

24/24	CI workflows — 11 workflow(s)
24/24	Tests present
16/16	Linter config — .pylintrc, external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff]), pyproject.toml ([tool.black])
0/9.6	Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4	.editorconfig
12/20	OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 9 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 6

Inputs used

has_ci	yes
has_tests	yes
has_editorconfig	no
has_linter_config	yes
has_precommit_config	no

Documentation

75Good

How it's scored

30/30	README
0/25	Documentation directory
15/15	Documentation / homepage site — https://www.spyder-ide.org
10/10	Repository description
10/10	Topics — 9 topics
10/10	Wiki

Inputs used

topics	spyder, python, pyqt5, anaconda, anaconda-distribution, winpython, qt, language-server-protocol, ide
has_wiki	yes
homepage	https://www.spyder-ide.org
docs_site	https://www.spyder-ide.org
has_readme	yes
has_docs_dir	no
has_description	yes

Security

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

62Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

52Moderate

How it's scored

7.5/7.5	Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
3.8/7.5	Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
1.5/2.5	CI-Tests — 9 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 6
0/2.5	CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4.5/7.5	Code-Review — Found 9/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
2.5/2.5	Contributors — project has 93 contributing companies or organizations
10/10	Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5	Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5	Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5	License — license file detected
7.5/7.5	Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5	Packaging — no data
0/5	Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5	SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
5/5	Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5	Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5	Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5	Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected

Inputs used

source	openssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated	17
scorecard_version	v5.5.0
checks_inconclusive	1
scorecard_aggregate	5.2

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional

How it's scored

35/35	Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
25/25	Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — no indirect dependency carries a known advisory
0/40	No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date

Inputs used

source	osv
advisories	0
affected_packages	0
assessed_packages	30
unassessed_packages	0
affected_by_severity	none
direct_affected_packages	0

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched the pypi:qtconsole@5.7.2 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 30 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.

64Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

27At Risk

How it's scored

0/45	Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15	Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
27.2/40	Legible commit history — 51 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)

Inputs used

has_llms_txt	no
llms_txt_url	—
legible_history_share	0.51
agent_instruction_files	—
agent_instruction_max_bytes	—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

72Good

How it's scored

18/18	One-command bootstrap — external-deps/qtconsole/docs/Makefile
22/22	Automated tests
11/11	Lint / format config — .pylintrc, external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml ([tool.ruff]), pyproject.toml ([tool.black])
11/11	Static type checking — external-deps/python-lsp-server/pylsp/py.typed
10/10	Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
0/10	Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8	Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0

Inputs used

has_nix	no
has_tests	yes
lockfiles	—
has_dockerfile	yes
typed_language	no
bootstrap_files	external-deps/qtconsole/docs/Makefile
has_devcontainer	no
has_linter_config	yes
typecheck_configs	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pylsp/py.typed
agent_commit_share	0
toolchain_manifests	—
dependency_bot_commit_share	0

Code legibility for models

79Good

How it's scored

27/45	Type-checkable code — Python with type-check config (external-deps/python-lsp-server/pylsp/py.typed)
52.3/55	Manageable file sizes — 102/2,042 source files over 60KB

Inputs used

primary_language	Python
largest_source_bytes	984,414
source_files_sampled	2,042
oversized_source_files	102

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional

How it's scored

0/40	API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20	MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40	Runnable examples — examples, notebooks

Inputs used

example_dirs	examples, notebooks
has_mcp_signal	no
api_schema_files	—
interfaces_expected_of	—

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

9,330GitHub stars

100contributors

1,028commits, last 12 months

5days since last push

100releases

2bus factor

1,289open issues

PyPIpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
pypi package 'qtconsole' points at a different repository (http://jupyter.org); excluded from ecosystem scoring
pypi package 'python-lsp-server' points at a different repository (https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server); excluded from ecosystem scoring

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 1,800 ⇿

0Stars

1,800Forks

100Releases

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.

Major 2Minor 7Patch 52

Each point covers 7 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.2 / 10

5.2aggregate

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 · 2026-09-20 02:20 UTC

10	Binary-Artifacts	no binaries found in the repo
5	Branch-Protection	branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
6	CI-Tests	9 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 6
0	CII-Best-Practices	no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6	Code-Review	Found 9/15 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
10	Contributors	project has 93 contributing companies or organizations
10	Dangerous-Workflow	no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0	Dependency-Update-Tool	no update tool detected
0	Fuzzing	project is not fuzzed
10	License	license file detected
10	Maintained	30 commit(s) and 18 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/a	Packaging	packaging workflow not detected
0	Pinned-Dependencies	dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0	SAST	SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10	Security-Policy	security policy file detected
0	Signed-Releases	Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0	Token-Permissions	detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10	Vulnerabilities	0 existing vulnerabilities detected

Direct dependencies 20

Registry	Package	Version constraint	Manifest
PyPI	docstring-to-markdown	`—`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	importlib_metadata	`>=4.8.3`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	jedi	`>=0.17.2,<0.21.0`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	pluggy	`>=1.0.0`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	python-lsp-jsonrpc	`>=1.1.0,<2.0.0`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	ujson	`>=3.0.0`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	black	`—`	external-deps/python-lsp-server/pyproject.toml
PyPI	cloudpickle	`—`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	ipykernel	`>=6.29.3,<7.3.0`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	ipython	`>=9.15.0,<10`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	jupyter-client	`>=7.4.9,<9`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	packaging	`—`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	pyxdg	`>=0.26`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	pyzmq	`>=24.0.0`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	traitlets	`>=5.14.3`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	wurlitzer	`>=1.0.3`	external-deps/spyder-kernels/pyproject.toml
PyPI	jupyter_server	`>=2.14.2,<3.0`	external-deps/spyder-remote-services/pyproject.toml
PyPI	jupyter_client	`>=8.6.2,<9.0`	external-deps/spyder-remote-services/pyproject.toml
PyPI	envs-manager	`<1.0.0`	external-deps/spyder-remote-services/pyproject.toml
PyPI	orjson	`>=3.10.12,<4.0`	external-deps/spyder-remote-services/pyproject.toml

All dependencies 64

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 16 direct and 48 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

Registry	Package	Version	Relation
PyPI	cloudpickle	`—`	direct
PyPI	envs-manager	`—`	direct
PyPI	ipykernel	`—`	direct
PyPI	ipython	`—`	direct
PyPI	jedi	`—`	direct
PyPI	jupyter-client	`—`	direct
PyPI	jupyter-server	`—`	direct
PyPI	orjson	`—`	direct
PyPI	packaging	`—`	direct
PyPI	pluggy	`—`	direct
PyPI	python-lsp-jsonrpc	`—`	direct
PyPI	pyxdg	`—`	direct
PyPI	pyzmq	`—`	direct
PyPI	traitlets	`—`	direct
PyPI	ujson	`—`	direct
PyPI	wurlitzer	`—`	direct
PyPI	anyio	`—`	indirect
PyPI	autopep8	`—`	indirect
PyPI	bokeh	`3.9`	indirect
PyPI	coverage	`—`	indirect
PyPI	cython	`—`	indirect
PyPI	dask	`—`	indirect
PyPI	django	`—`	indirect
PyPI	flake8	`—`	indirect
PyPI	flaky	`—`	indirect
PyPI	h5py	`—`	indirect
PyPI	ipython-pygments-lexers	`—`	indirect
PyPI	jupyter-core	`—`	indirect
PyPI	matplotlib	`—`	indirect
PyPI	mccabe	`—`	indirect
PyPI	mock	`—`	indirect
PyPI	numpy	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pandas	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pillow	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pip	`—`	indirect
PyPI	polars	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pyarrow	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pycodestyle	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pydicom	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pydocstyle	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pyflakes	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pygments	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pylint	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-cov	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-lazy-fixture	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-mock	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-order	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-qt	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pytest-timeout	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pywin32	`—`	indirect
PyPI	pyyaml	`—`	indirect
PyPI	qtawesome	`—`	indirect
PyPI	qtpy	`—`	indirect
PyPI	rope	`—`	indirect
PyPI	scipy	`—`	indirect
PyPI	setuptools	`—`	indirect
PyPI	setuptools-scm	`—`	indirect
PyPI	spyder	`—`	indirect
PyPI	sympy	`—`	indirect
PyPI	websockets	`—`	indirect
PyPI	whatthepatch	`—`	indirect
PyPI	xarray	`—`	indirect
PyPI	yapf	`—`	indirect

Dependency advisories 0

Installing pypi:qtconsole@5.7.2 pulls in 30 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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Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.34.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

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