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Software health reportschema 0.11.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-16 06:43 UTC

test-kitchen / test-kitchen

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RubyCustom license★ 1,894 stars⑂ 578 forkssince Apr 2012View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryhow this is determined
#hacktoberfest#managed-by-terraform#ruby-gem#test-kitchen#testing#ruby

test-kitchen/test-kitchen holds a health index of 90 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (87/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (48/100). It was last updated today. 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

Test KitchenOrganization
30 followers43 public repossince Nov 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
RubyGemstest-kitchen4.1.0-1320 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

79Good · 21% of overall

Development activity

70Good
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
9.7/36Commit cadence — 14/52 weeks with commits
14.8/18Commit volume — 43 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 21 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year43
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year14

Release discipline

92Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 57 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 0 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~76.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count57
latest_release_tagv4.1.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases76.4
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?

87Excellent · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

87Excellent
How it's scored
53.2/60Stars — 1,894 stars
23/25Forks — 578 forks
11.2/15Watchers — 103 watchers
Inputs used
forks578
stars1,894
watchers103
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

86Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
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)

90Excellent
How it's scored
72.3/80Total downloads — 9,065,841 downloads all-time across rubygems
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagestest-kitchen
dependents—
ecosystemsrubygems
total_downloads9,065,841
monthly_downloads—
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?

79Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

62Moderate
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.6/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 40% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 100 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 66 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled100
top_contributor_share0.395

Issue & PR responsiveness

79Good
How it's scored
41.3/42Issue resolution — 98% of issues closed
21.1/30PR acceptance — 762/1,084 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
6/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 9/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
merged_prs762
open_issues16
closed_issues970
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio0.984
closed_unmerged_prs322
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

81Excellent
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
10.7/25Owner reach — 30 followers of test-kitchen
24/25Track record — 43 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers30
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_logintest-kitchen
public_repos43
account_age_days4,628
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 rubygems
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 132 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagestest-kitchen
ecosystemsrubygems
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

79Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

82Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — .rubocop.yml
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
18/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 28 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

75Good
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 6 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicshacktoberfest, managed-by-terraform, ruby-gem, test-kitchen, testing, ruby
has_wikino
homepage—
docs_site—
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

59Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

59Moderate
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 — 28 out of 30 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 9/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 66 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 — 21 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packaging — no data
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 — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated15
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive3
scorecard_aggregate5.9
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging, 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.

48Weak · 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)

62Moderate
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — mise.toml
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — .rubocop.yml
0/11Static type checking
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
5/8Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageno
bootstrap_filesmise.toml
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share—
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

54Moderate
How it's scored
0/45Type-checkable code — Ruby without a type-check config
53.8/55Manageable file sizes — 3/137 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRuby
largest_source_bytes260,786
source_files_sampled137
oversized_source_files3

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examples — recipes
Inputs used
example_dirsrecipes
has_mcp_signalno
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

1,894GitHub stars
100contributors
43commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
57releases
2bus factor
16open issues
RubyGemspackage ecosystems

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.9 / 10
5.9aggregate

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 · 2026-07-16 06:42 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
9CI-Tests28 out of 30 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 9/19 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
10Contributorsproject has 66 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained21 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not 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
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 6
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
RubyGemscinc-auditor-bin—Gemfile
RubyGemskitchen-cinc—Gemfile
RubyGemskitchen-cinc-auditor—Gemfile
RubyGemskitchen-dokken—Gemfile
RubyGemskitchen-vagrant—Gemfile
RubyGemscookstyle~> 8.2Gemfile
All dependencies 113

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 5 direct and 108 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
RubyGemscinc-auditor-bin—direct
RubyGemscookstyle—direct
RubyGemskitchen-cinc—direct
RubyGemskitchen-dokken—direct
RubyGemskitchen-vagrant—direct
RubyGemsactivesupport5.0.7indirect
RubyGemsaddressable2.5.2indirect
RubyGemsansi1.5.0indirect
RubyGemsaruba—indirect
RubyGemsast2.4.0indirect
RubyGemsastrolabe1.3.1indirect
RubyGemsautoprefixer-rails8.6.5indirect
RubyGemsbackports3.11.3indirect
RubyGemsbcrypt_pbkdf—indirect
RubyGemsbuilder3.2.3indirect
RubyGemschecker0.7.0indirect
RubyGemschef-utils—indirect
RubyGemschef-winrm—indirect
RubyGemschef-winrm-elevated—indirect
RubyGemschef-winrm-fs—indirect
RubyGemscoffee-script2.4.1indirect
RubyGemscoffee-script-source1.12.2indirect
RubyGemscolorize0.7.7indirect
RubyGemscompass-import-once1.0.5indirect
RubyGemsconcurrent-ruby1.0.5indirect
RubyGemscontracts0.13.0indirect
RubyGemscountloc—indirect
RubyGemscsv—indirect
RubyGemscucumber—indirect
RubyGemsdotenv2.5.0indirect
RubyGemsed25519—indirect
RubyGemsem-websocket0.5.1indirect
RubyGemserubis2.7.0indirect
RubyGemseventmachine1.2.7indirect
RubyGemsexcon0.62.0indirect
RubyGemsexecjs2.7.0indirect
RubyGemsfakefs—indirect
RubyGemsfast_blank1.0.0indirect
RubyGemsfastimage2.1.3indirect
RubyGemsffi1.9.25indirect
RubyGemsfog-aws3.0.0indirect
RubyGemsfog-core2.1.0indirect
RubyGemsfog-json1.2.0indirect
RubyGemsfog-xml0.1.3indirect
RubyGemsformatador0.2.5indirect
RubyGemshaml5.0.4indirect
RubyGemshamster3.0.0indirect
RubyGemshashie3.6.0indirect
RubyGemshpricot0.8.6indirect
RubyGemshtml2slim0.2.0indirect
RubyGemshttp_parser.rb0.6.0indirect
RubyGemsi18n0.7.0indirect
RubyGemsipaddress0.8.3indirect
RubyGemsirb—indirect
RubyGemskramdown1.17.0indirect
RubyGemslisten3.0.8indirect
RubyGemsmap6.6.0indirect
RubyGemsmaruku—indirect
RubyGemsmemoist0.16.0indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman4.2.1indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-autoprefixer2.9.0indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-cli4.2.1indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-core4.2.1indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-livereload3.4.6indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-s3_sync4.0.3indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-sprockets4.1.1indirect
RubyGemsmiddleman-syntax3.0.0indirect
RubyGemsmime-types3.2.2indirect
RubyGemsmime-types-data3.2018.0812indirect
RubyGemsmini_portile22.3.0indirect
RubyGemsminitest—indirect
RubyGemsminitest5.11.3indirect
RubyGemsmixlib-install—indirect
RubyGemsmixlib-shellout—indirect
RubyGemsmocha—indirect
RubyGemsmulti_json1.13.1indirect
RubyGemsnet-scp—indirect
RubyGemsnet-ssh—indirect
RubyGemsnet-ssh-gateway—indirect
RubyGemsnokogiri1.8.4indirect
RubyGemsostruct—indirect
RubyGemspadrino-helpers0.13.3.4indirect
RubyGemspadrino-support0.13.3.4indirect
RubyGemsparallel1.12.1indirect
RubyGemsparser2.5.1.2indirect
RubyGemspowerpack0.0.9indirect
RubyGemspublic_suffix3.0.3indirect
RubyGemsrack2.0.5indirect
RubyGemsrack-livereload0.3.17indirect
RubyGemsrainbow2.2.2indirect
RubyGemsrake—indirect
RubyGemsrake12.3.1indirect
RubyGemsrb-fsevent0.10.3indirect
RubyGemsrb-inotify0.9.10indirect
RubyGemsrb-readline—indirect
RubyGemsrouge2.2.1indirect
RubyGemsrubocop0.28.0indirect
RubyGemsruby-progressbar1.10.0indirect
RubyGemssass3.4.25indirect
RubyGemsscss_lint0.55.0indirect
RubyGemsservolux0.13.0indirect
RubyGemsslim3.0.9indirect
RubyGemssprockets3.7.2indirect
RubyGemssyslog—indirect
RubyGemstemple0.8.0indirect
RubyGemsthor—indirect
RubyGemsthor0.20.0indirect
RubyGemsthread_safe0.3.6indirect
RubyGemstilt2.0.8indirect
RubyGemstzinfo1.2.5indirect
RubyGemsuglifier3.2.0indirect
RubyGemsunf0.1.4indirect
RubyGemsunf_ext0.0.7.5indirect
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