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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-20 04:08 UTC

traefik / mesh

Traefik Mesh - Simpler Service Mesh

GoApache-2.0★ 2,101 stars⑂ 145 forkssince May 2019View on GitHub ↗
KindNetwork serviceLibraryhow this is determined

traefik/mesh holds a health index of 53 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (86/100) and lowest on Vitality (28/100). It was last updated 180 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

53
overall / 100
Moderate

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.

53
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 58 is calibrated to 62 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Traefik LabsOrganization
1,144 followers65 public repossince Sep 2015TraefikLabs

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Gogithub.com/traefik/meshv1.4.8-271492 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

28At Risk · 21% of overall
How it's scored
9.9/36Push recencylast push 180 days ago
0.7/36Commit cadence1/52 weeks with commits
4.3/18Commit volume2 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
commits_last_year2
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push180
active_weeks_last_year1
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases25 releases published
0/36Release recencylatest release 1,492 days ago
19.8/27Release cadencea release every ~85.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count25
latest_release_tagv1.4.8
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1,492
mean_days_between_releases85.7

Community & Adoption

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

86Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
53.9/60Stars2,101 stars
18/25Forks145 forks
9.1/15Watchers44 watchers
Inputs used
forks145
stars2,101
watchers44
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (Apache-2.0)
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_badges5
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesgoreportcard.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

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

74Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
25.2/54Bus factor2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
13.5/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 40% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth31 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 11 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor2
contributors_sampled31
top_contributor_share0.398
How it's scored
37.5/42Issue resolution89% of issues closed
27.6/30PR acceptance440/478 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
13.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 28/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
merged_prs440
open_issues41
closed_issues337
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d2
issue_closed_ratio0.892
closed_unmerged_prs38
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 backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domain
22/25Owner reach1,144 followers of traefik
25/25Track record65 public repos, account ~11 yr old
Inputs used
followers1,144
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_logintraefik
public_repos65
account_age_days4,023
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable1 package(s) on go
4/35Publish recencylatest publish 1,492 days ago
20/20Version history27 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesgithub.com/traefik/mesh
ecosystemsgo
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1,492

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

65Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows2 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests2 out of 28 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
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 sitehttps://traefik.io/traefik-mesh
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics5 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicstraefik, mesh, service-mesh, service-mesh-interface, traefik-mesh
has_wikino
homepagehttps://traefik.io/traefik-mesh
docs_sitehttps://traefik.io/traefik-mesh
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

35Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionno data
0/2.5CI-Tests2 out of 28 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6.8/7.5Code-ReviewFound 28/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 11 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
0/7.5Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
0/5Packagingno data
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities148 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate3.2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
5.9/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories2 affected: github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 2.8.3 (critical 10.0), github.com/sirupsen/logrus 1.8.1 (high 7.5)
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
27.8/40No advisories left outstanding2 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 1,440 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories263
affected_packages22
assessed_packages101
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitycritical 2, high 15, moderate 4, unknown 1
direct_affected_packages2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 101 resolved dependencies against OSV. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. 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.

54Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)llms.txt served by the project website (https://traefik.io/llms.txt)
6.9/40Legible commit history13 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://traefik.io/llms.txt
legible_history_share0.13
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrapMakefile, docs/Makefile
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checkingGo (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile, lockfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practiceno agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilesgo.sum
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesMakefile, docs/Makefile
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsgo.mod
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeGo (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes0/56 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageGo
largest_source_bytes48,341
source_files_sampled56
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

2,101GitHub stars
31contributors
2commits, last 12 months
180days since last push
25releases
2bus factor
41open issues
Go, 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 ★ / 145 ⇿
0Stars
145Forks
24Releases

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.

0255075100125150140142019-092023-022026-07
Major 1Minor 11Patch 9

Each point covers 7 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 3.2 / 10
3.2aggregate

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 04:08 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
0CI-Tests2 out of 28 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
9Code-ReviewFound 28/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
10Contributorsproject has 11 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
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
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities148 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 14
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Gogithub.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4v4.1.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/go-check/checkv0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127go.mod
Gogithub.com/google/uuidv1.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/gorilla/muxv1.8.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-versionv1.3.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/servicemeshinterface/smi-sdk-gov0.4.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrusv1.8.1go.mod
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testifyv1.8.0go.mod
Gogithub.com/traefik/paerserv0.1.8go.mod
Gogithub.com/traefik/traefik/v2v2.8.3go.mod
Gogithub.com/vdemeester/shakersv0.1.0go.mod
Gok8s.io/apiv0.22.5go.mod
Gok8s.io/apimachineryv0.22.5go.mod
Gok8s.io/client-gov0.22.5go.mod
All dependencies 101

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 14 direct and 87 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Gogithub.com/cenkalti/backoff/v44.1.1direct
Gogithub.com/go-check/check0.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127direct
Gogithub.com/google/uuid1.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/gorilla/mux1.8.0direct
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/go-version1.3.0direct
Gogithub.com/servicemeshinterface/smi-sdk-go0.4.1direct
Gogithub.com/sirupsen/logrus1.8.1direct
Gogithub.com/stretchr/testify1.8.0direct
Gogithub.com/traefik/paerser0.1.8direct
Gogithub.com/traefik/traefik/v22.8.3direct
Gogithub.com/vdemeester/shakers0.1.0direct
Gok8s.io/api0.22.5direct
Gok8s.io/apimachinery0.22.5direct
Gok8s.io/client-go0.22.5direct
Gogithub.com/burntsushi/toml1.1.0indirect
Gogithub.com/davecgh/go-spew1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/evanphx/json-patch4.11.0+incompatibleindirect
Gogithub.com/go-acme/lego/v44.7.0indirect
Gogithub.com/go-logr/logr0.4.0indirect
Gogithub.com/gogo/protobuf1.3.2indirect
Gogithub.com/golang/protobuf1.5.2indirect
Gogithub.com/google/go-cmp0.5.7indirect
Gogithub.com/google/gofuzz1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/googleapis/gnostic0.5.5indirect
Gogithub.com/huandu/xstrings1.3.1indirect
Gogithub.com/imdario/mergo0.3.12indirect
Gogithub.com/json-iterator/go1.1.12indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/goutils1.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/semver/v33.1.1indirect
Gogithub.com/masterminds/sprig/v33.2.2indirect
Gogithub.com/mitchellh/copystructure1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk1.0.1indirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/concurrent0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1ddindirect
Gogithub.com/modern-go/reflect21.0.2indirect
Gogithub.com/patrickmn/go-cache2.1.0+incompatibleindirect
Gogithub.com/pkg/errors0.9.1indirect
Gogithub.com/pmezard/go-difflib1.0.0indirect
Gogithub.com/shopspring/decimal1.2.0indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/cast1.3.1indirect
Gogithub.com/spf13/pflag1.0.5indirect
Gogolang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20220427172511-eb4f295cb31findirect
Gogolang.org/x/net0.0.0-20220624214902-1bab6f366d9eindirect
Gogolang.org/x/oauth20.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109bindirect
Gogolang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9eindirect
Gogolang.org/x/term0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211indirect
Gogolang.org/x/text0.3.7indirect
Gogolang.org/x/time0.0.0-20211116232009-f0f3c7e86c11indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/appengine1.6.7indirect
Gogoogle.golang.org/protobuf1.28.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/inf.v00.9.1indirect
Gogopkg.in/square/go-jose.v22.6.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v22.4.0indirect
Gogopkg.in/yaml.v33.0.1indirect
Gok8s.io/klog/v22.10.0indirect
Gok8s.io/kube-openapi0.0.0-20211109043538-20434351676cindirect
Gok8s.io/utils0.0.0-20210820185131-d34e5cb4466eindirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v44.1.2indirect
Gosigs.k8s.io/yaml1.2.0indirect
PyPIappdirs1.4.4indirect
PyPIcachecontrol0.12.10indirect
PyPIcertifi2020.12.5indirect
PyPIcharset-normalizer2.0.7indirect
PyPIclick8.1.2indirect
PyPIcolorama0.4.4indirect
PyPIcontextlib221.6.0indirect
PyPIdistlib0.3.3indirect
PyPIdistro1.6.0indirect
PyPIghp-import2.0.2indirect
PyPIhtml5lib1.1indirect
PyPIidna3.3indirect
PyPIimportlib-metadata4.11.3indirect
PyPIjinja23.0.0indirect
PyPIlockfile0.12.2indirect
PyPImarkdown3.3.6indirect
PyPImarkdown-include0.5.1indirect
PyPImarkupsafe2.1.1indirect
PyPImergedeep1.3.4indirect
PyPImkdocs1.2.2indirect
PyPImkdocs-bootswatch1.0indirect
PyPImkdocs-material-extensions1.0.3indirect
PyPImkdocs-traefiklabs100.0.10indirect
PyPImsgpack1.0.2indirect
PyPIordered-set4.0.2indirect
PyPIpackaging20.9indirect
PyPIpep5170.12.0indirect
PyPIprogress1.6indirect
PyPIpygments2.11.2indirect
PyPIpymdown-extensions7.0indirect
PyPIpyparsing2.4.7indirect
PyPIpython-dateutil2.8.2indirect
PyPIpyyaml6.0.2indirect
PyPIpyyaml-env-tag0.1indirect
PyPIrequests2.26.0indirect
PyPIretrying1.3.3indirect
PyPIsix1.16.0indirect
PyPItoml0.10.2indirect
PyPItomli1.2.2indirect
PyPIurllib31.26.7indirect
PyPIwatchdog2.1.7indirect
PyPIwebencodings0.5.1indirect
PyPIzipp3.8.0indirect
Dependency advisories 22

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 101 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 22 carry known advisories, of which 2 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
github.com/traefik/traefik/v22.8.3directcritical1103.7.13
golang.org/x/crypto0.0.0-20220427172511-eb4f295cb31findirectcritical423.4.0
github.com/sirupsen/logrus1.8.1directhigh21.9.3
certifi2020.12.5indirecthigh52024.7.4
click8.1.2indirecthigh18.3.3
github.com/go-acme/lego/v44.7.0indirecthigh44.34.0
golang.org/x/net0.0.0-20220624214902-1bab6f366d9eindirecthigh3112.0.2
golang.org/x/oauth20.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109bindirecthigh20.27.0
golang.org/x/text0.3.7indirecthigh30.39.0
google.golang.org/protobuf1.28.0indirecthigh21.33.0
idna3.3indirecthigh43.15
jinja23.0.0indirecthigh103.1.6
markdown3.3.6indirecthigh23.8.1
mkdocs1.2.2indirecthigh21.2.3
msgpack1.0.2indirecthigh21.2.1
pymdown-extensions7.0indirecthigh811.0.1
urllib31.26.7indirecthigh162.7.0
gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v22.6.0indirectmoderate24.0.1
pygments2.11.2indirectmoderate42.20.0
requests2.26.0indirectmoderate82.33.0
zipp3.8.0indirectmoderate23.19.1
golang.org/x/sys0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9eindirectunknown10.44.0

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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