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Software health reportschema 0.27.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-23 18:10 UTC
varbees / rateguard
AI-native rate limiting SDK for Go, Node.js, and Python — middleware, not a proxy
varbees/rateguard holds a health index of 59 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on AI Readiness (82/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (28/100). It was last updated 5 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
59
overall / 100Software 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.
59
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 56 is calibrated to 59 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
Harsha VardhanPersonal account
3 followers35 public repossince Oct 2020
This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/varbees/rateguard/packages/sdk-go | v0.5.1 | - | 4 | 5 days ago | — |
| npm | @varbees/rateguard-node | 0.5.1 | 324 | 4 | 5 days ago | rate-limitingmiddlewarellmtoken-budgetapi-protection |
| PyPI | varbees-rateguard | 0.5.1 | - | 4 | 5 days ago | — |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
76
Development activity
70Good
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 5 days ago |
| 6.2/36 | Commit cadence — 9/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 326 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 326 |
| human_commit_share | 1 |
| days_since_last_push | 5 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 9 |
Release discipline
84Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 1 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 68 days ago |
| 12.6/27 | Release cadence — cadence unknown (single release) |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 1 |
| latest_release_tag | v0.1.0 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 68 |
| mean_days_between_releases | — |
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?
28
Popularity & adoption
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/60 | Stars — 0 stars |
| 0/25 | Forks — 0 forks |
| 0/15 | Watchers — 0 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 0 |
| stars | 0 |
| watchers | 0 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
50Moderate
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (MIT) |
| 0/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 0/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | — |
| has_contributing | no |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
How it's scored
| 33.5/80 | Monthly downloads — 324 downloads/month across go, npm, pypi |
| 0/20 | Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem |
Inputs used
| packages | github.com/varbees/rateguard/packages/sdk-go, @varbees/rateguard-node, varbees-rateguard |
| dependents | — |
| ecosystems | go, npm, pypi |
| total_downloads | — |
| monthly_downloads | 324 |
| 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?
45
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
10Critical
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 0/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 100% of commits |
| 1.4/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 1 contributors |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 1 |
| top_contributor_share | 1 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
50Moderate
How it's scored
| 0/42 | Issue resolution — no issues or no data |
| 22.5/30 | PR acceptance — 3/4 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 3 |
| open_issues | 0 |
| closed_issues | 0 |
| prs_merged_7d | — |
| prs_decided_7d | — |
| prs_merged_30d | — |
| prs_decided_30d | — |
| issue_closed_ratio | — |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 1 |
| first_time_authors_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_merged_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_decided_30d | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Issue resolution, Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Ownership & stewardship
46Weak
How it's scored
| 10/30 | Ownership backing — personal (user) account |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts |
| 4.3/25 | Owner reach — 3 followers of varbees |
| 22.8/25 | Track record — 35 public repos, account ~5 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 3 |
| owner_type | User |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | varbees |
| public_repos | 35 |
| account_age_days | 2,094 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
Package maintenance
92Excellent
How it's scored
| 25/25 | Published & resolvable — 3 package(s) on go, npm, pypi |
| 35/35 | Publish recency — latest publish 5 days ago |
| 12/20 | Version history — 4 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | github.com/varbees/rateguard/packages/sdk-go, @varbees/rateguard-node, varbees-rateguard |
| ecosystems | go, npm, pypi |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 5 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
72
Engineering practices
60Moderate
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 2 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 0/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | yes |
| has_editorconfig | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests. Remaining weights renormalized.
Documentation
90Excellent
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 25/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://rateguard.antharmaya.com |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 0/10 | Topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | — |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | https://rateguard.antharmaya.com |
| docs_site | https://rateguard.antharmaya.com |
| has_readme | yes |
| has_docs_dir | yes |
| has_description | yes |
Security
Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?
47
Security posture
47Weak
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 0/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| 0/2.5 | CI-Tests — no data |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/2.5 | Contributors — project has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0 |
| 10/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 0/7.5 | Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected |
| 5/5 | Fuzzing — project is fuzzed |
| 2.5/2.5 | License — license file detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 5/5 | Packaging — packaging workflow detected |
| 0/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | SAST — no SAST tool detected |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — no data |
| 7.5/7.5 | Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 0/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 27 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 16 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 2 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 4.7 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): CI-Tests, 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.
82
Agent context & guidance
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Agent instructions — AGENTS.md |
| 15/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt present |
| 40/40 | Legible commit history — 100 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body) |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | yes |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | 1 |
| agent_instruction_files | AGENTS.md |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | 14,911 |
Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)
56Moderate
How it's scored
| 12.6/18 | One-command bootstrap — packages/sdk-go/go.mod (toolchain convention, no task runner) |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — packages/dashboard/tsconfig.json, packages/sdk-node/tsconfig.json, packages/sdk-python/rateguard/py.typed, site/tsconfig.json |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile |
| 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 | go.sum, package-lock.json, uv.lock |
| has_dockerfile | yes |
| typed_language | yes |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | packages/dashboard/tsconfig.json, packages/sdk-node/tsconfig.json, packages/sdk-python/rateguard/py.typed, site/tsconfig.json |
| agent_commit_share | 0 |
| toolchain_manifests | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0 |
Code legibility for models
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — TypeScript (statically typed) |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/360 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | TypeScript |
| largest_source_bytes | 41,728 |
| source_files_sampled | 360 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Machine-readable interfaces
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 0/40 | API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software |
| 20/20 | MCP server |
| 40/40 | Runnable examples — examples |
Inputs used
| example_dirs | examples |
| has_mcp_signal | yes |
| api_schema_files | — |
| interfaces_expected_of | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto). Remaining weights renormalized.
Key facts
0GitHub stars
1contributors
326commits, last 12 months
5days since last push
1releases
1bus factor
0open issues
npmpackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- GitHub dependency-graph SBOM unavailable (404); the dependency graph may be disabled for this repository
- deps.dev does not index npm:@varbees/rateguard-node@0.5.1; advisories assessed against the repository dependency graph instead
More detail
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).
| 10 | Binary-Artifacts | no binaries found in the repo |
| 0 | Branch-Protection | branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
| n/a | CI-Tests | no pull request found |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0 | Code-Review | Found 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | Contributors | project has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0 |
| 10 | Dangerous-Workflow | no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 0 | Dependency-Update-Tool | no update tool detected |
| 10 | Fuzzing | project is fuzzed |
| 10 | License | license file detected |
| 10 | Maintained | 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 10 | Packaging | packaging workflow detected |
| 0 | Pinned-Dependencies | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | SAST | no SAST tool detected |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| n/a | Signed-Releases | no releases found |
| 10 | Token-Permissions | GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 0 | Vulnerabilities | 27 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Direct dependencies 30
| Registry | Package | Version constraint | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @opennextjs/cloudflare | ^1.20.0 | site/package.json |
| npm | framer-motion | ^12.23.24 | site/package.json |
| npm | motion-dom | 12.23.23 | site/package.json |
| npm | motion-utils | 12.23.6 | site/package.json |
| npm | next | ^15.4.9 | site/package.json |
| npm | react | ^19.2.1 | site/package.json |
| npm | react-dom | ^19.2.1 | site/package.json |
| npm | shiki | ^4.3.1 | site/package.json |
| npm | @base-ui/react | ^1.6.0 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | class-variance-authority | ^0.7.1 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | clsx | ^2.1.1 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | lucide-react | ^1.23.0 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | motion | ^12.42.2 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | next | ^15.4.9 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | next-themes | ^0.4.6 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | react | ^19.2.1 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | react-dom | ^19.2.1 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | recharts | ^3.9.2 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | shadcn | ^4.13.0 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | sonner | ^2.0.7 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | tailwind-merge | ^3.6.0 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| npm | tw-animate-css | ^1.4.0 | packages/dashboard/package.json |
| Go | github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 | v9.17.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel | v1.44.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc | v1.39.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric | v1.44.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk | v1.44.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric | v1.44.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace | v1.44.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
| Go | golang.org/x/text | v0.36.0 | packages/sdk-go/go.mod |
All dependencies not collected
The resolved dependency set could not be collected for this report: GitHub dependency-graph SBOM unavailable (404); the dependency graph may be disabled for this repository
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