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Software health reportschema 0.12.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-17 21:21 UTC
w3c / webref
Machine-readable references of terms defined in web browser specifications
w3c/webref holds a health index of 71 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (76/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (32/100). It was last updated today. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.
71
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.
71
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 63 is calibrated to 71 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
World Wide Web ConsortiumOrganization
7,662 followers1,096 public repossince Aug 2010
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
57
Development activity
94Exceptional
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 30.5/36 | Commit cadence — 44/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 314 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 314 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 44 |
Release discipline
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/27 | Ships releases — no releases published |
| 0/36 | Release recency — no releases |
| 0/27 | Release cadence — no releases |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 0 |
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?
67
Popularity & adoption
68Good
How it's scored
| 43/60 | Stars — 449 stars |
| 17.5/25 | Forks — 127 forks |
| 7.4/15 | Watchers — 22 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 127 |
| stars | 449 |
| watchers | 22 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
65Good
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (MIT) |
| 0/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 13.5/13.5 | 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 | yes |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
76
How it's scored
| 25.2/54 | Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 16/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 29% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 14 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 18 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 2 |
| contributors_sampled | 14 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.29 |
How it's scored
| 31.3/42 | Issue resolution — 74% of issues closed |
| 26.4/30 | PR acceptance — 1,540/1,751 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 1,540 |
| open_issues | 53 |
| closed_issues | 155 |
| prs_merged_7d | — |
| prs_decided_7d | — |
| prs_merged_30d | — |
| prs_decided_30d | — |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.745 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 211 |
| 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
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization |
| 25/25 | Owner reach — 7,662 followers of w3c |
| 25/25 | Track record — 1,096 public repos, account ~15 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 7,662 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | w3c |
| public_repos | 1,096 |
| account_age_days | 5,802 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
71
Engineering practices
68Good
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 8 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 0/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 20/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 3 out of 3 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | yes |
| has_editorconfig | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
75Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://w3c.github.io/webref/ |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 4 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | idl, css, definitions-data, web-platform |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | https://w3c.github.io/webref/ |
| docs_site | https://w3c.github.io/webref/ |
| 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?
48
Security posture
48Weak
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 |
| 2.5/2.5 | CI-Tests — 3 out of 3 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 0/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 18 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Dependency-Update-Tool — 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 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 2.5/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5 |
| 0/5 | SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — no data |
| 0/7.5 | Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions |
| 2.2/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 7 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 16 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 2 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 4.8 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): 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.
32
Agent context & guidance
1Critical
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| 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.
How it's scored
| 0/18 | One-command bootstrap |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 0/11 | Static type checking |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 5/8 | Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits |
| 5/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5 |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | package-lock.json |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | — |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice. Remaining weights renormalized.
Code legibility for models
55Moderate
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Type-checkable code — JavaScript without a type-check config |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/40 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | JavaScript |
| largest_source_bytes | 25,551 |
| source_files_sampled | 40 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Key facts
449GitHub stars
14contributors
314commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
0releases
2bus factor
53open issues
npmpackage ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- Could not fetch npm package 'webref' from its registry
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 4.8 / 10
4.8aggregate
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 |
| 10 | CI-Tests | 3 out of 3 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0 | Code-Review | Found 0/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 18 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10 | Dangerous-Workflow | no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 10 | Dependency-Update-Tool | update tool detected |
| 0 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed |
| 10 | License | license file detected |
| 10 | Maintained | 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| 5 | Pinned-Dependencies | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5 |
| 0 | SAST | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| n/a | Signed-Releases | no releases found |
| 0 | Token-Permissions | detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions |
| 3 | Vulnerabilities | 7 existing vulnerabilities detected |
All dependencies 181
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 181 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @actions/core | 3.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | @actions/exec | 3.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @actions/http-client | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @actions/io | 3.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @asamuzakjp/css-color | 5.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | @asamuzakjp/dom-selector | 7.0.4 | indirect |
| npm | @asamuzakjp/nwsapi | 2.3.9 | indirect |
| npm | @bramus/specificity | 2.4.2 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/color-helpers | 6.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/css-calc | 3.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/css-color-parser | 4.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/css-parser-algorithms | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/css-syntax-patches-for-csstree | 1.1.2 | indirect |
| npm | @csstools/css-tokenizer | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @exodus/bytes | 1.15.0 | indirect |
| npm | @isaacs/cliui | 8.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @isaacs/cliui | 9.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @isaacs/fs-minipass | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | @jsdevtools/npm-publish | 4.1.5 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/auth-token | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/core | 7.0.6 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/endpoint | 11.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/graphql | 9.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/openapi-types | 27.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/plugin-paginate-rest | 14.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/plugin-request-log | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods | 17.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/plugin-throttling | 11.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/request | 10.0.6 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/request-error | 7.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/rest | 22.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | @octokit/types | 16.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | @pkgjs/parseargs | 0.11.0 | indirect |
| npm | @puppeteer/browsers | 3.0.6 | indirect |
| npm | @types/semver | 7.7.1 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/css | 6.25.12 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/css | 8.7.1 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/elements | 2.7.2 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/events | 1.24.3 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/idl | 3.81.4 | indirect |
| npm | @webref/xref | 1.2.8 | indirect |
| npm | ajv | 8.20.0 | indirect |
| npm | ajv-formats | 3.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-regex | 5.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-regex | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-regex | 6.2.2 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-styles | 4.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-styles | 6.2.1 | indirect |
| npm | ansi-styles | 6.2.3 | indirect |
| npm | argparse | 1.0.10 | indirect |
| npm | array-back | 6.2.2 | indirect |
| npm | balanced-match | 1.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | balanced-match | 4.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | before-after-hook | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | bidi-js | 1.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | bottleneck | 2.19.5 | indirect |
| npm | brace-expansion | 2.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | brace-expansion | 5.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | cddlparser | 0.6.0 | indirect |
| npm | chownr | 3.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | chromium-bidi | 16.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | cliui | 9.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | color-convert | 2.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | color-name | 1.1.4 | indirect |
| npm | command-line-args | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | commander | 15.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | cross-spawn | 7.0.6 | indirect |
| npm | css-tree | 3.2.1 | indirect |
| npm | data-urls | 7.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | decimal.js | 10.6.0 | indirect |
| npm | devtools-protocol | 0.0.1638949 | indirect |
| npm | eastasianwidth | 0.2.0 | indirect |
| npm | emoji-regex | 10.6.0 | indirect |
| npm | emoji-regex | 8.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | emoji-regex | 9.2.2 | indirect |
| npm | entities | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | escalade | 3.2.0 | indirect |
| npm | escape-string-regexp | 1.0.5 | indirect |
| npm | esprima | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | extend-shallow | 2.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | fast-content-type-parse | 3.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | fast-deep-equal | 3.1.3 | indirect |
| npm | fast-uri | 3.1.2 | indirect |
| npm | fetch-filecache-for-crawling | 5.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | filename-reserved-regex | 2.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | filenamify | 4.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | filenamify-url | 2.1.2 | indirect |
| npm | find-replace | 5.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | foreground-child | 3.3.1 | indirect |
| npm | get-caller-file | 2.0.5 | indirect |
| npm | get-east-asian-width | 1.6.0 | indirect |
| npm | glob | 10.5.0 | indirect |
| npm | glob | 13.0.4 | indirect |
| npm | gray-matter | 4.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | html-encoding-sniffer | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | humanize-url | 2.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | is-extendable | 0.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | is-fullwidth-code-point | 3.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | is-potential-custom-element-name | 1.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | isexe | 2.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | jackspeak | 3.4.3 | indirect |
| npm | jackspeak | 4.2.3 | indirect |
| npm | js-yaml | 3.14.2 | indirect |
| npm | jsdom | 29.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | json-schema-traverse | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | kind-of | 6.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | lilconfig | 3.1.3 | indirect |
| npm | lodash.camelcase | 4.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | lru-cache | 10.4.3 | indirect |
| npm | lru-cache | 11.2.6 | indirect |
| npm | lru-cache | 11.2.7 | indirect |
| npm | mdn-data | 2.27.1 | indirect |
| npm | minimatch | 10.2.4 | indirect |
| npm | minimatch | 9.0.9 | indirect |
| npm | minipass | 7.1.2 | indirect |
| npm | minizlib | 3.1.0 | indirect |
| npm | mitt | 3.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | modern-tar | 0.7.6 | indirect |
| npm | normalize-url | 4.5.1 | indirect |
| npm | package-json-from-dist | 1.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | parse5 | 8.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | path-key | 3.1.1 | indirect |
| npm | path-scurry | 1.11.1 | indirect |
| npm | path-scurry | 2.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | punycode | 2.3.1 | indirect |
| npm | puppeteer | 25.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | puppeteer-core | 25.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | reffy | 21.0.5 | indirect |
| npm | require-from-string | 2.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | rimraf | 5.0.9 | indirect |
| npm | rimraf | 6.1.3 | indirect |
| npm | saxes | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | section-matter | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | semver | 7.7.3 | indirect |
| npm | shebang-command | 2.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | shebang-regex | 3.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | signal-exit | 4.1.0 | indirect |
| npm | source-map-js | 1.2.1 | indirect |
| npm | sprintf-js | 1.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | string-width | 4.2.3 | indirect |
| npm | string-width | 5.1.2 | indirect |
| npm | string-width | 7.2.0 | indirect |
| npm | strip-ansi | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | strip-ansi | 7.1.0 | indirect |
| npm | strip-ansi | 7.2.0 | indirect |
| npm | strip-bom-string | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | strip-outer | 1.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | strudy | 3.2.5 | indirect |
| npm | symbol-tree | 3.2.4 | indirect |
| npm | tar | 7.5.7 | indirect |
| npm | tldts | 7.0.27 | indirect |
| npm | tldts-core | 7.0.27 | indirect |
| npm | tough-cookie | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | tr46 | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | trim-repeated | 1.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | tunnel | 0.0.6 | indirect |
| npm | typed-query-selector | 2.12.2 | indirect |
| npm | typical | 7.3.0 | indirect |
| npm | undici | 6.27.0 | indirect |
| npm | undici | 7.28.0 | indirect |
| npm | universal-user-agent | 7.0.3 | indirect |
| npm | validate-npm-package-name | 7.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | w3c-xmlserializer | 5.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | web-specs | 4.6.0 | indirect |
| npm | webdriver-bidi-protocol | 0.4.2 | indirect |
| npm | webidl-conversions | 8.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | webidl2 | 24.5.0 | indirect |
| npm | whatwg-mimetype | 5.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | whatwg-url | 16.0.1 | indirect |
| npm | which | 2.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | wrap-ansi | 7.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | wrap-ansi | 8.1.0 | indirect |
| npm | wrap-ansi | 9.0.2 | indirect |
| npm | ws | 8.21.1 | indirect |
| npm | xml-name-validator | 5.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | xmlchars | 2.2.0 | indirect |
| npm | y18n | 5.0.8 | indirect |
| npm | yallist | 5.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | yargs | 18.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | yargs-parser | 22.0.0 | indirect |
| npm | zod | 3.25.76 | indirect |
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