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Software health reportschema 0.12.0 · metrics 1.13.0 · 2026-07-17 19:07 UTC
zcash / zips
Zcash Improvement Proposals
zcash/zips holds a health index of 73 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (91/100) and lowest on Sustainability & Governance (59/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
73
overall / 100Software health index
Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At risk ceiling of 49. AI Readiness sits outside the overall score.
73
Excellent85-100Exemplary; meets essentially all checked criteria
Good70-84Healthy; minor gaps
Moderate50-69Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
At risk30-49Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-29Severe 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.
Ownership
ZcashOrganization
489 followers58 public repossince Dec 2015
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?
91
Development activity
98Excellent
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 33.9/36 | Commit cadence — 49/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 646 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 17 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 646 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 49 |
Release discipline
80Good
How it's scored
| 16.2/27 | Ships releases — 100 version tags (no GitHub releases) |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 12 days ago |
| 19.8/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~75.1 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v2026.7.0 |
| releases_from_tags | yes |
| days_since_latest_release | 12 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 75.1 |
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?
76
Popularity & adoption
69Moderate
How it's scored
| 40.3/60 | Stars — 305 stars |
| 18.8/25 | Forks — 182 forks |
| 9.6/15 | Watchers — 54 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 182 |
| stars | 305 |
| watchers | 54 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
85Excellent
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 |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 0/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | yes |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Sustainability & Governance
Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?
59
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
41At risk
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 8.1/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 64% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 58 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 44 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 58 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.638 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
65Moderate
How it's scored
| 27.9/46.8 | Issue resolution — 60% of issues closed |
| 29.2/38.3 | PR acceptance — 469/615 decided PRs merged |
| 7.5/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 1/2 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 469 |
| open_issues | 266 |
| closed_issues | 394 |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.597 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 146 |
Ownership & stewardship
74Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain |
| 19.3/25 | Owner reach — 489 followers of zcash |
| 24.9/25 | Track record — 58 public repos, account ~10 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 489 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | zcash |
| public_repos | 58 |
| account_age_days | 3,880 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
71
Engineering practices
68Moderate
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 4 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 — 2 out of 2 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://zips.z.cash |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 4 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | zcash, cryptocurrency, cryptography, specifications |
| has_wiki | yes |
| homepage | https://zips.z.cash |
| 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?
67
Security posture
67Moderate
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 3/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 2.5/2.5 | CI-Tests — 2 out of 2 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 |
| 3.8/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 1/2 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 44 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 17 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 |
| 5/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — no data |
| 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 | 16 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 2 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 6.7 |
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? An independent, experimental badge — weight 0.0, so it is surfaced on its own and does not affect the overall health score.
68
Agent context & guidance
75Good
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Agent instructions — AGENTS.md |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| legible_history_share | — |
| agent_instruction_files | AGENTS.md |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | 12,627 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)
67Moderate
How it's scored
| 18/18 | One-command bootstrap — Makefile, protocol/Makefile |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 0/11 | Static type checking |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, Nix |
| 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 | yes |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | — |
| has_dockerfile | yes |
| typed_language | no |
| bootstrap_files | Makefile, protocol/Makefile |
| 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 — TeX without a type-check config |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/1 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | TeX |
| largest_source_bytes | 9,158 |
| source_files_sampled | 1 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Key facts
305GitHub stars
58contributors
646commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
266open issues
—package ecosystems
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 6.7 / 10
6.7aggregate
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 |
| 4 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 10 | CI-Tests | 2 out of 2 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 |
| 5 | Code-Review | Found 1/2 approved changesets -- score normalized to 5 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 44 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 17 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 |
| 10 | Security-Policy | security policy file detected |
| n/a | Signed-Releases | no releases found |
| 0 | Token-Permissions | detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions |
| 10 | Vulnerabilities | 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
All dependencies 0
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 0 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
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