# ossf/allstar

GitHub App to set and enforce security policies

Repository: https://github.com/ossf/allstar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/allstar
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T13:37:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 26, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1926, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 337, "gap_med": 133, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1444, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.004980+00:00)

## What it is
Allstar is a GitHub App from OpenSSF that continuously monitors GitHub organizations and repositories for adherence to security best practices. When it detects a policy violation, it opens an issue to alert owners and can automatically revert offending project settings to their expected state.

## Use cases
- enforce security policies across a GitHub organization
- detect when branch protection or security settings are changed
- automatically revert unauthorized repository setting changes
- monitor open source repos for security best practice compliance
- alert maintainers when a repo falls out of compliance
- self-host a security policy enforcement bot for GitHub

## When to choose
- you manage a GitHub org with many repositories needing consistent security settings
- you want OpenSSF Scorecard-style policies continuously enforced rather than scanned once
- you need org-level defaults with per-repo opt-in/opt-out control
- you want violations surfaced as GitHub issues or auto-remediated

## When to avoid
- your code is not hosted on GitHub
- you need general-purpose CI/CD rather than security policy enforcement
- you want a one-time audit instead of continuous monitoring
- you cannot install GitHub Apps or self-host a service

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, monitoring, alerting, ci-cd, configuration-management
- domain: security, developer-tools
- platform: cloud, self-hosted, go
- tags: github-app, openssf, security-policy, repository-governance, policy-enforcement, scorecard, devops, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- ossf/allstar (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.004980+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:18.673830+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ossf/allstar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.004980+00:00, sha ceba994ca1c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.