# OWASP/ASVS

Application Security Verification Standard

Repository: https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asvs
Language: HTML
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:07:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4325, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 36, "gap_med": 424, "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 3571, forks 833 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:10.096886+00:00)

## What it is
The OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) is an open standard defining a comprehensive set of security requirements for designing, developing, and testing web applications and services. It is maintained as a community-driven document published in PDF, Word, and other formats.

## Use cases
- define security requirements for a web application
- audit an app against a security verification standard
- create a security testing checklist for web services
- benchmark vendor application security claims
- guide secure development practices for a dev team

## When to choose
- you need an authoritative, community-maintained baseline of application security requirements
- you are performing security assessments or pen tests of web apps and want structured coverage levels
- you want to write procurement or compliance security requirements

## When to avoid
- you need an automated scanning or testing tool rather than a written standard
- you need security requirements for non-web software like embedded or mobile-only systems without adaptation
- you want executable code or libraries - this is a specification document

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, documentation
- domain: security, web-development, testing
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: owasp, security-requirements, verification-standard, appsec, checklist

## Member repositories
- OWASP/ASVS (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.096886+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 2026-08-29T18:34:06.400777+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:10.096886+00:00, sha 4fd2ba52256e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.