# ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers

The Best Practices for OSS Developers working group is dedicated to raising awareness and education of secure code best practices for open source developers.

Repository: https://github.com/ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wg-best-practices-os-developers
Homepage: https://openssf.org
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:22:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2228, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1064, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.450904+00:00)

## What it is
An OpenSSF working group repository curating security best practices, guides, and educational resources for open source developers. It hosts community-maintained documentation and related tools such as the OpenSSF Best Practices Badge program to help projects adopt secure development habits.

## Use cases
- learn secure coding practices for open source projects
- find security best practice guides for maintainers
- get my open source project security badged
- educate contributors on secure development
- curate a security practices inventory for my team
- improve my repository's security posture

## When to choose
- you maintain or contribute to open source projects and want actionable security guidance
- you need free, community-vetted secure development training materials
- you want to benchmark or certify your project's security practices

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable security scanning tool rather than guidance and education
- you need vendor-specific or compliance-audit documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: security, developer-tools, education, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: openssf, secure-coding, best-practices, open-source-security, supply-chain-security, working-group, education

## Member repositories
- ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.450904+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 2026-08-30T06:56:05.916097+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://openssf.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.197005+00:00, sha 5096128bd475)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.206160+00:00, sha 7899433a2bf4)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/members (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.208294+00:00, sha 7efa44bc61e3)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/board (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.209880+00:00, sha 39c700faee87)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/tac (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.212152+00:00, sha 93fc92a04aeb)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/staff (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.214183+00:00, sha 411b74f5740e)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/brand-guidelines (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.216246+00:00, sha 9d9648fe6ce6)
  - site_page: https://openssf.org/about/contact (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:11.217975+00:00, sha ceaaa3c64e61)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.