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Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)

OpenSSF is a community of software developers and security engineers who are working together to secure open source software for the greater public good.
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OpenSSF is committed to working both upstream and with existing communities to advance open source security for all.

We foster collaboration, establish best practices, and develop innovative solutions to secure the development, maintenance, and consumption of open source software. OpenSSF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.

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For any questions, concerns, reports, etc., please email operations@openssf.org.

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Membership

We encourage all individual contributors to work with their employers to become members. We aim to grow an active, healthy community of contributors, reviewers, and code owners. Learn more about the requirements and responsibilities of membership in our Membership page or see current members.

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  1. wg-best-practices-os-developers wg-best-practices-os-developers Public

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

    JavaScript 999 187

  2. ai-ml-security ai-ml-security Public

    Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Security

    156 23

  3. wg-securing-critical-projects wg-securing-critical-projects Public

    Helping allocate resources to secure the critical open source projects we all depend on.

    390 48

  4. wg-securing-software-repos wg-securing-software-repos Public

    OpenSSF Working Group on Securing Software Repositories

    128 29

  5. tac tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    136 76

  6. foundation foundation Public

    OpenSSF Governance and Legal Docs

    76 18

Repositories

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  • malicious-packages Public

    A repository of reports of malicious packages identified in Open Source package repositories, consumable via the Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) format.

    ossf/malicious-packages’s past year of commit activity
    Go 471 Apache-2.0 80 21 10 Updated Mar 22, 2026
  • ossf/ossf-landscape’s past year of commit activity
    31 Apache-2.0 28 0 3 Updated Mar 21, 2026
  • scorecard-webapp Public

    Website and API for OpenSSF Scorecard

    ossf/scorecard-webapp’s past year of commit activity
    Go 28 Apache-2.0 31 31 (7 issues need help) 24 Updated Mar 21, 2026
  • cve-bin-tool Public

    The CVE Binary Tool helps you determine if your system includes known vulnerabilities. You can scan binaries for over 350 common, vulnerable components (openssl, libpng, libxml2, expat and others), or if you know the components used, you can get a list of known vulnerabilities associated with an SBOM or a list of components and versions.

    ossf/cve-bin-tool’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1,646 GPL-3.0 606 144 (1 issue needs help) 47 Updated Mar 21, 2026
  • pvtr-github-repo-scanner Public

    Privateer plugin for scanning the security hygiene of a GitHub repository.

    ossf/pvtr-github-repo-scanner’s past year of commit activity
    Go 21 Apache-2.0 12 22 5 Updated Mar 20, 2026
  • glossary Public

    A reference for common terms when talking about OpenSSF and open source software security.

    ossf/glossary’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 4 Apache-2.0 6 4 3 Updated Mar 20, 2026
  • scorecard Public

    OpenSSF Scorecard - Security health metrics for Open Source

    ossf/scorecard’s past year of commit activity
    Go 5,316 Apache-2.0 615 362 (11 issues need help) 31 Updated Mar 20, 2026
  • wg-best-practices-os-developers Public

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

    ossf/wg-best-practices-os-developers’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 999 Apache-2.0 187 80 (2 issues need help) 10 Updated Mar 20, 2026
  • wg-orbit Public

    ORBIT: Open Resources for Baselines, Interoperability, and Tooling

    ossf/wg-orbit’s past year of commit activity
    21 Apache-2.0 4 7 (1 issue needs help) 1 Updated Mar 19, 2026
  • scorecard-monitor Public

    Simplify OpenSSF Scorecard tracking in your organization with automated markdown and JSON reports, plus optional GitHub issue alerts

    ossf/scorecard-monitor’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 44 Apache-2.0 14 13 13 Updated Mar 19, 2026