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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 [email protected].

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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 958 185

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

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

    126 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.

    377 46

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

    OpenSSF Working Group on Securing Software Repositories

    123 27

  5. tac tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    133 74

  6. foundation foundation Public

    OpenSSF Governance and Legal Docs

    73 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 425 Apache-2.0 69 12 4 Updated Dec 12, 2025
  • gemara Public

    Minimizing rework for governance activities.

    ossf/gemara’s past year of commit activity
    Go 34 Apache-2.0 17 29 (1 issue needs help) 5 Updated Dec 12, 2025
  • ossf/security-baseline’s past year of commit activity
    Go 121 Apache-2.0 33 55 (5 issues need help) 9 Updated Dec 12, 2025
  • scorecard Public

    OpenSSF Scorecard - Security health metrics for Open Source

    ossf/scorecard’s past year of commit activity
    Go 5,185 Apache-2.0 593 362 (12 issues need help) 7 Updated Dec 11, 2025
  • 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 1,581 GPL-3.0 581 154 (1 issue needs help) 57 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • alpha-omega Public

    Our mission is to catalyze sustainable improvements to critical open source software projects and ecosystems.

    ossf/alpha-omega’s past year of commit activity
    Open Policy Agent 110 Apache-2.0 61 0 0 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • ossf/ossf-landscape’s past year of commit activity
    30 Apache-2.0 27 0 0 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • 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 958 Apache-2.0 185 66 (2 issues need help) 7 Updated Dec 10, 2025
  • scorecard-action Public

    Official GitHub Action for OpenSSF Scorecard.

    ossf/scorecard-action’s past year of commit activity
    Go 340 Apache-2.0 80 27 7 Updated Dec 9, 2025
  • scorecard-webapp Public

    Website and API for OpenSSF Scorecard

    ossf/scorecard-webapp’s past year of commit activity
    Go 29 Apache-2.0 31 31 (7 issues need help) 16 Updated Dec 9, 2025