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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.

Working Groups:

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 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 877 160

  2. ai-ml-security Public

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

    79 12

  3. wg-securing-critical-projects Public

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

    352 41

  4. wg-securing-software-repos Public

    OpenSSF Working Group on Securing Software Repositories

    105 21

  5. tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    123 66

  6. foundation Public

    OpenSSF Governance and Legal Docs

    73 17

Repositories

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  • Go 84 Apache-2.0 23 20 (5 issues need help) 4 Updated May 15, 2025
  • malicious-packages Public

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

    Go 309 Apache-2.0 39 12 11 Updated May 15, 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.

    JavaScript 877 Apache-2.0 160 62 (4 issues need help) 19 Updated May 15, 2025
  • glossary Public

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

    JavaScript 3 Apache-2.0 3 2 0 Updated May 14, 2025
  • scorecard Public

    OpenSSF Scorecard - Security health metrics for Open Source

    Go 4,890 Apache-2.0 538 354 (12 issues need help) 3 Updated May 15, 2025
  • alpha-omega Public

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

    Open Policy Agent 97 Apache-2.0 56 52 (11 issues need help) 2 Updated May 14, 2025
  • scorecard-visualizer Public

    Tool for visualizing the Open SSF Scorecard Api data in a human friendly way

    TypeScript 16 Apache-2.0 5 1 10 Updated May 14, 2025
  • wg-globalcyberpolicy Public

    Global Cyber Policy Working Group

    56 Apache-2.0 8 8 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated May 13, 2025
  • tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    123 66 25 (5 issues need help) 7 Updated May 13, 2025
  • 29 Apache-2.0 26 0 0 Updated May 13, 2025