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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 823 146

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

    Potential WG on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

    64 11

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

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

    343 41

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

    OpenSSF Working Group on Securing Software Repositories

    99 20

  5. tac tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    117 61

  6. foundation foundation Public

    OpenSSF Governance and Legal Docs

    72 19

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 292 Apache-2.0 30 10 4 Updated Mar 1, 2025
  • wg-dei Public

    The BEAR (Belonging, Empowerment, Allyship, and Representation) WG, formerly DEI, was formed in December 2023 to enhance representation and cybersecurity workforce effectiveness.

    ossf/wg-dei’s past year of commit activity
    6 Apache-2.0 2 5 2 Updated Mar 1, 2025
  • glossary Public
    ossf/glossary’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 1 Apache-2.0 1 0 1 Updated Feb 28, 2025
  • ossf/security-baseline’s past year of commit activity
    Go 40 Apache-2.0 18 17 (2 issues need help) 4 Updated Feb 28, 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 823 Apache-2.0 146 56 (2 issues need help) 10 Updated Feb 28, 2025
  • tac Public

    Technical Advisory Council

    ossf/tac’s past year of commit activity
    117 61 27 (6 issues need help) 8 Updated Feb 28, 2025
  • wg-globalcyberpolicy Public

    Global Cyber Policy Working Group

    ossf/wg-globalcyberpolicy’s past year of commit activity
    30 Apache-2.0 7 5 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Feb 28, 2025
  • osv-schema Public

    Open Source Vulnerability schema.

    ossf/osv-schema’s past year of commit activity
    Python 193 Apache-2.0 90 28 10 Updated Feb 28, 2025
  • scorecard Public

    OpenSSF Scorecard - Security health metrics for Open Source

    ossf/scorecard’s past year of commit activity
    Go 4,790 Apache-2.0 520 346 (12 issues need help) 6 Updated Feb 27, 2025
  • fuzz-introspector Public

    Fuzz Introspector -- introspect, extend and optimise fuzzers

    ossf/fuzz-introspector’s past year of commit activity
    Python 401 Apache-2.0 63 98 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Feb 27, 2025