OpenSSF Scorecard
What is OpenSSF Scorecard?
Open Source Security Foundation Scorecard for open source projects. It comprises 20 controls organised across 4 domains, and applies in International.
How OpenSSF Scorecard maps to other frameworks
All 20 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 4 domains OpenSSF Scorecard groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with OpenSSF Scorecard
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in OpenSSF Scorecard. The number is how many OpenSSF Scorecard controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Where OpenSSF Scorecard overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on OpenSSF Scorecard
One course in the catalogue covers OpenSSF Scorecard directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
Training more than one person? Ten seats of any course is $1,490 on a single licence, against $199 a seat bought one at a time.
What an auditor will ask you for
All 8 OpenSSF Scorecard controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
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Questions people ask about OpenSSF Scorecard
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Query OpenSSF Scorecard programmatically
OpenSSF Scorecard, its 20 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
OpenSSF Scorecard API reference and MCP config →What OpenSSF Scorecard requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one OpenSSF Scorecard control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- OSSFSC-1 Branch Protection, Code Review, and Repository Governance
- OSSFSC-2 Dependency Management, Pinning, Updates, Vulnerability Tracking
- OSSFSC-3 Build, CI/CD Security, Workflow Permissions, Dangerous Patterns
- OSSFSC-4 Security Policy, Vulnerability Disclosure, Responsible Reporting
- OSSFSC-6 Signed Releases, Provenance, Trusted Publishing, Binary Artifacts
- OSSFSC-7 Webhook Authentication, Contributors Diversity, Aggregate Score
- OSSFSC-8 Project Maintenance, Sustainability, Integration with Supply Chain Security
How ready are you for OpenSSF Scorecard?
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