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OWASP/wstg

Coolingrank #201

The Web Security Testing Guide is a comprehensive Open Source guide to testing the security of web applications and web services.

10.1k+19 · 7d 1.7k 135est. CC-BY-SA-4.0CSSpushed 4d ago

Composite

64

conf 65%

Momentum

43

conf 60%

Vitality (PVI)

81

conf 67%

Community

56

conf 60%

Security & maint.

87

conf 85%

Ecosystem influence

64

conf 60%

Opportunity

61

conf 60%

Breakout · 7d

13%

conf 71%

Executive summary

wstg is currently classified as cooling with a composite score of 64/100. Momentum (43) and vitality (81) are aligned — growth is backed by sustained maintenance. Estimated 7-day gain of 19 stars against a 10.1k-star base. Risk is assessed as low; the interpretable model puts its probability of entering the top trend cohort within 7 days at 13%.

90-day trajectory

+118 · 30d
2026-07-312026-10-28

Score breakdown

Every input, weight and normalized value — nothing hidden. Inputs marked est. are estimated until the full ingestion pipeline lands.

Momentum

Star velocityest.25%36
Star accelerationest.15%35
Fork velocityest.10%22
Contributor growthest.10%70
Issue activity growthest.10%48
PR activity growthest.10%77
External mention velocityest.10%2
Release event impactest.5%90
Trending-rank persistenceest.5%48

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 100%

Project Vitality Index

Commit consistency20%86
Release cadenceest.15%94
PR responsivenessest.15%93
Issue responsivenessest.15%71
Contributor diversityest.10%79
Maintainer continuityest.10%62
Documentation qualityest.5%72
Dependency freshnessest.5%57
Security hygieneest.5%79

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 67% · coverage 100%

Security & maintenance

Release recency25%90
License clarity20%92
Maintenance status25%86
Dependency stalenessest.15%88
Bus factorest.15%72

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 85% · coverage 100%

Ecosystem influence

Dependent repositoriesest.30%80
Quality-weighted dependentsest.20%63
Documentation citationsest.15%58
Contributor overlapest.15%34
Registry adoptionest.10%35
Topic centralityest.10%100

Model tn-interpretable-1.0.0 · confidence 60% · coverage 92% · missing: packageRegistryAdoption