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GitHub / PowerShell / vscode-powershell

Provides PowerShell language and debugging support for Visual Studio Code

JSON API: http://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/PowerShell%2Fvscode-powershell
PURL: pkg:github/PowerShell/vscode-powershell

Stars: 1,834
Forks: 523
Open issues: 383

License: mit
Language: TypeScript
Size: 9.59 MB
Dependencies parsed at: Pending

Created at: about 10 years ago
Updated at: 10 days ago
Pushed at: about 2 months ago
Last synced at: 8 days ago

Commit Stats

Commits: 2562
Authors: 139
Mean commits per author: 18.43
Development Distribution Score: 0.779
More commit stats: https://commits.ecosyste.ms/hosts/GitHub/repositories/PowerShell/vscode-powershell

Topics: extensions, hacktoberfest, powershell, visual-studio-code

OpenSSF Scorecard report

7.1

Overall Score

10/10 Critical Risk
54/70 High Risk
19/40 Medium Risk
10/20 Low Risk
Generated on August 11, 2025 | Scorecard vv5.2.1-40-gf6ed084d
Security Checks
10/10
Binary-Artifacts
High Risk

no binaries found in the repo

Determines if the project has generated executable (binary) artifacts in the source repository.

10/10
Code-Review
High Risk

all changesets reviewed

Determines if the project requires human code review before pull requests (aka merge requests) are merged.

10/10
Dangerous-Workflow
Critical Risk

no dangerous workflow patterns detected

Determines if the project's GitHub Action workflows avoid dangerous patterns.

10/10
License
Low Risk

license file detected

Determines if the project has defined a license.

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ℹ️ Info: project has a license file: LICENSE.txt:0
ℹ️ Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: LICENSE.txt:0
10/10
Maintained
High Risk

30 commit(s) and 17 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10

Determines if the project is "actively maintained".

10/10
Security-Policy
Medium Risk

security policy file detected

Determines if the project has published a security policy.

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ℹ️ Info: security policy file detected: SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found linked content: SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found text in security policy: SECURITY.md:1
10/10
Token-Permissions
High Risk

GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege

Determines if the project's workflows follow the principle of least privilege.

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ℹ️ Info: topLevel 'contents' permission set to 'read': .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:3
ℹ️ Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
9/10
SAST
Medium Risk

SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

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⚠️ Warn: 27 commits out of 30 are checked with a SAST tool
9/10
Vulnerabilities
High Risk

1 existing vulnerabilities detected

Determines if the project has open, known unfixed vulnerabilities.

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⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-52f5-9888-hmc6
5/10
Branch-Protection
High Risk

branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

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ℹ️ Info: 'allow deletion' disabled on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: 'force pushes' disabled on branch 'main'
⚠️ Warn: 'branch protection settings apply to administrators' is disabled on branch 'main'
⚠️ Warn: 'stale review dismissal' is disabled on branch 'main'
⚠️ Warn: required approving review count is 1 on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: codeowner review is required on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: 'last push approval' is required to merge on branch 'main'
⚠️ Warn: 'up-to-date branches' is disabled on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: status check found to merge onto on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: PRs are required in order to make changes on branch 'main'
0/10
CII-Best-Practices
Low Risk

no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected

Determines if the project has an OpenSSF (formerly CII) Best Practices Badge.

0/10
Fuzzing
Medium Risk

project is not fuzzed

Determines if the project uses fuzzing.

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⚠️ Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
0/10
Pinned-Dependencies
Medium Risk

dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0

Determines if the project has declared and pinned the dependencies of its build process.

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⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:28: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:34: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:44: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:55: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:71: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci-test.yml:78: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/ci-test.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml:14: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/close-stale-issues.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml:26: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/close-stale-issues.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml:37: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/close-stale-issues.yml/main?enable=pin
ℹ️ Info: 0 out of 9 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
0/10
Signed-Releases
High Risk

Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.

Determines if the project cryptographically signs release artifacts.

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⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.2.0 not signed: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/228948803
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.3.1-preview not signed: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/227854215
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.3.0-preview not signed: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/206694456
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.0.0 not signed: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/195927357
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.1.0-preview not signed: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/195224322
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.2.0 does not have provenance: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/228948803
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.3.1-preview does not have provenance: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/227854215
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.3.0-preview does not have provenance: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/206694456
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.0.0 does not have provenance: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/195927357
⚠️ Warn: release artifact v2025.1.0-preview does not have provenance: https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/releases/195224322
N/A
Packaging
Not Applicable

packaging workflow not detected

Determines if the project is published as a package that others can easily download, install, easily update, and uninstall.

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⚠️ Warn: no GitHub/GitLab publishing workflow detected.