Adoption Check
Intended use: Example: card payments for the India checkout
Last checked 19 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC · method 2026-10-12.2
90% of weight had data (partial)
square/square-nodejs-sdk has received a Watch verdict with a health score of 65. The primary concerns driving this rating are severe bus factor risks, as one contributor authored 100 percent of commits in the last 365 days, alongside the absence of a documented security policy. Despite these issues, the project maintains strong adoption with 205,520 downloads last week on npm and regular release cadence.
Last release was 33 days ago (46.0.0).
Source: Last release was 33 days ago (46.0.0).
9 releases in the last 365 days.
Source: 9 releases in the last 365 days.
205,520 downloads last week on npm.
Source: 205,520 downloads last week on npm.
One contributor authored 100 percent of commits in the last 365 days (low bus factor).
Source: One contributor authored 100 percent of commits in the last 365 days (low bus factor).
1 person committed in the last 365 days.
Source: 1 person committed in the last 365 days.
No security policy (SECURITY.md) was found.
Source: No security policy (SECURITY.md) was found.
Uncertainty: Responsiveness metrics were derived from a limited sample of 1 issue and 2 pull requests, and dependent package data was missing.
Written by Gemini Flash from the metrics and reasons below; every number was checked against the data, and the verdict and score come from fixed rules, not the model.
Explained
3 concerns8 neutral5 positive
Score 65 from 90% of the weight; 1 hard gate applied.Breakdown
Weight 20
42Risky
Weight 15
100Healthy
no records in OSV
Weight 15
70Watch
Weight 10
83Healthy
Weight 10
—No data
Insufficient data: Only 3 recent issues or PRs to sample
Weight 10
18Risky
Weight 10
60Watch
Weight 5
100Healthy
Weight 5
76Healthy
Over time
History
No decision recorded yet. Status: Evaluating.