Repository · MIT
shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist
Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API
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38.9
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see the breakdown below
9y ago
Created
last push 3mo ago
Star history
How this score was built
| Component | Weight | Earned | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | 55 | 5.1 | +6.0/wk, log-scaled against a 750/day ceiling |
| Acceleration | 15 | 15.0 | last week ran 2.03× the monthly pace |
| Freshness | 15 | 6.1 | last push 3mo ago; decays to zero at 180 days |
| Scale | 15 | 12.7 | 23.3k stars, log-scaled against 150k — stops a 3-star repo topping the board |
| Momentum | 100 | 38.9 | sum of the above |
Detail
| Topics | apijwtoauth2security |
| Matched on | Security (security) |
| Short window | +6 stars over 7 days = 0.9/day |
| Long window | +11 stars over 26 days = 0.4/day |
| Lifetime average | 6.85 stars/day over 3,407 days |
| First seen here | 2026-10-11 |
| Last read | 2d ago |