SafeDep for Open Source

Supply chain security
for open source maintainers.

Maintainers are now a prime target for malicious packages and hijacked dependencies. We give qualifying open source projects the full SafeDep Team plan for free, with 10 seats for your maintainers.

The story

Why we are doing this

Open source is what everyone builds on. The people who maintain it deserve the same protection that large companies pay for.

  • Why open source maintainers are now a target
  • What SafeDep catches before it reaches your users
  • How the program works for your project

Maintainers are the new target.Most have no security team.

Attackers publish lookalike packages, take over maintainer accounts and slip malicious code into dependencies. When one popular project is hit, everyone downstream is hit too. Most maintainers protect millions of users in their spare time.

What you get

Everything in the Team plan.Free for your project.

No cut down edition and no feature gates. Approved projects get the same plan that paying teams use.

Who qualifies

Built for real open source projects

You do not need thousands of stars. We look for projects that are open, maintained and used by other people.

What we require

  • A public repository on GitHub
  • An OSI approved license, such as MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, BSD or MPL
  • Active maintenance, with at least one commit in the last 90 days
  • At least 3 months old, and not a fork or a mirror
  • You maintain it, which we confirm when you connect the SafeDep GitHub App
  • Run by its community, not the open core edition of a commercial product

What helps your application

  • Published to a package registry like npm, PyPI, Go, Maven or crates.io
  • Real usage, such as downloads or projects that depend on it
  • More than one active contributor
  • A healthy OpenSSF Scorecard
  • Part of a foundation such as CNCF, Apache, OpenJS or the Linux Foundation

Not sure your project fits? Apply anyway.

How it works

Three steps, no paperwork

  1. 01

    Apply

    Sign in to SafeDep, connect the GitHub App to your project and tell us a little about it. It takes a few minutes.

  2. 02

    We review

    We review every application and get back to you by email as soon as we can.

  3. 03

    You are covered

    Approved projects get the Team plan with 10 seats for 12 months. We renew it as long as the project still qualifies.

FAQ

Questions maintainers ask

Yes. There is no credit card and no trial that turns into a bill. Approved projects get the full Team plan at no cost.

Everything in the SafeDep Team plan, with 10 seats for your maintainers and core contributors. No features are held back.

Protecting the people
who protect open source.

Apply in a few minutes. We will get back to you as soon as we can.