Congrats, You Have a Dependency Nobody Has Heard Of
TL;DR: If a critical part of your software depends on a tiny project maintained by one stranger on the internet, you should probably know about it.
Modern software is built from other software, which is generally a very good thing. The problem comes when important systems quietly depend on abandoned libraries, obscure packages, unsupported APIs, or projects whose maintainers disappeared three years ago. Most dependencies deserve zero drama. A few deserve attention because losing them would create a security, maintenance, or operational headache. You do not need to fear open source. You do need to know which outside pieces your business cannot function without
Dependency Risk Scorecard
Six quick questions about the outside software your business relies on. Find out whether your dependencies are boring and managed, or whether something critical is quietly being held together by a project nobody has checked in years.
Critical 7-12
High 13-18
Watch 19-24
Low