The Update Framework (TUF)

Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF)

The Update Framework (TUF) was accepted to CNCF on October 24, 2017 at the Incubating maturity level and then moved to the Graduated maturity level on December 18, 2019.

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Health Score

Healthy (78)

Total contributors

343

+22% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

113

-9% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

178

-15% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

143

+211% vs. previous year

Software Value

$3.6M

First commit

January 31, 2013

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