ossec/ossec-hids
OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.
Health Breakdown
Should you contribute to ossec/ossec-hids?
ossec/ossec-hids has a FoundDev health score of 89/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.
Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in C, so prior C experience will shorten ramp-up.
Licensed under GPL-2.0, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.
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