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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-06 22:04 UTC

LuckyPennySoftware / MediatR

Simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET

C#Custom license★ 11,857 stars⑂ 2,182 forkssince Mar 2014View on GitHub ↗

LuckyPennySoftware/MediatR holds a health index of 77 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (80/100) and lowest on Security (57/100). It was last updated 66 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

77
overall / 100
Good

Software health index

Metrics are grouped into weighted categories on one standardized 1–100 scale. Overall starts as their weighted mean, calibrated against the distribution of the public record so bands carry percentile meaning; when public evidence triggers the High-Risk Jurisdiction Policy, the rating is adjusted and receives an At Risk ceiling of 34.

77
Exceptional93-100The record's top tier (≈ top 5%); essentially all checked criteria met
Excellent80-92Strong across the board; minor gaps
Good65-79Healthy; gaps are limited and manageable
Moderate50-64Acceptable with notable gaps; review recommended
Weak35-49Material weaknesses across several areas
At Risk20-34Significant weaknesses; adoption warrants caution
Critical1-19Severe problems (abandoned, single-maintainer, no hygiene)
VitalityCommunity &AdoptionSustainability &GovernanceEngineeringQualitySecurityAI Readiness

Score profile

Each axis is a category. The shape matters more than the average — a healthy subject fills the whole shape, while a spike-and-crater profile means strength in one dimension is masking risk in another.

The weighted overall 66 is calibrated to 77 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

55 followers2 public repossince Apr 2025

This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetMediatR14.2.0-4066 days agomediatorrequestresponsequeriescommandsnotifications

Metrics by category

Vitality

Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?

64Moderate · 21% of overall
How it's scored
18/36Push recencylast push 66 days ago
6.9/36Commit cadence10/52 weeks with commits
16.3/18Commit volume64 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained10 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year64
human_commit_share0.94
days_since_last_push66
active_weeks_last_year10
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases32 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 66 days ago
19.8/27Release cadencea release every ~84 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count32
latest_release_tagv14.2.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release66
mean_days_between_releases84

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

80Excellent · 17% of overall
How it's scored
60/60Stars11,857 stars
25/25Forks2,182 forks
13.7/15Watchers293 watchers
Inputs used
forks2,182
stars11,857
watchers293
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5Licenselicense file present, not a recognized license
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges4
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
80/80Total downloads483,015,285 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependentsnot reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesMediatR
dependents
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads483,015,285
monthly_downloads
unverified_packages_excluded
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Registry dependents. Remaining weights renormalized.

Sustainability & Governance

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?

62Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
7.2/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 68% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth79 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 37 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled79
top_contributor_share0.68
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution100% of issues closed
20.4/30PR acceptance194/285 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 0/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs194
open_issues0
closed_issues756
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs91
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domain
12.6/25Owner reach55 followers of LuckyPennySoftware
6.3/25Track record2 public repos, account ~1 yr old
Inputs used
followers55
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginLuckyPennySoftware
public_repos2
account_age_days519

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable1 package(s) on nuget
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 66 days ago
20/20Version history40 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesMediatR
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish66

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

68Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

60Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics1 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicshacktoberfest
has_wikiyes
homepage
docs_site
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

Are visible security and supply-chain practices strong, without unresolved high-risk jurisdiction exposure?

57Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
2.2/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-ReviewFound 0/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 37 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained10 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
0/5Packagingno data
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
4/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
0/5Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate4.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisoriesno direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisoriestransitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstandingno advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages30
unassessed_packages5
affected_by_severitynone
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 30 resolved dependencies against OSV. 5 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so the repository dependency graph was assessed instead. That graph mixes development and test pins with shipped dependencies, so only the declared runtime dependencies are scored; transitive findings are reported as context and excluded from the score. Reachability is not analyzed.

AI Readiness

How well is the repo equipped to be developed and maintained with AI coding agents? Carries a deliberately small weight (4%): agent tooling is a real maintenance signal, but a repository with none can still reach 100/100.

58Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructionsno CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
19.9/40Legible commit history35 of 94 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.372
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrapsamples/MediatR.Examples.AspNetCore/MediatR.Examples.AspNetCore.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.Autofac/MediatR.Examples.Autofac.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.DryIoc/MediatR.Examples.DryIoc.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checkingC# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
10/10Demonstrated agent practice17 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.17
toolchain_manifestssamples/MediatR.Examples.AspNetCore/MediatR.Examples.AspNetCore.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.Autofac/MediatR.Examples.Autofac.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.DryIoc/MediatR.Examples.DryIoc.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.Lamar/MediatR.Examples.Lamar.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.LightInject/MediatR.Examples.LightInject.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.PublishStrategies/MediatR.Examples.PublishStrategies.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.SimpleInjector/MediatR.Examples.SimpleInjector.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.Stashbox/MediatR.Examples.Stashbox.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples.Windsor/MediatR.Examples.Windsor.csproj, samples/MediatR.Examples/MediatR.Examples.csproj, src/MediatR.Contracts/MediatR.Contracts.csproj, src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj, test/MediatR.Benchmarks/MediatR.Benchmarks.csproj, test/MediatR.DependencyInjectionTests/MediatR.DependencyInjectionTests.csproj, test/MediatR.Tests/MediatR.Tests.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeC# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes0/154 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes42,376
source_files_sampled154
oversized_source_files0
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP servernot applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examplessamples
Inputs used
example_dirssamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files
interfaces_expected_of
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

11,857GitHub stars
79contributors
64commits, last 12 months
66days since last push
32releases
1bus factor
0open issues
package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 2,182 ⇿
0Stars
2,182Forks
6Releases

When each star and fork was added, collected from GitHub and bucketed by day. Cumulative growth sits directly above the daily additions it is made of, so the two read against each other: steady organic accretion looks nothing like an abrupt, short-lived burst. Where that difference is measurable, it is reported as growth authenticity.

Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.

1,4001,6001,8002,0002,2002,1823502025-042025-122026-08
Major 2Minor 3Patch 0

Each point covers 2 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.6 / 10
4.6aggregate

Independent, tool-agnostic security assessment from the open-source OpenSSF Scorecard. Each check rewards a security practice, not a specific vendor's tool. Checks Scorecard could not determine are marked n/a and excluded from the security score (never counted as zero).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-09-06 22:04 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests10 out of 10 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/9 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 37 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained10 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
8SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 8
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 9
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetMicrosoft.SourceLink.GitHub8.0.0src/MediatR.Contracts/MediatR.Contracts.csproj
NuGetIsExternalInit1.0.3src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMediatR.Contracts[2.0.1, 3.0.0)src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces[10.0.0, )src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions[10.0.0, )src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions[10.0.0, )src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens[8.14.0, )src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.SourceLink.GitHub8.0.0src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
NuGetMinVer6.0.0src/MediatR/MediatR.csproj
All dependencies 35

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 9 direct and 26 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetIsExternalInit1.0.3direct
NuGetMediatR.Contractsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfacesdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractionsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions10.0.0direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractionsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokensdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.SourceLink.GitHub8.0.0direct
NuGetMinVer6.0.0direct
NuGetAutofac8.4.0indirect
NuGetAutofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection10.0.0indirect
NuGetAutofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection8.0.0indirect
NuGetBenchmarkDotNet0.13.10indirect
NuGetBenchmarkDotNet.Diagnostics.Windows0.13.10indirect
NuGetCastle.Windsor5.1.2indirect
NuGetCastle.Windsor.Extensions.DependencyInjection5.1.2indirect
NuGetDryIoc.Microsoft.DependencyInjection6.2.0indirect
NuGetDryIoc.Microsoft.DependencyInjection8.0.0-preview-04indirect
NuGetLamar15.0.1indirect
NuGetLamar.Microsoft.DependencyInjection15.0.1indirect
NuGetLightInject7.0.1indirect
NuGetLightInject.Microsoft.DependencyInjection4.0.3indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection10.0.0indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Testing10.0.0indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk17.8.0indirect
NuGetScrutor6.1.0indirect
NuGetShouldly4.2.1indirect
NuGetSimpleInjector5.5.0indirect
NuGetSimpleInjector.Integration.ServiceCollection5.5.0indirect
NuGetStashbox5.17.1indirect
NuGetStashbox.Extensions.Dependencyinjection5.7.0indirect
NuGetSystem.Reflection.TypeExtensions4.7.0indirect
NuGetxunit2.5.3indirect
NuGetxunit2.6.1indirect
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio2.5.3indirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 30 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 5 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

An advisory means the version recorded in the dependency graph falls inside an advisory’s affected range. Reachability is not analysed, and the graph includes development and test pins — a finding may concern tooling rather than shipped software.

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