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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-06 02:36 UTC

MarcelMichau / dotnet-starter-project-template

.NET project template which serves as a good starting point to scale to more complex projects

C#MIT★ 1 star⑂ 0 forkssince Feb 2025View on GitHub ↗
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MarcelMichau/dotnet-starter-project-template holds a health index of 45 out of 100, placing it in the Weak band. It scores highest on Security (63/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (33/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

45
overall / 100
Weak

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.

45
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 47 is calibrated to 45 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Marcel MichauPersonal account
46 followers55 public repossince Jun 2014

This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetMarcelMichau.Templates.DotNetStarterProject2.5.1-950 days agoprojecttemplatecsharpdotnetaspire

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

56Moderate · 21% of overall

Development activity

92Excellent
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
29.1/36Commit cadence — 42/52 weeks with commits
17.7/18Commit volume — 92 commits in the last year
9/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
commits_last_year92
human_commit_share0.93
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year42

Release discipline

1Critical
How it's scored
0/27Ships releases — no releases published
0/36Release recency — no releases
0/27Release cadence — no releases
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Community & Adoption

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

33At Risk · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

1Critical
How it's scored
0/60Stars — 1 stars
0/25Forks — 0 forks
0/15Watchers — 1 watchers
Inputs used
forks0
stars1
watchers1
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

50Moderate
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

60Moderate
How it's scored
47.9/80Total downloads — 40,540 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesMarcelMichau.Templates.DotNetStarterProject
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads40,540
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?

39Weak · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

10Critical
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
0/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 100% of commits
1.4/13.5Contributor breadth — 1 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled1
top_contributor_share1

Issue & PR responsiveness

6Critical
How it's scored
0/42Issue resolution — no issues or no data
2.8/30PR acceptance — 14/152 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/26 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs14
open_issues0
closed_issues0
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio—
closed_unmerged_prs138
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Issue resolution, Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

58Moderate
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backing — personal (user) account
0/20Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts
12/25Owner reach — 46 followers of MarcelMichau
24.7/25Track record — 55 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers46
owner_typeUser
is_verified—
owner_loginMarcelMichau
public_repos55
account_age_days4,479
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on nuget
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 95 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesMarcelMichau.Templates.DotNetStarterProject
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

42Weak · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

44Weak
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 3 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 2 out of 2 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

40Weak
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics—
has_wikino
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?

63Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

63Moderate
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 2 out of 2 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/26 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5Contributors — project has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
6.8/7.5Maintained — 11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
6.8/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate6.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

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.

53Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

40Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 83 of 93 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.892
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

46Weak
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Package.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Api/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Api.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost.Tests/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost.Tests.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
4/10Demonstrated agent practice — 2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 5 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsno
lockfilespackages.lock.json
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifestsDotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Package.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Api/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Api.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost.Tests/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost.Tests.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.AppHost.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Application/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Application.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.ServiceDefaults/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.ServiceDefaults.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Tests/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Tests.csproj, src/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Worker/DotNetStarterProjectTemplate.Worker.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.05

Code legibility for models

100Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/39 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes5,226
source_files_sampled39
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

1GitHub stars
1contributors
92commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
0releases
1bus factor
0open issues
NuGetpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • No resolved dependencies carried a version and a supported ecosystem

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.3 / 10
6.3aggregate

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 02:36 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
10CI-Tests2 out of 2 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 0/26 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
0Contributorsproject has 0 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 0
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
9Maintained11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
All dependencies 26

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 26 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetAsp.Versioning.Http—indirect
NuGetAsp.Versioning.Mvc.ApiExplorer—indirect
NuGetAsp.Versioning.OpenApi—indirect
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Azure.Sql—indirect
NuGetAspire.Hosting.SqlServer—indirect
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Testing—indirect
NuGetAspire.Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer—indirect
NuGetCSharpFunctionalExtensions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Testing.Extensions.TrxReport—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets—indirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol—indirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting—indirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore—indirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http—indirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime—indirect
NuGetScalar.AspNetCore—indirect
NuGetScalar.AspNetCore.Microsoft—indirect
NuGetTUnit—indirect
Dependency advisories not assessed

Advisory matching could not run for this report: No resolved dependencies carried a version and a supported ecosystem

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