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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-19 15:44 UTC

OctopusDeploy / OctopusCLI

| Public | Command line tool for Octopus Deploy

C#Custom license★ 8 stars⑂ 25 forkssince May 2019archivedView on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolhow this is determined
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OctopusDeploy/OctopusCLI holds a health index of 19 out of 100, placing it in the Critical band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (89/100) and lowest on Vitality (22/100). The repository is archived, so no further maintenance is expected.

19
overall / 100
Critical

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.

19
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 55 is calibrated to 57 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Octopus DeployOrganization · verified domain
302 followers241 public repossince Dec 2011

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetOctopusTools9.1.7-5561487 days agoautomationdeployment
NuGetOctopus.DotNet.Cli9.1.7-4041487 days ago—

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

22At Risk · 21% of overall

Development activity

1Critical
How it's scored
0/36Push recency — last push 535 days ago
0/36Commit cadence — 0/52 weeks with commits
0/18Commit volume — 0 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — project is archived
Inputs used
commits_last_year0
human_commit_share0.88
days_since_last_push535
active_weeks_last_year0

Release discipline

54Moderate
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 17 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 1,487 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~17.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count17
latest_release_tagv9.1.7
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1,487
mean_days_between_releases17.7

Community & Adoption

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

66Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

30At Risk
How it's scored
13.7/60Stars — 8 stars
11.5/25Forks — 25 forks
4.7/15Watchers — 8 watchers
Inputs used
forks25
stars8
watchers8
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

87Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

93Exceptional
How it's scored
74.1/80Total downloads — 13,442,894 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesOctopusTools, Octopus.DotNet.Cli
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads13,442,894
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?

89Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

97Exceptional
How it's scored
54/54Bus factor — 8 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
19.9/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 12% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 78 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 15 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor8
contributors_sampled78
top_contributor_share0.117

Issue & PR responsiveness

92Excellent
How it's scored
42/42Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
23.1/30PR acceptance — 157/204 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
15/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
Inputs used
merged_prs157
open_issues0
closed_issues58
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio1
closed_unmerged_prs47
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.

Ownership & stewardship

93Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
17.8/25Owner reach — 302 followers of OctopusDeploy
25/25Track record — 241 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers302
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginOctopusDeploy
public_repos241
account_age_days5,380

Package maintenance

69Good
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on nuget
4/35Publish recency — latest publish 1,487 days ago
20/20Version history — 556 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesOctopusTools, Octopus.DotNet.Cli
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1,487

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

44Weak · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

30At Risk
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 3 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 0 out of 21 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

65Good
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api/octopus-cli
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 1 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspublic
has_wikino
homepagehttps://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api/octopus-cli
docs_sitehttps://octopus.com/docs/octopus-rest-api/octopus-cli
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

52Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

52Moderate
How it's scored
6.8/7.5Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0/2.5CI-Tests — 0 out of 21 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 15 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
0/7.5Maintained — project is archived
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
3.5/5SAST — SAST tool detected but not run on all commits
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-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_aggregate5.2
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. 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

45Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) — llms.txt served by the project website (https://octopus.com/llms.txt)
30.3/40Legible commit history — 50 of 88 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://octopus.com/llms.txt
legible_history_share0.568
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

42Weak
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — build/_build.csproj, source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj, source/Octo/Octo.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
8/8Automated maintenance — 3 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
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestsbuild/_build.csproj, source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj, source/Octo/Octo.csproj, source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj, source/Octopus.DotNet.Cli/Octopus.DotNet.Cli.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.03

Code legibility for models

100Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/134 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes27,956
source_files_sampled134
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

8GitHub stars
78contributors
0commits, last 12 months
535days since last push
17releases
8bus factor
0open issues
NuGetpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 25 ⇿
0Stars
25Forks
17Releases

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.

048121620242412019-082021-122024-03
Major 3Minor 1Patch 13

Each point covers 5 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.2 / 10
5.2aggregate

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 · 2026-09-19 15:43 UTC

9Binary-Artifactsbinaries present in source code
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0CI-Tests0 out of 21 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 15 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
0Maintainedproject is archived
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
7SASTSAST tool detected but not run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file 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 37
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetNuke.Common6.0.1build/_build.csproj
NuGetSharpCompress0.29.0build/_build.csproj
NuGetAssent1.6.1source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility0.2.12-alphasource/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetOctopus.Server.Client11.6.3644source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetOctopus.Server.MessageContracts.Base3.0.400source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.TextWriter2.0.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetNSubstitute4.2.1source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetFluentAssertions4.19.4source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk15.3.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetNUnit3.13.3source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetNUnit3TestAdapter4.2.1source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetTeamCity.VSTest.TestAdapter1.0.15source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Owin2.0.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel2.0.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Https2.0.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables2.0.0source/Octo.Tests/Octo.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility0.2.12-alphasource/Octo/Octo.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility0.2.12-alphasource/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json13.0.1source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Common3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Frameworks3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Packaging3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Packaging.Core3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Packaging.Core.Types3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Versioning3.6.0-octopus-58692source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetOctopus.CommandLine0.0.112source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetOctopus.Server.Client11.6.3644source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetOctopus.Versioning5.1.155source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetOctostache2.3.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.ColoredConsole2.0.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.Trace2.0.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetSprache2.1.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetSerilog2.3.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetAutofac4.6.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetSystem.ValueTuple4.5.0source/Octopus.Cli/Octopus.Cli.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility0.2.12-alphasource/Octopus.DotNet.Cli/Octopus.DotNet.Cli.csproj
All dependencies 0

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

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Dependency advisories not assessed

Advisory matching could not run for this report: No resolved dependencies to assess

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