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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-14 09:51 UTC

Tyrrrz / CliFx

Class-first framework for building command-line interfaces

C#MIT★ 1,615 stars⑂ 67 forkssince Jun 2019View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolLibraryhow this is determined
#command-line#cli#terminal#command#dotnet#dotnet-core#dotnet-standard#framework

Tyrrrz/CliFx holds a health index of 67 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (70/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (38/100). It was last updated 12 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

67
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.

67
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 61 is calibrated to 67 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Oleksii HolubPersonal account
2,944 followers42 public repossince Jul 2012

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
NuGetCliFx3.0.1-3413 days agocommandlineexecutableinterfaceframeworkparserargumentscliappapplicationnetcore

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

70Good · 21% of overall

Development activity

66Good
How it's scored
28.8/36Push recency — last push 12 days ago
14.5/36Commit cadence — 21/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 152 commits in the last year
5/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 7 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
commits_last_year152
human_commit_share0.94
days_since_last_push12
active_weeks_last_year21

Release discipline

76Good
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 3 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 13 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~236.9 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count3
latest_release_tag3.0.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release13
mean_days_between_releases236.9

Community & Adoption

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

70Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

75Good
How it's scored
52/60Stars — 1,615 stars
15.2/25Forks — 67 forks
7.8/15Watchers — 26 watchers
Inputs used
forks67
stars1,615
watchers26
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

57Moderate
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
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateyes

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

82Excellent
How it's scored
65.7/80Total downloads — 2,088,453 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesCliFx
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads2,088,453
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?

68Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

34At Risk
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
1.2/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 94% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 19 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 3 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled19
top_contributor_share0.945

Issue & PR responsiveness

76Good
How it's scored
40.2/42Issue resolution — 96% of issues closed
25.8/30PR acceptance — 73/85 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs73
open_issues4
closed_issues88
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.957
closed_unmerged_prs12
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

74Good
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backing — personal (user) account
0/20Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts
24.9/25Owner reach — 2,944 followers of Tyrrrz
23.9/25Track record — 42 public repos, account ~14 yr old
Inputs used
followers2,944
owner_typeUser
is_verified—
owner_loginTyrrrz
public_repos42
account_age_days5,181
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 13 days ago
20/20Version history — 34 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesCliFx
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish13

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

50Moderate · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

40Weak
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 7 out of 8 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

65Good
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://nuget.org/packages/CliFx
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 8 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicscommand-line, cli, terminal, command, dotnet, dotnet-core, dotnet-standard, framework
has_wikino
homepagehttps://nuget.org/packages/CliFx
docs_sitehttps://nuget.org/packages/CliFx
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

50Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

50Moderate
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
2/2.5CI-Tests — 7 out of 8 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 3 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 10
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
3.8/7.5Maintained — 7 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
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_aggregate5
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.

38Weak · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

3Critical
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
3.4/40Legible commit history — 6 of 94 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.064
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

42Weak
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj, CliFx.Demo/CliFx.Demo.csproj, CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 5 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 6 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_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.05
toolchain_manifestsCliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj, CliFx.Demo/CliFx.Demo.csproj, CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj, CliFx.Tests.Dummy/CliFx.Tests.Dummy.csproj, CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj, CliFx/CliFx.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.06

Code legibility for models

100Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/115 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes33,863
source_files_sampled115
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

1,615GitHub stars
19contributors
152commits, last 12 months
12days since last push
3releases
1bus factor
4open 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

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 67 ⇿
0Stars
67Forks
2Releases

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.

01325385063756752019-062023-012026-08
Major 0Minor 0Patch 1

Each point covers 7 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.0 / 10
5.0aggregate

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 · 2026-09-14 09:51 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
8CI-Tests7 out of 8 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 3 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 10
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
5Maintained7 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 35
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetBenchmarkDotNet—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetclipr—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetCocona—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetCommandLineParser—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetMcMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetPowerArgs—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetSystem.CommandLine—CliFx.Benchmarks/CliFx.Benchmarks.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx.Demo/CliFx.Demo.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection—CliFx.Demo/CliFx.Demo.csproj
NuGetBinternal—CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp—CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj
NuGetPolyShim—CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj
NuGetPowerKit—CliFx.Generators/CliFx.Generators.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx.Tests.Dummy/CliFx.Tests.Dummy.csproj
NuGetBasic.Reference.Assemblies.Net100—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetCliWrap—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetcoverlet.collector—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetFluentAssertions—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetGitHubActionsTestLogger—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetPolyShim—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetPowerKit—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetxunit—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio—CliFx.Tests/CliFx.Tests.csproj
NuGetBinternal—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
NuGetPolyShim—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
NuGetPowerKit—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
NuGetSnek—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
NuGetSystem.Threading.Tasks.Extensions—CliFx/CliFx.csproj
All dependencies 23

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 23 direct and 0 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetBasic.Reference.Assemblies.Net100—direct
NuGetBenchmarkDotNet—direct
NuGetBinternal—direct
NuGetclipr—direct
NuGetCliWrap—direct
NuGetCocona—direct
NuGetCommandLineParser—direct
NuGetcoverlet.collector—direct
NuGetCSharpier.MsBuild—direct
NuGetFluentAssertions—direct
NuGetGitHubActionsTestLogger—direct
NuGetMcMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk—direct
NuGetPolyShim—direct
NuGetPowerArgs—direct
NuGetPowerKit—direct
NuGetSnek—direct
NuGetSystem.CommandLine—direct
NuGetSystem.Threading.Tasks.Extensions—direct
NuGetxunit—direct
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio—direct
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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