Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-14 15:00 UTC

dotnet / WatsonTcp

WatsonTcp is the easiest way to build TCP-based clients and servers in C#.

C#MIT★ 673 stars⑂ 130 forkssince Nov 2016View on GitHub ↗

#tcp #messaging #framing #rpc #api #server #client #ssl #ssl-support #mono-environments #mono #nuget #async-tcp-server #tls

dotnet/WatsonTcp holds a health index of 69 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (78/100) and lowest on Engineering Quality (47/100). It was last updated 21 days ago. 2 contributors account for most of its recent work.

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.

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)

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 62 is calibrated to 69 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

.NET PlatformOrganization · verified domain

23,367 followers278 public repossince Oct 2014

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

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

53Moderate · 21% of overall

Development activity

53Moderate

How it's scored

28.8/36	Push recency — last push 21 days ago
6.2/36	Commit cadence — 9/52 weeks with commits
12.9/18	Commit volume — 26 commits in the last year
5/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 6 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5

Inputs used

commits_last_year	26
human_commit_share	1
days_since_last_push	21
active_weeks_last_year	9

Release discipline

52Moderate

How it's scored

27/27	Ships releases — 2 releases published
0/36	Release recency — latest release 2,566 days ago
19.8/27	Release cadence — a release every ~62.1 days
0/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data

Inputs used

releases_count	2
latest_release_tag	2.0.0
releases_from_tags	no
days_since_latest_release	2,566
mean_days_between_releases	62.1

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?

78Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

71Good

How it's scored

45.9/60	Stars — 673 stars
17.6/25	Forks — 130 forks
7.8/15	Watchers — 26 watchers

Inputs used

forks	130
stars	673
watchers	26
growth_state	unverified
growth_factor_pct	100
growth_unverified_reason	no_history

Community health

85Excellent

How it's scored

22.5/22.5	README
22.5/22.5	License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18	CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5	Code of conduct
0/7.2	Issue template
0/6.3	PR template

Inputs used

has_readme	yes
has_license	yes
readme_badges	2
has_contributing	yes
has_issue_template	no
has_code_of_conduct	yes
readme_badge_services	shields.io
has_pull_request_template	no

Sustainability & Governance

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

76Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

56Moderate

How it's scored

25.2/54	Bus factor — 2 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
11.4/22.5	Commit distribution — top contributor authored 49% of commits
13.5/13.5	Contributor breadth — 21 contributors
6/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6

Inputs used

bus_factor	2
contributors_sampled	21
top_contributor_share	0.492

Issue & PR responsiveness

76Good

How it's scored

42/42	Issue resolution — 100% of issues closed
22.6/30	PR acceptance — 43/57 decided PRs merged
0/13	Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
1.5/15	OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 4/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1

Inputs used

merged_prs	43
open_issues	0
closed_issues	199
prs_merged_7d	0
prs_decided_7d	0
prs_merged_30d	2
prs_decided_30d	2
issue_closed_ratio	1
closed_unmerged_prs	14
first_time_authors_30d	0
first_time_prs_merged_30d	0
first_time_prs_decided_30d	0

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

100Exceptional

How it's scored

30/30	Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20	Verified domain
25/25	Owner reach — 23,367 followers of dotnet
25/25	Track record — 278 public repos, account ~11 yr old

Inputs used

followers	23,367
owner_type	Organization
is_verified	yes
owner_login	dotnet
public_repos	278
account_age_days	4,356

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

47Weak · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

38Weak

How it's scored

24/24	CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
0/24	Tests present
0/16	Linter config
0/9.6	Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4	.editorconfig
0/20	OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data

Inputs used

has_ci	yes
has_tests	no
has_editorconfig	yes
has_linter_config	no
has_precommit_config	no

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests. Remaining weights renormalized.

Documentation

60Moderate

How it's scored

30/30	README
0/25	Documentation directory
0/15	Documentation / homepage site
10/10	Repository description
10/10	Topics — 14 topics
10/10	Wiki

Inputs used

topics	tcp, messaging, framing, rpc, api, server, client, ssl, ssl-support, mono-environments, mono, nuget, async-tcp-server, tls
has_wiki	yes
homepage	—
docs_site	—
has_readme	yes
has_docs_dir	no
has_description	yes

Security

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

56Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

45Weak

How it's scored

7.5/7.5	Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
4.5/7.5	Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
0/2.5	CI-Tests — no data
0/2.5	CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0.8/7.5	Code-Review — Found 4/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
1.5/2.5	Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
10/10	Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0/7.5	Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5	Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5	License — license file detected
3.8/7.5	Maintained — 6 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
0/5	Packaging — no data
0/5	Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5	SAST — no data
0/5	Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5	Signed-Releases — no data
0/7.5	Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5	Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected

Inputs used

source	openssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated	14
scorecard_version	v5.5.0
checks_inconclusive	4
scorecard_aggregate	4.5

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): CI-Tests, Packaging, SAST, Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional

How it's scored

35/35	Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25	Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40	No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date

Inputs used

source	osv
advisories	0
affected_packages	0
assessed_packages	9
unassessed_packages	4
affected_by_severity	none
direct_affected_packages	0

Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 9 resolved dependencies against OSV. 4 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.

49Weak · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

56Moderate

How it's scored

45/45	Agent instructions — CLAUDE.md
0/15	Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
11.2/40	Legible commit history — 21 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)

Inputs used

has_llms_txt	no
llms_txt_url	—
legible_history_share	0.21
agent_instruction_files	CLAUDE.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes	7,677

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

26At Risk

How it's scored

12.6/18	One-command bootstrap — src/Test.Automated/Test.Automated.csproj, src/Test.Client/Test.Client.csproj, src/Test.ClientStream/Test.ClientStream.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22	Automated tests
0/11	Lint / format config
11/11	Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10	Reproducible environment
2/10	Demonstrated agent practice — 1 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8	Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10	OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0

Inputs used

has_nix	no
has_tests	no
lockfiles	—
has_dockerfile	no
typed_language	yes
bootstrap_files	—
has_devcontainer	no
has_linter_config	no
typecheck_configs	—
agent_commit_share	0.01
toolchain_manifests	src/Test.Automated/Test.Automated.csproj, src/Test.Client/Test.Client.csproj, src/Test.ClientStream/Test.ClientStream.csproj, src/Test.Deadlock/Test.Deadlock.csproj, src/Test.FastDisconnect/Test.FastDisconnect.csproj, src/Test.FileTransfer/Test.FileTransfer.csproj, src/Test.LargeMessages/Test.LargeMessages.csproj, src/Test.MaxConnections/Test.MaxConnections.csproj, src/Test.Metadata/Test.Metadata.csproj, src/Test.MultiClient/Test.MultiClient.csproj, src/Test.MultiThread/Test.MultiThread.csproj, src/Test.NUnit/Test.NUnit.csproj, src/Test.NonExistentServer/Test.NonExistentServer.csproj, src/Test.Parallel/Test.Parallel.csproj, src/Test.PartialStream/Test.PartialStream.csproj, src/Test.PerformanceBenchmark/Test.PerformanceBenchmark.csproj, src/Test.Reconnect/Test.Reconnect.csproj, src/Test.Server/Test.Server.csproj, src/Test.ServerStream/Test.ServerStream.csproj, src/Test.Shared/Test.Shared.csproj, src/Test.SyncMessages/Test.SyncMessages.csproj, src/Test.Throughput/Test.Throughput.csproj, src/Test.TimeoutRecovery/Test.TimeoutRecovery.csproj, src/Test.WinFormClient/Test.WinFormClient.csproj, src/Test.WinFormServer/Test.WinFormServer.csproj, src/Test.XUnit/Test.XUnit.csproj, src/WatsonTcp/WatsonTcp.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share	0

Code legibility for models

98Exceptional

How it's scored

45/45	Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
53.3/55	Manageable file sizes — 3/98 source files over 60KB

Inputs used

primary_language	C#
largest_source_bytes	160,625
source_files_sampled	98
oversized_source_files	3

Key facts

673GitHub stars

21contributors

26commits, last 12 months

21days since last push

2releases

2bus factor

0open issues

—package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 130 ⇿

0Stars

130Forks

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.

Major 1Minor 0Patch 1

Each point covers 9 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.5 / 10

4.5aggregate

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 15:00 UTC

10	Binary-Artifacts	no binaries found in the repo
6	Branch-Protection	branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
n/a	CI-Tests	internal error: internal error: Client.Repositories.ListCheckRunsForRef: error during graphqlHandler.setupCheckRuns: Something went wrong while executing your query on 2026-09-14T15:00:19Z. Please include `BD64:1443F3:1DF6AA4:1D22496:6AA80BFF` when reporting this issue.
0	CII-Best-Practices	no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
1	Code-Review	Found 4/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
6	Contributors	project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
10	Dangerous-Workflow	no dangerous workflow patterns detected
0	Dependency-Update-Tool	no update tool detected
0	Fuzzing	project is not fuzzed
10	License	license file detected
5	Maintained	6 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
n/a	Packaging	packaging workflow not detected
0	Pinned-Dependencies	dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
n/a	SAST	internal error: internal error: Client.Checks.ListCheckRunsForRef: error during graphqlHandler.setupCheckRuns: Something went wrong while executing your query on 2026-09-14T15:00:19Z. Please include `BD64:1443F3:1DF6AA4:1D22496:6AA80BFF` when reporting this issue.
0	Security-Policy	security policy file not detected
n/a	Signed-Releases	no releases found
0	Token-Permissions	detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10	Vulnerabilities	0 existing vulnerabilities detected

Direct dependencies 30

Registry	Package	Version constraint	Manifest
NuGet	Touchstone.Cli	`$(TouchstoneVersion)`	src/Test.Automated/Test.Automated.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.Client/Test.Client.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Client/Test.Client.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.ClientStream/Test.ClientStream.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.ClientStream/Test.ClientStream.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Deadlock/Test.Deadlock.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.FastDisconnect/Test.FastDisconnect.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.FileTransfer/Test.FileTransfer.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.FileTransfer/Test.FileTransfer.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.LargeMessages/Test.LargeMessages.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.MaxConnections/Test.MaxConnections.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.MaxConnections/Test.MaxConnections.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Metadata/Test.Metadata.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.MultiClient/Test.MultiClient.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.MultiThread/Test.MultiThread.csproj
NuGet	Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk	`17.12.0`	src/Test.NUnit/Test.NUnit.csproj
NuGet	NUnit	`4.3.2`	src/Test.NUnit/Test.NUnit.csproj
NuGet	NUnit3TestAdapter	`4.6.0`	src/Test.NUnit/Test.NUnit.csproj
NuGet	Touchstone.NunitAdapter	`$(TouchstoneVersion)`	src/Test.NUnit/Test.NUnit.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.NonExistentServer/Test.NonExistentServer.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.Parallel/Test.Parallel.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Parallel/Test.Parallel.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.PartialStream/Test.PartialStream.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Reconnect/Test.Reconnect.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.Server/Test.Server.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Server/Test.Server.csproj
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	src/Test.ServerStream/Test.ServerStream.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.ServerStream/Test.ServerStream.csproj
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	src/Test.Shared/Test.Shared.csproj
NuGet	Touchstone.Core	`$(TouchstoneVersion)`	src/Test.Shared/Test.Shared.csproj

All dependencies 13

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 8 direct and 5 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

Registry	Package	Version	Relation
NuGet	Inputty	`1.0.12`	direct
NuGet	Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk	`17.12.0`	direct
NuGet	NUnit	`4.3.2`	direct
NuGet	NUnit3TestAdapter	`4.6.0`	direct
NuGet	System.Text.Json	`9.0.10`	direct
NuGet	Touchstone.Cli	`—`	direct
NuGet	Touchstone.Core	`—`	direct
NuGet	Touchstone.NunitAdapter	`—`	direct
NuGet	Newtonsoft.Json	`13.0.3`	indirect
NuGet	System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource	`8.0.1`	indirect
NuGet	Touchstone.XunitAdapter	`—`	indirect
NuGet	xunit	`2.9.3`	indirect
NuGet	xunit.runner.visualstudio	`2.8.2`	indirect

Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 9 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 4 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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