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Software health reportschema 0.14.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-18 21:35 UTC

dotnet / interactive-window

Visual Studio Interactive Window

C# · PowerShell · ShellMIT★ 74 stars⑂ 41 forkssince Jun 2016View on GitHub ↗
#visualstudio#interactivewindow#interactive#scripting#editor

dotnet/interactive-window holds a health index of 59 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (68/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (25/100). It was last updated 7 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

59
overall / 100
Moderate

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.

59
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 56 is calibrated to 59 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

.NET PlatformOrganization
22,989 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?

63Moderate · 21% of overall

Development activity

75Good
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 7 days ago
18/36Commit cadence — 26/52 weeks with commits
14.3/18Commit volume — 38 commits in the last year
7/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 9 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 7
Inputs used
commits_last_year38
human_commit_share—
days_since_last_push7
active_weeks_last_year26

Release discipline

44Weak
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 2 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 2,958 days ago
12.6/27Release cadence — a release every ~299.2 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count2
latest_release_tagVisual-Studio-2017-Update-7
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release2,958
mean_days_between_releases299.2
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?

57Moderate · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

50Moderate
How it's scored
30.2/60Stars — 74 stars
13.4/25Forks — 41 forks
6.7/15Watchers — 17 watchers
Inputs used
forks41
stars74
watchers17
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

65Good
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges—
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno

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)

43Weak
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
10.4/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 54% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 20 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 13 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled20
top_contributor_share0.536

Issue & PR responsiveness

65Good
How it's scored
14.5/42Issue resolution — 35% of issues closed
26.9/30PR acceptance — 237/264 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_prs237
open_issues17
closed_issues9
prs_merged_7d—
prs_decided_7d—
prs_merged_30d—
prs_decided_30d—
issue_closed_ratio0.346
closed_unmerged_prs27
first_time_authors_30d—
first_time_prs_merged_30d—
first_time_prs_decided_30d—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.

Ownership & stewardship

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization
25/25Owner reach — 22,989 followers of dotnet
25/25Track record — 278 public repos, account ~11 yr old
Inputs used
followers22,989
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified—
owner_logindotnet
public_repos278
account_age_days4,299
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

40Weak · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

26At Risk
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 22 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsno
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
10/10Topics — 5 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsvisualstudio, interactivewindow, interactive, scripting, editor
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?

56Moderate · 16% of overall

Security posture

56Moderate
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
3.8/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 22 out of 22 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
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 13 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
5.2/7.5Maintained — 9 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 7
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — no data
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 — no data
0/7.5Token-Permissions — no data
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated13
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive5
scorecard_aggregate5.6
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Pinned-Dependencies, Signed-Releases, Token-Permissions. 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.

25At Risk · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

1Critical
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
0/40Legible commit history — no data
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share—
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

15Critical
How it's scored
0/18One-command bootstrap
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no data
0/8Automated maintenance — no data
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsno
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share—
toolchain_manifests—
dependency_bot_commit_share—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, Automated maintenance, OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

99Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
54.1/55Manageable file sizes — 2/118 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes148,929
source_files_sampled118
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

74GitHub stars
20contributors
38commits, last 12 months
7days since last push
2releases
1bus factor
17open issues
—package ecosystems

More detail

OpenSSF Scorecard 5.6 / 10
5.6aggregate

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 · 2026-07-18 21:35 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests22 out of 22 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 13 contributing companies or organizations
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
7Maintained9 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 7
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
n/aPinned-Dependenciesno dependencies found
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
All dependencies 30

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 30 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetBasicUndo—indirect
NuGetDrop.App—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.DotNet.IBCMerge—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Guardian.Cli0.109.0indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.ManifestTool.CrossPlatform—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Editor—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.ImageCatalog—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Imaging—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Interop—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Language.StandardClassification—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Platform.VSEditor—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SDK.Analyzers—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Framework—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Telemetry—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Text.Logic—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI.Wpf—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Threading—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Utilities—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Validation—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudioEng.MicroBuild.Core—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudioEng.MicroBuild.Plugins.SwixBuild—indirect
NuGetMoq—indirect
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—indirect
NuGetSystem.Collections.Immutable—indirect
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