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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-27 00:03 UTC

empira / PDFsharp

PDFsharp and MigraDoc Foundation for .NET 6 and .NET Framework

C#Custom license★ 977 stars⑂ 253 forkssince Apr 2023View on GitHub ↗
#pdf-files#pdf-generation

empira/PDFsharp holds a health index of 45 out of 100, placing it in the Weak band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (63/100) and lowest on Security (33/100). It was last updated 113 days ago. 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

empira SoftwareOrganization
60 followers7 public repossince Dec 2015

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?

43Weak · 21% of overall

Development activity

25At Risk
How it's scored
9.9/36Push recency — last push 113 days ago
3.5/36Commit cadence — 5/52 weeks with commits
7/18Commit volume — 5 commits in the last year
5/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
Inputs used
commits_last_year5
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push113
active_weeks_last_year5

Release discipline

70Good
How it's scored
16.2/27Ships releases — 19 version tags (no GitHub releases)
27/36Release recency — latest release 113 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~74.8 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count19
latest_release_tagv7.0.0-preview-1
releases_from_tagsyes
days_since_latest_release113
mean_days_between_releases74.8
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?

61Moderate · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

76Good
How it's scored
48.5/60Stars — 977 stars
20/25Forks — 253 forks
8/15Watchers — 28 watchers
Inputs used
forks253
stars977
watchers28
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

44Weak
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges2
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Sustainability & Governance

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

35Weak · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

20At Risk
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
2/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 91% of commits
2.7/13.5Contributor breadth — 2 contributors
6/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled2
top_contributor_share0.913

Issue & PR responsiveness

28At Risk
How it's scored
28.4/42Issue resolution — 68% of issues closed
0/30PR acceptance — 0/27 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 0/1 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs0
open_issues82
closed_issues170
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d1
issue_closed_ratio0.675
closed_unmerged_prs27
first_time_authors_30d1
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d1

Ownership & stewardship

61Moderate
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
12.8/25Owner reach — 60 followers of empira
18.6/25Track record — 7 public repos, account ~10 yr old
Inputs used
followers60
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginempira
public_repos7
account_age_days3,914

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

63Moderate · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

38Weak
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests. Remaining weights renormalized.

Documentation

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://docs.pdfsharp.net/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 2 topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicspdf-files, pdf-generation
has_wikiyes
homepagehttps://docs.pdfsharp.net/
docs_sitehttps://docs.pdfsharp.net/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

33At Risk · 16% of overall

Security posture

33At Risk
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
0/2.5CI-Tests — no data
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
1.5/2.5Contributors — project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
0/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — no update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
3.8/7.5Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — no data
0/5SAST — no SAST tool detected
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_evaluated12
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive6
scorecard_aggregate3.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): CI-Tests, 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.

51Moderate · 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 — 0 of 23 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

51Moderate
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — docs/docs-public.csproj, src/foundation/nuget/src/Dummy-PDFsharp.NuGet-wpf/Dummy-PDFsharp.NuGet-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/nuget/src/MigraDoc.NuGet-gdi/MigraDoc.NuGet-gdi.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 23
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
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src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/src/MigraDoc.RtfRendering-gdi/MigraDoc.RtfRendering-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/src/MigraDoc.RtfRendering-wpf/MigraDoc.RtfRendering-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/src/MigraDoc.RtfRendering/MigraDoc.RtfRendering.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Tests/MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Tests.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.GBE-Runner/MigraDoc.GBE-Runner.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample-GDI/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample-GDI.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample-WPF/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample-WPF.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample/MigraDoc.GrammarByExample.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.Tests-gdi/MigraDoc.Tests-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.Tests-wpf/MigraDoc.Tests-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/MigraDoc/tests/MigraDoc.Tests/MigraDoc.Tests.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PDFsharp.Features-gdi/PDFsharp.Features-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PDFsharp.Features-wpf/PDFsharp.Features-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PDFsharp.Features.Runner-gdi/PDFsharp.Features.Runner-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PDFsharp.Features.Runner-wpf/PDFsharp.Features.Runner-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PdfSharp.Features.Runner/PdfSharp.Features.Runner.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/features/PdfSharp.Features/PdfSharp.Features.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp-gdi/PdfSharp-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp-wpf/PdfSharp-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp.BarCodes-gdi/PdfSharp.BarCodes-gdi.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp.BarCodes-wpf/PdfSharp.BarCodes-wpf.csproj, src/foundation/src/PDFsharp/src/PdfSharp.BarCodes/PdfSharp.BarCodes.csproj, 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src/tools/src/PdfFileViewer/PdfFileViewer.csproj, src/tools/src/PdfSharp.TestHelper-gdi/PdfSharp.TestHelper-gdi.csproj, src/tools/src/PdfSharp.TestHelper-wpf/PdfSharp.TestHelper-wpf.csproj, src/tools/src/PdfSharp.TestHelper/PdfSharp.TestHelper.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies. Remaining weights renormalized.

Code legibility for models

99Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
54.4/55Manageable file sizes — 13/1,266 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes205,426
source_files_sampled1,266
oversized_source_files13

Machine-readable interfaces

100Exceptional
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software
0/20MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software
40/40Runnable examples — samples
Inputs used
example_dirssamples
has_mcp_signalno
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_of—
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto), MCP server. Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

977GitHub stars
2contributors
5commits, last 12 months
113days since last push
19releases
1bus factor
82open 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 ★ / 253 ⇿
0Stars
253Forks
19Releases

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.

05010015020025024552023-042024-122026-08
Major 1Minor 2Patch 5

Each point covers 4 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 3.3 / 10
3.3aggregate

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 · 2026-08-27 00:03 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
n/aCI-Testsno pull request found
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 0/23 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
6Contributorsproject has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
0Dependency-Update-Toolno update tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
5Maintained0 commit(s) and 6 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 5
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
n/aPinned-Dependenciesno dependencies found
0SASTno SAST tool detected
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
All dependencies 9

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 9 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetBouncyCastle.Cryptography—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Console—indirect
NuGetPDFsharp$pdfsharpnugetpackagetag$—indirect
NuGetPDFsharp-GDI$pdfsharpnugetpackagetag$—indirect
NuGetPDFsharp-WPF$pdfsharpnugetpackagetag$—indirect
NuGetSystem.Resources.Extensions—indirect
NuGetSystem.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs—indirect
NuGetXunit.SkippableFact—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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