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Software health reportschema 0.27.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-02 15:57 UTC

james-gould / azure-keyvault-emulator

An emulator for Azure Key Vault. Compatible with the Azure Client SDK, runnable with Docker or Aspire.

C#Apache-2.0★ 319 stars⑂ 30 forkssince Mar 2025View on GitHub ↗

james-gould/azure-keyvault-emulator holds a health index of 80 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (89/100) and lowest on Security (49/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

80
overall / 100
Excellent

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.

80
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 68 is calibrated to 80 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

James GouldPersonal account
9 followers13 public repossince Nov 2015Microsoft

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
NuGetAzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting3.1.1-580 days agokeyvaultkeyvaultazureaspireaspire.hostaspire.hosting
NuGetAzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client3.1.1-590 days agokeyvaultkeyvaultazureaspireaspire.client

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

89Excellent · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 0 days ago
18/36Commit cadence26/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume115 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained15 commit(s) and 12 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year115
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year26

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases53 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 0 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~22.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releasesno data
Inputs used
releases_count53
latest_release_tagv3.1.1
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases22.3
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?

69Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
40.6/60Stars319 stars
12.2/25Forks30 forks
2.7/15Watchers4 watchers
Inputs used
forks30
stars319
watchers4
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

80Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (Apache-2.0)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
7.2/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateyes
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
59/80Total downloads472,744 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependentsnot reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesAzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting, AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client
dependents
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads472,744
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?

61Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
2.6/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 88% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth21 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 5 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled21
top_contributor_share0.883
How it's scored
38.1/42Issue resolution91% of issues closed
26.5/30PR acceptance245/277 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptanceno first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
1.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 5/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
Inputs used
merged_prs245
open_issues16
closed_issues158
prs_merged_7d
prs_decided_7d
prs_merged_30d
prs_decided_30d
issue_closed_ratio0.908
closed_unmerged_prs32
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.
How it's scored
10/30Ownership backingpersonal (user) account
0/20Verified domainnot applicable to user accounts
7.2/25Owner reach9 followers of james-gould
20.3/25Track record13 public repos, account ~10 yr old
Inputs used
followers9
owner_typeUser
is_verified
owner_loginjames-gould
public_repos13
account_age_days3,924
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable2 package(s) on nuget
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history59 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesAzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting, AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

68Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows4 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests15 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics
has_wikino
homepage
docs_site
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

49Weak · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
2/2.5CI-Tests15 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0.8/7.5Code-ReviewFound 5/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 5 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained15 commit(s) and 12 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0/5Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
5/5Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releasesno data
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate4.9
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. 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.

72Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions.github/copilot-instructions.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
21.3/40Legible commit history40 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url
legible_history_share0.4
agent_instruction_files.github/copilot-instructions.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes6,907
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrapdev/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost.AppHost/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost.csproj, dev/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost.csproj, dev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checkingC# (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environmentDockerfile
10/10Demonstrated agent practice8 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
0/8Automated maintenanceno automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.08
toolchain_manifestsdev/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost.AppHost/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.AppHost.csproj, dev/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost.csproj, dev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj, dev/WebApiWithEmulator.DebugHelper/WebApiPWithEmulator/WebApiWithEmulator.DebugHelper.csproj, src/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting.csproj, src/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj, src/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj, src/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj, src/TestContainers/dotnet/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.TestContainers.csproj, test/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.DefaultAzureCredentialTests/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.DefaultAzureCredentialTests.csproj, test/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.IntegrationTests/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.IntegrationTests.csproj, test/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.TestContainers.Tests/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.TestContainers.Tests.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeC# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes0/183 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes36,737
source_files_sampled183
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

319GitHub stars
21contributors
115commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
53releases
1bus factor
16open issues
package 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 ★ / 30 ⇿
0Stars
30Forks
51Releases

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.

0510152025302932025-042025-112026-06
Major 2Minor 10Patch 39

Each point covers 2 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.9 / 10
4.9aggregate

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 · 2026-08-02 15:56 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
8CI-Tests15 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
1Code-ReviewFound 5/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
10Contributorsproject has 5 contributing companies or organizations
0Dangerous-Workflowdangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained15 commit(s) and 12 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 38
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetAspire.Hosting.AppHostdev/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost.csproj
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVaultdev/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost/DefaultAzureCredential.AppHost.csproj
NuGetAzure.Identitydev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Certificatesdev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Keysdev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Secretsdev/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi/DefaultAzureCredential.DebugWebApi.csproj
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVaultsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
NuGetAspire.Hosting.AppHostsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Certificatessrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Keyssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
NuGetAzure.Coresrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetAzure.Identitysrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Certificatessrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Keyssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Secretssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractionssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractionssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Client.csproj
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Certificatessrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCoresrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlitesrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Designsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Http.Resiliencesrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscoverysrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokenssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.Tokenssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocolsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hostingsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCoresrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Httpsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtimesrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetSQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3src/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.Shared.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearersrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.OpenApisrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targetssrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetSwashbuckle.AspNetCoresrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCoresrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlitesrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Designsrc/AzureKeyVaultEmulator/AzureKeyVaultEmulator.csproj
All dependencies 39

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 26 direct and 13 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetAspire.Hosting.AppHostdirect
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Azure.KeyVaultdirect
NuGetAzure.Coredirect
NuGetAzure.Identitydirect
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Certificatesdirect
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Keysdirect
NuGetAzure.Security.KeyVault.Secretsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearerdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCoredirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Designdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlitedirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractionsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractionsdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Http.Resiliencedirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscoverydirect
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokensdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.IdentityModel.Tokensdirect
NuGetMicrosoft.OpenApidirect
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targetsdirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocoldirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hostingdirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCoredirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Httpdirect
NuGetOpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtimedirect
NuGetSQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3direct
NuGetSwashbuckle.AspNetCoredirect
NuGetAsp.Versioning.Httpindirect
NuGetAsp.Versioning.Http.Clientindirect
NuGetAspire.Hosting.Testingindirect
NuGetcoverlet.collectorindirect
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testingindirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Azureindirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdkindirect
NuGetTestcontainersindirect
NuGetxunitindirect
NuGetxunit.analyzersindirect
NuGetxunit.assert.sourceindirect
NuGetxunit.coreindirect
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudioindirect
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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