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Software health reportschema 0.26.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-21 23:56 UTC
machine / machine.specifications
Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework for .NET that removes language noise and simplifies tests.
machine/machine.specifications holds a health index of 65 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Community & Adoption (76/100) and lowest on Engineering Quality (42/100). It was last updated 4 days ago. 3 contributors account for most of its recent work.
65
overall / 100Software 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.
65
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 60 is calibrated to 65 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
machineOrganization
15 followers11 public repossince Oct 2008
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio | 2.10.3 | - | 23 | 20 days ago | mspecunittestingcontextspecificationbddtddtfsvisualstudiovstsvso |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
47
Development activity
44Weak
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 4 days ago |
| 0.7/36 | Commit cadence — 1/52 weeks with commits |
| 5.4/18 | Commit volume — 3 commits in the last year |
| 2/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 3 |
| human_commit_share | 0.64 |
| days_since_last_push | 4 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 1 |
Release discipline
52Moderate
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 13 releases published |
| 7.2/36 | Release recency — latest release 430 days ago |
| 12.6/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~308.4 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 13 |
| latest_release_tag | v1.1.3 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 430 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 308.4 |
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?
76
Popularity & adoption
76Good
How it's scored
| 47.9/60 | Stars — 899 stars |
| 18.7/25 | Forks — 178 forks |
| 9/15 | Watchers — 43 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 178 |
| stars | 899 |
| watchers | 43 |
| growth_state | organic |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
Community health
70Good
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (MIT) |
| 18/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 0/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 0/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | — |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | no |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | no |
Ecosystem adoption (downloads)
84Excellent
How it's scored
| 67.1/80 | Total downloads — 2,887,410 downloads all-time across nuget |
| 0/20 | Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem |
Inputs used
| packages | Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio |
| dependents | — |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| total_downloads | 2,887,410 |
| 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?
76
How it's scored
| 36/54 | Bus factor — 3 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 15.8/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 30% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 61 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 26 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 3 |
| contributors_sampled | 61 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.297 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
61Moderate
How it's scored
| 38.6/42 | Issue resolution — 92% of issues closed |
| 13.3/30 | PR acceptance — 97/219 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 1/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 97 |
| open_issues | 27 |
| closed_issues | 302 |
| prs_merged_7d | — |
| prs_decided_7d | — |
| prs_merged_30d | — |
| prs_decided_30d | — |
| issue_closed_ratio | 0.918 |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 122 |
| 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
73Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization |
| 8.7/25 | Owner reach — 15 followers of machine |
| 19.9/25 | Track record — 11 public repos, account ~17 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 15 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | machine |
| public_repos | 11 |
| account_age_days | 6,482 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
Package maintenance
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 25/25 | Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on nuget |
| 35/35 | Publish recency — latest publish 20 days ago |
| 20/20 | Version history — 23 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 20 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
42
Engineering practices
30At Risk
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 2 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 — 0 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | no |
| has_editorconfig | yes |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
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 — 3 topics |
| 10/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | mspec, dotnet, unit-testing |
| 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?
62
Security posture
52Moderate
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 0.8/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 0/2.5 | CI-Tests — 0 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 0.8/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 1/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 26 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 7.5/7.5 | Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected |
| 0/5 | Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed |
| 2.5/2.5 | License — license file detected |
| 1.5/7.5 | Maintained — 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 0/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file not detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — no data |
| 7.5/7.5 | Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 7.5/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 16 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 2 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 5.2 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging, 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 | 28 |
| unassessed_packages | 0 |
| 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 28 resolved dependencies against OSV. 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.
45
Agent context & guidance
35Weak
How it's scored
| 0/45 | Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 35/40 | Legible commit history — 42 of 64 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body) |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | 0.656 |
| agent_instruction_files | — |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | — |
How it's scored
| 12.6/18 | One-command bootstrap — src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs.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 |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100 |
| 8/8 | Automated maintenance — 36 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates |
| 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 |
| toolchain_manifests | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Core/Machine.Specifications.Core.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.Specs.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Fakes/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Fixtures/Machine.Specifications.Fixtures.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Interfaces/Machine.Specifications.Interfaces.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Should.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Should.Specs.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications.Should/Machine.Specifications.Should.csproj, src/Machine.Specifications/Machine.Specifications.csproj |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0.36 |
Code legibility for models
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed) |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/272 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | C# |
| largest_source_bytes | 37,661 |
| source_files_sampled | 272 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Key facts
899GitHub stars
61contributors
3commits, last 12 months
4days since last push
13releases
3bus factor
27open issues
—package ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- Could not fetch nuget package 'Machine.Specifications.Core' from its registry
More detail
Star and fork history 899 ★ / 178 ⇿
899Stars
178Forks
13Releases
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 3Patch 4
Each point covers 16 days.
OpenSSF Scorecard 5.2 / 10
5.2aggregate
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).
| 10 | Binary-Artifacts | no binaries found in the repo |
| 1 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 0 | CI-Tests | 0 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 1 | Code-Review | Found 1/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 26 contributing companies or organizations |
| 10 | Dangerous-Workflow | no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| 10 | Dependency-Update-Tool | update tool detected |
| 0 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed |
| 10 | License | license file detected |
| 2 | Maintained | 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| 0 | Pinned-Dependencies | dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | SAST | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 0 | Security-Policy | security policy file not detected |
| n/a | Signed-Releases | no releases found |
| 10 | Token-Permissions | GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 10 | Vulnerabilities | 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Direct dependencies 20
| Registry | Package | Version constraint | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis | 4.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Analyzer.Testing | 1.1.2 | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.CodeFix.Testing | 1.1.2 | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | xunit.v3 | 1.0.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces | 4.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers/Machine.Specifications.Analyzers.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Core.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions | 4.6.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Core/Machine.Specifications.Core.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Reflection.Emit | 4.7.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Fakes/Machine.Specifications.Fakes.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Compilers | 4.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.Utility.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | InternalsVisibleTo.MSBuild | 1.1.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures.csproj |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications | 1.1.1 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures.csproj |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications.Should | 1.0.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Fixtures.csproj |
| NuGet | Machine.Fakes.Moq | 2.11.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications.Should | 1.0.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.6.3 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel | 17.6.3 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.Specs.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel | 17.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio/Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.12.0 | src/Machine.Specifications.Should.Specs/Machine.Specifications.Should.Specs.csproj |
All dependencies 28
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 17 direct and 11 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | InternalsVisibleTo.MSBuild | 1.1.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Machine.Fakes.Moq | 2.11.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications | 1.1.1 | direct |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications.Should | 1.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis | 4.12.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Compilers | 4.12.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Analyzer.Testing | 1.1.2 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.CodeFix.Testing | 1.1.2 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces | 4.12.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 15.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.12.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.6.3 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel | 17.12.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel | 17.6.3 | direct |
| NuGet | System.Reflection.Emit | 4.7.0 | direct |
| NuGet | System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions | 4.6.0 | direct |
| NuGet | xunit.v3 | 1.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | FluentAssertions | 4.12.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio | 2.2.3 | indirect |
| NuGet | NUnit | 3.7.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | NUnit3TestAdapter | 3.8.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Diagnostics.TraceSource | 4.0.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Reflection | 4.1.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Reflection.Extensions | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Reflection.TypeExtensions | 4.1.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Xml.XPath | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Xml.XPath.XDocument | 4.0.1 | indirect |
Dependency advisories 0
This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 28 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.
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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Scores are signals, not warranties. They reflect publicly visible practices on GitHub — not a code audit, and not a security guarantee.
Missing data is excluded and weights renormalized, never scored as zero. Methodology is versioned and open: metrics v2.10.0, schema v0.26.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.
How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics — NuGet.