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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-18 05:03 UTC
martincostello / build-kit
A NuGet package containing reusable MSBuild targets for my other .NET projects
martincostello/build-kit holds a health index of 86 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Vitality (98/100) and lowest on Community & Adoption (55/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
86
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.
86
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 72 is calibrated to 86 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
Martin CostelloPersonal account
714 followers209 public repossince Feb 2012@grafana
This repository is owned by a personal account. A single-owner project carries more continuity risk than an organization-backed one.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | MartinCostello.BuildKit | 0.8.13 | - | 34 | 8 days ago | msbuild |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
98
Development activity
98Exceptional
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 33.9/36 | Commit cadence — 49/52 weeks with commits |
| 18/18 | Commit volume — 346 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 346 |
| human_commit_share | 0.16 |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 49 |
Release discipline
98Exceptional
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 34 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 8 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~32 days |
| 8/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 34 |
| latest_release_tag | v0.8.13 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 8 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 32 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
55
Popularity & adoption
8Critical
How it's scored
| 7.7/60 | Stars — 4 stars |
| 0/25 | Forks — 1 forks |
| 0/15 | Watchers — 1 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 1 |
| stars | 4 |
| watchers | 1 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (Apache-2.0) |
| 18/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 13.5/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 7.2/7.2 | Issue template |
| 6.3/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | 0 |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | yes |
| has_code_of_conduct | yes |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | yes |
How it's scored
| 55.4/80 | Total downloads — 214,522 downloads all-time across nuget |
| 0/20 | Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem |
Inputs used
| packages | MartinCostello.BuildKit |
| dependents | — |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| total_downloads | 214,522 |
| 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?
62
Maintainer resilience (bus factor)
29At Risk
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 5.6/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 75% of commits |
| 4.1/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 3 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 8 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 3 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.749 |
How it's scored
| 0/42 | Issue resolution — no issues or no data |
| 29.1/30 | PR acceptance — 552/570 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 0/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 0/3 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 552 |
| open_issues | 0 |
| closed_issues | 0 |
| prs_merged_7d | 0 |
| prs_decided_7d | 0 |
| prs_merged_30d | 4 |
| prs_decided_30d | 5 |
| issue_closed_ratio | — |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 18 |
| 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): Issue resolution, Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Ownership & stewardship
69Good
How it's scored
| 10/30 | Ownership backing — personal (user) account |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — not applicable to user accounts |
| 20.5/25 | Owner reach — 714 followers of martincostello |
| 25/25 | Track record — 209 public repos, account ~14 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 714 |
| owner_type | User |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | martincostello |
| public_repos | 209 |
| account_age_days | 5,328 |
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 8 days ago |
| 20/20 | Version history — 34 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | MartinCostello.BuildKit |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 8 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
60
Engineering practices
74Good
How it's scored
| 24/24 | CI workflows — 8 workflow(s) |
| 24/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 6.4/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 20/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | yes |
| has_tests | yes |
| has_editorconfig | yes |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
40Weak
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 0/15 | Documentation / homepage site |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 0/10 | Topics |
| 0/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | — |
| has_wiki | no |
| 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?
84
Security posture
80Excellent
How it's scored
| 7.5/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo |
| 2.2/7.5 | Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 2.5/2.5 | CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 1.2/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — badge detected: Passing |
| 0/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 0/3 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 8 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 |
| 7.5/7.5 | Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 5/5 | Packaging — packaging workflow detected |
| 5/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned |
| 5/5 | SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits |
| 5/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file detected |
| 6/7.5 | Signed-Releases — 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
| 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 | 18 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 0 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 8 |
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 | 77 |
| 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 77 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.
82
Agent context & guidance
75Good
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Agent instructions — AGENTS.md |
| 0/15 | Machine-readable docs (llms.txt) |
| 0/40 | Legible commit history — no data |
Inputs used
| has_llms_txt | no |
| llms_txt_url | — |
| legible_history_share | — |
| agent_instruction_files | AGENTS.md |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | 7,226 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
| 12.6/18 | One-command bootstrap — samples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj, samples/ContainerApp/ContainerApp.csproj, samples/NuGetPackage/NuGetPackage.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner) |
| 22/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — C# (statically typed) |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — devcontainer, Dockerfile, lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100 |
| 8/8 | Automated maintenance — 78 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — all dependencies are pinned |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | yes |
| lockfiles | package-lock.json |
| has_dockerfile | yes |
| typed_language | yes |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | yes |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | 0 |
| toolchain_manifests | samples/ConsoleApp/ConsoleApp.csproj, samples/ContainerApp/ContainerApp.csproj, samples/NuGetPackage/NuGetPackage.csproj, src/BuildKit/MartinCostello.BuildKit.csproj, tests/BuildKit.Tests/MartinCostello.BuildKit.Tests.csproj |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0.78 |
Code legibility for models
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed) |
| 55/55 | Manageable file sizes — 0/13 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | C# |
| largest_source_bytes | 4,450 |
| source_files_sampled | 13 |
| oversized_source_files | 0 |
Machine-readable interfaces
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 0/40 | API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto) — not applicable to this kind of software |
| 0/20 | MCP server — not applicable to this kind of software |
| 40/40 | Runnable examples — samples |
Inputs used
| example_dirs | samples |
| has_mcp_signal | no |
| 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
4GitHub stars
3contributors
346commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
34releases
1bus factor
0open issues
—package ecosystems
Data collection warnings
- Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 8.0 / 10
8.0aggregate
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 |
| 3 | Branch-Protection | branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches |
| 10 | CI-Tests | 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10 |
| 5 | CII-Best-Practices | badge detected: Passing |
| 0 | Code-Review | Found 0/3 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 8 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 |
| 10 | Maintained | 30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 10 | Packaging | packaging workflow detected |
| 10 | Pinned-Dependencies | all dependencies are pinned |
| 10 | SAST | SAST tool is run on all commits |
| 10 | Security-Policy | security policy file detected |
| 8 | Signed-Releases | 5 out of the last 5 releases have a total of 5 signed artifacts. |
| 10 | Token-Permissions | GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege |
| 10 | Vulnerabilities | 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
All dependencies 77
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 0 direct and 77 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | Castle.Core | 5.1.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | coverlet.msbuild | 10.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | DiffEngine | 11.3.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | EmptyFiles | 4.4.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | GitHubActionsTestLogger | 3.0.5 | indirect |
| NuGet | MartinCostello.Logging.XUnit.v3 | 0.7.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.ApplicationInsights | 2.23.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref | 9.0.20 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CodeCoverage | 18.10.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.DiaSymReader | 2.2.10 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Physical | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Configuration | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventSource | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Options | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks | 9.0.20 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 18.10.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref | 9.0.20 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.linux-x64 | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.NativeAOT.linux-x64 | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms | 1.1.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage | 18.11.2 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.Telemetry | 2.4.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.TrxReport.Abstractions | 2.4.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Testing.Platform | 2.4.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild | 2.4.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel | 18.10.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestHost | 18.10.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Win32.Registry | 5.0.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | NETStandard.Library | 2.0.3 | indirect |
| NuGet | NSubstitute | 6.2.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | ReportGenerator | 5.5.11 | indirect |
| NuGet | runtime.linux-x64.Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | Shouldly | 4.3.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | StyleCop.Analyzers | 1.2.0-beta.556 | indirect |
| NuGet | StyleCop.Analyzers.Unstable | 1.2.0.556 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.CodeDom | 6.0.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Diagnostics.EventLog | 10.0.12 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Management | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | System.Security.AccessControl | 6.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.analyzers | 2.1.0 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.assert | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.common | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.core.mtp-v2 | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.extensibility.core | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.mtp-v2 | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.runner.common | 4.0.1 | indirect |
| NuGet | xunit.v3.runner.inproc.console | 4.0.1 | indirect |
Dependency advisories 0
This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 77 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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Spotted something off in this report, or have thoughts to share? Wrong measurements, missed tooling, ideas, questions — anything is welcome. Every message is read and gets a response.
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 v0.34.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.
How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statistics — NuGet.