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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-19 21:16 UTC

microsoft / durabletask-netherite

A new engine for Durable Functions. https://microsoft.github.io/durabletask-netherite

C#Custom license★ 239 stars⑂ 38 forkssince Oct 2020View on GitHub ↗

microsoft/durabletask-netherite holds a health index of 78 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (74/100) and lowest on Vitality (58/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

78
overall / 100
Good

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.

78
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 67 is calibrated to 78 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

MicrosoftOrganization · verified domain
132,144 followers8,381 public repossince Dec 2013

This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.

Package ecosystems

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

58Moderate · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
6.2/36Commit cadence — 9/52 weeks with commits
10.3/18Commit volume — 13 commits in the last year
4/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 5 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
commits_last_year13
human_commit_share0.87
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year9
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 29 releases published
7.2/36Release recency — latest release 607 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~41.1 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count29
latest_release_tag3.1.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release607
mean_days_between_releases41.1

Community & Adoption

Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?

69Good · 17% of overall
How it's scored
38.6/60Stars — 239 stars
13.1/25Forks — 38 forks
6.5/15Watchers — 16 watchers
Inputs used
forks38
stars239
watchers16
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
16.9/22.5License — license file present, not a recognized license
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges0
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_services—
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
59.6/80Total downloads — 543,878 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite, Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads543,878
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?

74Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
3.2/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 86% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 16 contributors
3/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled16
top_contributor_share0.86
How it's scored
29.7/42Issue resolution — 71% of issues closed
27.4/30PR acceptance — 281/308 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_prs281
open_issues45
closed_issues109
prs_merged_7d2
prs_decided_7d2
prs_merged_30d2
prs_decided_30d2
issue_closed_ratio0.708
closed_unmerged_prs27
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 132,144 followers of microsoft
25/25Track record — 8,381 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers132,144
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginmicrosoft
public_repos8,381
account_age_days4,696

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on nuget
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 27 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite, Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

62Moderate · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 1 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
16/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 18 out of 21 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

Documentation

50Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics—
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?

72Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
4.5/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2/2.5CI-Tests — 18 out of 21 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
0.8/2.5Contributors — project has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
10/10Dangerous-Workflow — no dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.2/2.5License — license file detected
3/7.5Maintained — 5 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 4
0/5Packaging — no data
4/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8
4.5/5SAST — SAST tool detected but not run on all commits
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
6.8/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 24 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate6.5
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Packaging. Remaining weights renormalized.

Dependency advisories

100Exceptional
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisories — no direct dependency carries a known advisory
0/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories — transitive set not separable from development and test dependencies in this scope
0/40No advisories left outstanding — no advisory carries a publication date
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories24
affected_packages4
assessed_packages41
unassessed_packages28
affected_by_severityhigh 3, moderate 1
direct_affected_packages0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Indirect dependencies free of known advisories, No advisories left outstanding. Remaining weights renormalized. Matched 41 resolved dependencies against OSV. 28 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list. 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.

73Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 71 of 87 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.816
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — samples/HelloDTFx/HelloDTFx/HelloDTFx.csproj, samples/Hello_Netherite_with_DotNetCore/HelloDF.csproj, samples/Hello_Netherite_with_Python/extensions.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — samples/Hello_Netherite_with_TypeScript/tsconfig.json
10/10Reproducible environment — Dockerfile, lockfile
6/10Demonstrated agent practice — 3 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 13 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
8/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfilespackage-lock.json
has_dockerfileyes
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configssamples/Hello_Netherite_with_TypeScript/tsconfig.json
agent_commit_share0.03
toolchain_manifestssamples/HelloDTFx/HelloDTFx/HelloDTFx.csproj, samples/Hello_Netherite_with_DotNetCore/HelloDF.csproj, samples/Hello_Netherite_with_Python/extensions.csproj, samples/Hello_Netherite_with_TypeScript/extensions.csproj, samples/TokenCredentialDF/TokenCredentialDF.csproj, samples/TokenCredentialDTFx/TokenCredentialDTFx.csproj, src/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.csproj, src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj, src/Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask.Netherite/Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask.Netherite.csproj, test/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.Tests/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.Tests.csproj, test/DurableTask.Netherite.Tests/DurableTask.Netherite.Tests.csproj, test/LoadGeneratorApp/LoadGeneratorApp.csproj, test/PerformanceTests/PerformanceTests.csproj, test/ScaleMonitor/ScaleMonitor.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.13
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
54.3/55Manageable file sizes — 4/302 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes110,403
source_files_sampled302
oversized_source_files4
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

239GitHub stars
16contributors
13commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
29releases
1bus factor
45open issues
—package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 38 ⇿
0Stars
38Forks
29Releases

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.

01325383742021-022023-122026-10
Major 3Minor 7Patch 13

Each point covers 6 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.5 / 10
6.5aggregate

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 · 2026-10-19 21:15 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
6Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
8CI-Tests18 out of 21 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
3Contributorsproject has 1 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 3
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
4Maintained5 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 4
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
8Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 8
9SASTSAST tool detected but not run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
9Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities24 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 15
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core—src/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.DurableTask—src/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.csproj
NuGetSystem.Text.Json—src/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions/DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions.csproj
NuGetAzure.Core—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetAzure.Data.Tables—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetAzure.Messaging.EventHubs—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetAzure.Messaging.EventHubs.Processor—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetAzure.Storage.Blobs—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.FASTER.Core—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.SourceLink.GitHub—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetSystem.Text.Json—src/DurableTask.Netherite/DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Abstractions—src/Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask.Netherite/Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask.Netherite.csproj
All dependencies 69

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 12 direct and 57 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetAzure.Core—direct
NuGetAzure.Data.Tables—direct
NuGetAzure.Messaging.EventHubs—direct
NuGetAzure.Messaging.EventHubs.Processor—direct
NuGetAzure.Storage.Blobs—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Abstractions—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.DurableTask—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.FASTER.Core—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.SourceLink.GitHub—direct
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—direct
npm@azure/functions1.2.3indirect
npm@azure/functions4.13.0indirect
npm@azure/functions-extensions-base0.2.0indirect
npm@opentelemetry/api1.9.0indirect
npmagent-base6.0.2indirect
npmasynckit0.4.0indirect
npmaxios1.16.1indirect
npmcall-bind-apply-helpers1.0.2indirect
npmcombined-stream1.0.8indirect
npmcookie0.7.2indirect
npmdebug2.6.9indirect
npmdebug4.4.3indirect
npmdelayed-stream1.0.0indirect
npmdunder-proto1.0.1indirect
npmdurable-functions3.3.0indirect
npmes-define-property1.0.1indirect
npmes-errors1.3.0indirect
npmes-object-atoms1.1.1indirect
npmes-set-tostringtag2.1.0indirect
npmfollow-redirects1.16.0indirect
npmform-data4.0.5indirect
npmfunction-bind1.1.2indirect
npmget-intrinsic1.3.0indirect
npmget-proto1.0.1indirect
npmgopd1.2.0indirect
npmhas-symbols1.1.0indirect
npmhas-tostringtag1.0.2indirect
npmhasown2.0.3indirect
npmhttps-proxy-agent5.0.1indirect
npmlodash4.18.1indirect
npmmath-intrinsics1.1.0indirect
npmmime-db1.52.0indirect
npmmime-types2.1.35indirect
npmmoment2.30.1indirect
npmms2.0.0indirect
npmms2.1.3indirect
npmproxy-from-env2.1.0indirect
npmtypescript4.4.3indirect
npmuuid9.0.1indirect
npmvalidator13.15.23indirect
NuGetAzure.Identity—indirect
NuGetcoverlet.collector—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.DurableTask.Netherite.AzureFunctions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.EventHubs—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.WebJobs.Script.ExtensionsMetadataGenerator—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Console—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Sdk.Functions—indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk—indirect
NuGetMoq—indirect
NuGetxunit—indirect
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio—indirect
PyPIazure-functions—indirect
PyPIazure-functions-durable1.1.5indirect
Dependency advisories 4

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 41 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 4 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct. 28 could not be assessed — no resolved version, an unsupported ecosystem, or beyond the reported package list.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
axios1.16.1indirecthigh211.20.0
form-data4.0.5indirecthigh14.0.6
uuid9.0.1indirecthigh113.0.1
moment2.30.1indirectmoderate12.31.0

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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