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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-28 21:32 UTC

microsoft / slngen

Visual Studio solution generator

C#MIT★ 466 stars⑂ 89 forkssince Dec 2017View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolhow this is determined

microsoft/slngen holds a health index of 81 out of 100, placing it in the Excellent band. It scores highest on Security (80/100) and lowest on Engineering Quality (38/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

81
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.

81
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 69 is calibrated to 81 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

MicrosoftOrganization · verified domain
130,656 followers8,313 public repossince Dec 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool12.0.53-990 days agoslngenslnsolutionvisualstudio
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen12.0.53-1120 days agoslngenslnsolutionvisualstudio

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

74Good · 21% of overall

Development activity

62Moderate
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
6.9/36Commit cadence — 10/52 weeks with commits
12.7/18Commit volume — 25 commits in the last year
6/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 7 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 6
Inputs used
commits_last_year25
human_commit_share0.6
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year10

Release discipline

92Excellent
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 5 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~64.6 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagv12.0.47
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release5
mean_days_between_releases64.6
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?

76Good · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

63Moderate
How it's scored
43.3/60Stars — 466 stars
16.2/25Forks — 89 forks
3.9/15Watchers — 6 watchers
Inputs used
forks89
stars466
watchers6
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

85Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges4
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

84Excellent
How it's scored
67/80Total downloads — 2,814,432 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool, Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads2,814,432
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?

78Good · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

39Weak
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
6.6/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 70% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 36 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 8 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled36
top_contributor_share0.705

Issue & PR responsiveness

84Excellent
How it's scored
35.2/42Issue resolution — 84% of issues closed
23.2/30PR acceptance — 458/591 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_prs458
open_issues23
closed_issues119
prs_merged_7d6
prs_decided_7d7
prs_merged_30d6
prs_decided_30d7
issue_closed_ratio0.838
closed_unmerged_prs133
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.

Ownership & stewardship

100Exceptional
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 130,656 followers of microsoft
25/25Track record — 8,313 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers130,656
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginmicrosoft
public_repos8,313
account_age_days4,675

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 — 112 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool, Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

38Weak · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

20At Risk
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsno
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

65Good
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?

80Excellent · 16% of overall

Security posture

80Excellent
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
6/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests — 30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
7.5/7.5Code-Review — all changesets reviewed
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 8 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
4.5/7.5Maintained — 7 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 6
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — no data
3/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file 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_evaluated13
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive5
scorecard_aggregate8
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): 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.

53Moderate · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

40Weak
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 55 of 60 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.917
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

46Weak
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj, src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool.csproj, src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 10 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 39 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsno
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.1
toolchain_manifestssrc/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj, src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Tool.csproj, src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj, src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj, src/SlnGen.Corext/SlnGen.Corext.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.39
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)
54.2/55Manageable file sizes — 1/67 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes75,165
source_files_sampled67
oversized_source_files1

Key facts

466GitHub stars
36contributors
25commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
23open 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 ★ / 89 ⇿
0Stars
89Forks
99Releases

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.

0204060801008142018-012022-042026-07
Major 4Minor 21Patch 65

Each point covers 8 days.

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).Scorecard v5.5.0 · 2026-09-28 21:32 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
8Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests30 out of 30 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
10Code-Reviewall changesets reviewed
10Contributorsproject has 8 contributing companies or organizations
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
6Maintained7 commit(s) and 1 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 6
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
n/aPinned-Dependenciesno dependencies found
6SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 25
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetMicrosoft.Build—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.SDK—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SDK—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VSSDK.BuildTools—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.Extension.csproj
NuGetEnvironmentAbstractions—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetEnvironmentAbstractions.TestHelpers—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMcMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Runtime—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Utilities.Core—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SolutionPersistence—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMSBuild.ProjectCreation—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetShouldly—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetxunit—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.UnitTests.csproj
NuGetMcMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Runtime—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Utilities.Core—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SolutionPersistence—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
NuGetSystem.Configuration.ConfigurationManager—src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlnGen.csproj
All dependencies 18

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 18 direct and 0 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetEnvironmentAbstractions—direct
NuGetEnvironmentAbstractions.TestHelpers—direct
NuGetMcMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Build—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Runtime—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Build.Utilities.Core—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.FileSystemGlobbing—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Sdk—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SDK—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.VisualStudio.SolutionPersistence—direct
NuGetMicrosoft.VSSDK.BuildTools—direct
NuGetMSBuild.ProjectCreation—direct
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—direct
NuGetShouldly—direct
NuGetSystem.Configuration.ConfigurationManager—direct
NuGetxunit—direct
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio—direct
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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