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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-08-21 11:48 UTC

modelcontextprotocol / java-sdk

The official Java SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients. Maintained in collaboration with Spring AI

JavaMIT★ 3,665 stars⑂ 1,131 forkssince Jan 2025View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryMCP serverhow this is determined

modelcontextprotocol/java-sdk holds a health index of 94 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (95/100) and lowest on Security (66/100). It was last updated 1 day ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

94
overall / 100
Exceptional

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.

94
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 80 is calibrated to 94 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

50,025 followers42 public repossince Sep 2024

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp2.0.1-401 day ago
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.0.1-291 day ago
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-test2.0.1-401 day ago
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson22.0.1-291 day ago
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson32.0.1-201 day ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

95Exceptional · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recencylast push 1 days ago
27.7/36Commit cadence40/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume201 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year201
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push1
active_weeks_last_year40

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases39 releases published
36/36Release recencylatest release 1 days ago
27/27Release cadencea release every ~11.7 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releasesno data
Inputs used
releases_count39
latest_release_tagv1.1.4
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release1
mean_days_between_releases11.7
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?

93Exceptional · 17% of overall
How it's scored
57.8/60Stars3,665 stars
25/25Forks1,131 forks
10.8/15Watchers90 watchers
Inputs used
forks1,131
stars3,665
watchers90
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5Licenserecognized license (MIT)
18/18CONTRIBUTING guide
13.5/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges4
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes

Sustainability & Governance

Will the project survive its people — bus factor, responsiveness, who backs it, and package upkeep?

69Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
10.6/22.5Commit distributiontop contributor authored 53% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth77 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributorsproject has 21 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled77
top_contributor_share0.531
How it's scored
29.5/42Issue resolution70% of issues closed
13.5/30PR acceptance203/450 decided PRs merged
5.6/13Newcomer PR acceptance3/7 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
6/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-ReviewFound 12/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
Inputs used
merged_prs203
open_issues135
closed_issues319
prs_merged_7d3
prs_decided_7d3
prs_merged_30d6
prs_decided_30d10
issue_closed_ratio0.703
closed_unmerged_prs247
first_time_authors_30d6
first_time_prs_merged_30d3
first_time_prs_decided_30d7
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backingorganization-owned
0/20Verified domainverified-domain status not read for this organization
25/25Owner reach50,025 followers of modelcontextprotocol
15.7/25Track record42 public repos, account ~1 yr old
Inputs used
followers50,025
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_loginmodelcontextprotocol
public_repos42
account_age_days699
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable5 package(s) on maven
35/35Publish recencylatest publish 1 days ago
20/20Version history40 published versions
20/20Not deprecatedactive, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp, io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core, io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-test, io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson2, io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson3
ecosystemsmaven
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish1

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

77Good · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows5 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
0/6.4.editorconfig
20/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests18 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage sitehttps://java.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/latest/
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics4 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsmcp, mcp-server, mcp-client, java
has_wikino
homepagehttps://java.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/latest/
docs_sitehttps://java.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/latest/
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

66Good · 16% of overall
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
3.8/7.5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
2.5/2.5CI-Tests18 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0/2.5CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
3/7.5Code-ReviewFound 12/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
2.5/2.5Contributorsproject has 21 contributing companies or organizations
10/10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0/5Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5Licenselicense file detected
7.5/7.5Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 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
3/5SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
5/5Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releasesno data
0/7.5Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
1.5/7.5Vulnerabilities8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate6.3
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
35/35Direct dependencies free of known advisoriesno direct dependency carries a known advisory
7.4/25Indirect dependencies free of known advisories2 affected: tools.jackson.core:jackson-core 3.0.3 (high 7.5), tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind 3.0.3 (high 8.1)
33.7/40No advisories left outstanding1 advisory-carrying package(s) unaddressed past 90 days; oldest published 174 days ago
Inputs used
sourceosv
advisories12
affected_packages2
assessed_packages12
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityhigh 2
direct_affected_packages0
Matched the maven:io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp@2.0.1 runtime dependency closure — what installing the published package pulls in — 12 packages. 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.

69Good · 4% of overall
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructionsAGENTS.md
15/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)llms.txt served by the project website (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/llms.txt)
29.9/40Legible commit history56 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtyes
llms_txt_urlhttps://modelcontextprotocol.io/llms.txt
legible_history_share0.56
agent_instruction_filesAGENTS.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes3,597
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrapconformance-tests/client-jdk-http-client/pom.xml, conformance-tests/client-spring-http-client/pom.xml, conformance-tests/pom.xml (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checkingJava (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
4/10Demonstrated agent practice2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
5/8Automated maintenancedependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifestsconformance-tests/client-jdk-http-client/pom.xml, conformance-tests/client-spring-http-client/pom.xml, conformance-tests/pom.xml, conformance-tests/server-servlet/pom.xml, mcp-bom/pom.xml, mcp-core/pom.xml, mcp-json-jackson2/pom.xml, mcp-json-jackson3/pom.xml, mcp-test/pom.xml, mcp/pom.xml, pom.xml
dependency_bot_commit_share0
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable codeJava (statically typed)
54/55Manageable file sizes4/222 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageJava
largest_source_bytes192,395
source_files_sampled222
oversized_source_files4
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)not applicable to this kind of software
20/20MCP server
0/40Runnable examples
Inputs used
example_dirs
has_mcp_signalyes
api_schema_files
interfaces_expected_of
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto). Remaining weights renormalized.

Key facts

3,665GitHub stars
77contributors
201commits, last 12 months
1days since last push
39releases
1bus factor
135open issues
Mavenpackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

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More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 1,131 ⇿
0Stars
1,131Forks
37Releases

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.

Only the most recent history is shown — this repository exceeds the collection window, so the earliest history is not captured.

02004006008001,0001,2001,131462025-042025-122026-08
Major 2Minor 11Patch 19

Each point covers 2 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 6.3 / 10
6.3aggregate

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 · 2026-08-21 11:48 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
5Branch-Protectionbranch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
10CI-Tests18 out of 18 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4Code-ReviewFound 12/28 approved changesets -- score normalized to 4
10Contributorsproject has 21 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 0 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
6SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 6
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
2Vulnerabilities8 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 30
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core${project.version}mcp-bom/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp${project.version}mcp-bom/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson2${project.version}mcp-bom/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson3${project.version}mcp-bom/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-test${project.version}mcp-bom/pom.xml
Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-api${slf4j-api.version}mcp-core/pom.xml
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations${jackson-annotations.version}mcp-core/pom.xml
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-coremcp-core/pom.xml
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind${jackson2.version}mcp-json-jackson2/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.1.0-SNAPSHOTmcp-json-jackson2/pom.xml
Mavencom.networknt:json-schema-validator${json-schema-validator-jackson2.version}mcp-json-jackson2/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.1.0-SNAPSHOTmcp-json-jackson3/pom.xml
Maventools.jackson.core:jackson-databind${jackson3.version}mcp-json-jackson3/pom.xml
Mavencom.networknt:json-schema-validator${json-schema-validator-jackson3.version}mcp-json-jackson3/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.1.0-SNAPSHOTmcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-api${slf4j-api.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-coremcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.assertj:assertj-core${assert4j.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api${junit.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params${junit.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.mockito:mockito-core${mockito.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-testmcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.testcontainers:junit-jupiter${testcontainers.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.testcontainers:toxiproxy${toxiproxy.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenorg.awaitility:awaitility${awaitility.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavench.qos.logback:logback-classic${logback.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavennet.javacrumbs.json-unit:json-unit-assertj${json-unit-assertj.version}mcp-test/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson32.1.0-SNAPSHOTmcp/pom.xml
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.1.0-SNAPSHOTmcp/pom.xml
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-bom2024.0.0pom.xml
All dependencies 55

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 22 direct and 33 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
Mavench.qos.logback:logback-classicdirect
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotationsdirect
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databinddirect
Mavencom.networknt:json-schema-validatordirect
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp2.1.0-SNAPSHOTdirect
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-core2.1.0-SNAPSHOTdirect
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson22.1.0-SNAPSHOTdirect
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-json-jackson32.1.0-SNAPSHOTdirect
Mavenio.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp-test2.1.0-SNAPSHOTdirect
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-bom2024.0.0direct
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-coredirect
Mavenio.projectreactor:reactor-testdirect
Mavennet.javacrumbs.json-unit:json-unit-assertjdirect
Mavenorg.assertj:assertj-coredirect
Mavenorg.awaitility:awaitilitydirect
Mavenorg.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-apidirect
Mavenorg.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-paramsdirect
Mavenorg.mockito:mockito-coredirect
Mavenorg.slf4j:slf4j-apidirect
Mavenorg.testcontainers:junit-jupiterdirect
Mavenorg.testcontainers:toxiproxydirect
Maventools.jackson.core:jackson-databinddirect
Mavenbiz.aQute.bnd:bnd-maven-pluginindirect
Mavencom.google.code.gson:gson2.10.1indirect
Mavenio.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-httpindirect
Mavenio.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-maven-plugin0.0.47indirect
Mavenjakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-apiindirect
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Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin3.11.0indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-pluginindirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin3.1.1indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-gpg-plugin3.2.7indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-pluginindirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin3.3.0indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin3.11.2indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin3.5.1indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin4.0.0-M13indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin3.3.0indirect
Mavenorg.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin3.1.2indirect
Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreindirect
Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocketindirect
Mavenorg.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin3.1.0indirect
Mavenorg.codehaus.mojo:flatten-maven-pluginindirect
Mavenorg.codehaus.mojo:flatten-maven-plugin1.5.0indirect
Mavenorg.sonatype.central:central-publishing-maven-plugin0.7.0indirect
Mavenorg.springaicommunity:mcp-client-security0.1.13indirect
Mavenorg.springframework.ai:spring-ai-starter-mcp-client2.0.0indirect
Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies4.1.0indirect
Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin4.1.0indirect
Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-clientindirect
Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-restclientindirect
Mavenorg.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webmvcindirect
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-contextindirect
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-testindirect
Mavenorg.springframework:spring-webmvcindirect
Dependency advisories 2

Installing maven:io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp@2.0.1 pulls in 12 packages, direct and transitive: 2 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct dependencies.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
tools.jackson.core:jackson-core3.0.3indirecthigh43.1.4
tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind3.0.3indirecthigh83.2.1

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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