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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-20 17:12 UTC

modelcontextprotocol / rust-sdk

The official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol

RustCustom license★ 4,033 stars⑂ 687 forkssince Feb 2025View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryMCP serverNetwork servicehow this is determined
#rust#mcp#mcp-server#mcp-client

modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk holds a health index of 100 out of 100, placing it in the Exceptional band. It scores highest on Vitality (99/100) and lowest on Engineering Quality (86/100). It was last updated today. 4 contributors account for most of its recent work.

100
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.

100
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 91 is calibrated to 100 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

Model Context ProtocolOrganization · verified domain
51,440 followers45 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
crates.iormcp3.6.07,025,530690 days ago
crates.iormcp-macros3.6.05,329,611690 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

99Exceptional · 21% of overall

Development activity

99Exceptional
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
35.3/36Commit cadence — 51/52 weeks with commits
18/18Commit volume — 490 commits in the last year
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Inputs used
commits_last_year490
human_commit_share0.77
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year51

Release discipline

100Exceptional
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 100 releases published
36/36Release recency — latest release 0 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~3.8 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count100
latest_release_tagrmcp-v3.6.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release0
mean_days_between_releases3.8
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?

91Excellent · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

90Excellent
How it's scored
58.5/60Stars — 4,033 stars
23.6/25Forks — 687 forks
8.2/15Watchers — 31 watchers
Inputs used
forks687
stars4,033
watchers31
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

86Excellent
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
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

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

100Exceptional
How it's scored
80/80Monthly downloads — 12,355,141 downloads/month across crates
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesrmcp, rmcp-macros
dependents—
ecosystemscrates
total_downloads70,188,768
monthly_downloads12,355,141
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?

90Excellent · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

82Excellent
How it's scored
43.2/54Bus factor — 4 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
15.7/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 30% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 98 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 18 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor4
contributors_sampled98
top_contributor_share0.301

Issue & PR responsiveness

91Excellent
How it's scored
39.3/42Issue resolution — 94% of issues closed
24.8/30PR acceptance — 751/908 decided PRs merged
13/13Newcomer PR acceptance — 8/8 first-time contributors' PRs merged in 30d
13.5/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 26/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
merged_prs751
open_issues28
closed_issues401
prs_merged_7d17
prs_decided_7d20
prs_merged_30d42
prs_decided_30d48
issue_closed_ratio0.935
closed_unmerged_prs157
first_time_authors_30d8
first_time_prs_merged_30d8
first_time_prs_decided_30d8

Ownership & stewardship

91Excellent
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
25/25Owner reach — 51,440 followers of modelcontextprotocol
16.3/25Track record — 45 public repos, account ~2 yr old
Inputs used
followers51,440
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginmodelcontextprotocol
public_repos45
account_age_days759

Package maintenance

100Exceptional
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on crates
35/35Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago
20/20Version history — 69 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesrmcp, rmcp-macros
ecosystemscrates
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

86Excellent · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

84Excellent
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 8 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
16/16Linter config — clippy.toml, crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml ([lints]), rustfmt.toml
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_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigno
has_linter_configyes
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

90Excellent
How it's scored
30/30README
25/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://docs.rs/rmcp
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 4 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicsrust, mcp, mcp-server, mcp-client
has_wikino
homepagehttps://docs.rs/rmcp
docs_sitehttps://docs.rs/rmcp
has_readmeyes
has_docs_diryes
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

87Excellent · 16% of overall

Security posture

87Excellent
How it's scored
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
3.8/7.5Branch-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
6.8/7.5Code-Review — Found 26/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 18 contributing companies or organizations
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
7.5/7.5Maintained — 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
5/5Packaging — packaging workflow detected
4.5/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
5/5SAST — SAST tool is run on all commits
5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — no data
7.5/7.5Token-Permissions — GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated17
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive1
scorecard_aggregate8.7
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Signed-Releases. 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.

89Excellent · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

85Excellent
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — .github/instructions/fetch-mcp-doc.instructions.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
40/40Legible commit history — 77 of 77 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share1
agent_instruction_files.github/instructions/fetch-mcp-doc.instructions.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes2,422

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

99Exceptional
How it's scored
18/18One-command bootstrap — justfile
22/22Automated tests
11/11Lint / format config — clippy.toml, crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml ([lints]), rustfmt.toml
11/11Static type checking — Rust (statically typed)
10/10Reproducible environment — devcontainer
10/10Demonstrated agent practice — 6 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 15 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
9/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_filesjustfile
has_devcontaineryes
has_linter_configyes
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0.06
toolchain_manifestsCargo.toml, conformance/Cargo.toml, crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml, crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml, examples/clients/Cargo.toml, examples/servers/Cargo.toml, examples/simple-chat-client/Cargo.toml, examples/transport/Cargo.toml, examples/wasi/Cargo.toml
dependency_bot_commit_share0.15

Code legibility for models

98Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — Rust (statically typed)
52.8/55Manageable file sizes — 9/226 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageRust
largest_source_bytes390,419
source_files_sampled226
oversized_source_files9

Machine-readable interfaces

60Moderate
How it's scored
0/40API schema (OpenAPI/GraphQL/proto)
20/20MCP server
40/40Runnable examples — examples
Inputs used
example_dirsexamples
has_mcp_signalyes
api_schema_files—
interfaces_expected_ofnetwork-service

Key facts

4,033GitHub stars
98contributors
490commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
4bus factor
28open issues
crates.iopackage ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • First-time contributor figures cover 12 of 26 authors (cap 12)
  • Could not fetch crates package 'mcp-conformance' from its registry
  • deps.dev does not index crates:rmcp@3.6.0; advisories assessed against the repository dependency graph instead
  • No resolved dependencies carried a version and a supported ecosystem

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 687 ⇿
0Stars
687Forks
98Releases

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.

0125250375500625750674102025-022025-122026-10
Major 0Minor 0Patch 0

Each point covers 2 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 8.7 / 10
8.7aggregate

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 · 2026-10-20 17:11 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
5Branch-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
9Code-ReviewFound 26/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9
10Contributorsproject has 18 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
9Licenselicense file detected
10Maintained30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
10Packagingpackaging workflow detected
9Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 9
10SASTSAST tool is run on all commits
10Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
n/aSigned-Releasesno releases found
10Token-PermissionsGitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 52
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
crates.iormcp—conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iotokio1conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iotokio-util0.7conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.ioserde1conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.ioserde_json1conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iotracing0.1conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iotracing-subscriber0.3conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.ioaxum0.8conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.ioanyhow1conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iooauth25.0conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.ioreqwest0.13conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iourlencoding2conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iourl2conformance/Cargo.toml
crates.iosyn3crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml
crates.ioquote1crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml
crates.ioproc-macro21crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml
crates.ioserde_json1.0crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml
crates.iodarling0.24crates/rmcp-macros/Cargo.toml
crates.ioasync-trait0.1.89crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioserde1.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioserde_json1.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iothiserror2crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iotokio1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iofutures0.3crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioindexmap2crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iotracing0.1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iotokio-util0.7crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iopin-project-lite0.2crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iopastey0.2.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iooauth25.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iojsonwebtoken11crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioschemars1.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iobase640.23crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohmac0.13crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iosha20.11crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iozeroize1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioreqwest0.13.2crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iosse-stream0.2.4crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohttp1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iourl2.4crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iotower-service0.3crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.ioprocess-wrap10.0crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iowhich8crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iorand0.10crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iotokio-stream0.1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iouuid1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohttp-body1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohttp-body-util0.1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iobytes1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohyper1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iohyper-util0.1crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
crates.iormcp-macros—crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
All dependencies 56

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 41 direct and 15 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
crates.ioanyhow—direct
crates.ioasync-trait—direct
crates.ioaxum—direct
crates.iobase64—direct
crates.iobytes—direct
crates.iodarling—direct
crates.iofutures—direct
crates.iohmac—direct
crates.iohttp—direct
crates.iohttp-body—direct
crates.iohttp-body-util—direct
crates.iohyper—direct
crates.iohyper-util—direct
crates.ioindexmap—direct
crates.iojsonwebtoken—direct
crates.iooauth2—direct
crates.iopastey—direct
crates.iopin-project-lite—direct
crates.ioproc-macro2—direct
crates.ioprocess-wrap—direct
crates.ioquote—direct
crates.iorand—direct
crates.ioreqwest—direct
crates.ioschemars—direct
crates.ioserde—direct
crates.ioserde_json—direct
crates.iosha2—direct
crates.iosse-stream—direct
crates.iosyn—direct
crates.iothiserror—direct
crates.iotokio—direct
crates.iotokio-stream—direct
crates.iotokio-util—direct
crates.iotower-service—direct
crates.iotracing—direct
crates.iotracing-subscriber—direct
crates.iourl—direct
crates.iourlencoding—direct
crates.iouuid—direct
crates.iowhich—direct
crates.iozeroize—direct
crates.ioaskama—indirect
crates.iochrono—indirect
crates.ioclap—indirect
crates.iolibc—indirect
crates.iorstest—indirect
crates.ioserde_urlencoded—indirect
crates.iotokio-tungstenite—indirect
crates.iotoml—indirect
crates.iotower—indirect
crates.iotower-http—indirect
crates.iowasi—indirect
npm@modelcontextprotocol/sdk^1.10indirect
npmeventsource-parser^3.0.1indirect
npmexpress^5.1.0indirect
PyPIfastmcp—indirect
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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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.

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