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Software health reportschema 0.12.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-07-17 16:16 UTC
nanoframework / nanoFirmwareFlasher
🧰 nano firmware flasher nanoff (.NET nanoFramework toolbox)
nanoframework/nanoFirmwareFlasher holds a health index of 73 out of 100, placing it in the Good band. It scores highest on Vitality (76/100) and lowest on Engineering Quality (39/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.
73
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.
73
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 64 is calibrated to 73 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).
Ownership
.NET nanoFrameworkOrganization
897 followers102 public repossince Nov 2016
This repository is backed by an organization — shared, accountable stewardship that can outlive any single maintainer.
Package ecosystems
| Registry | Package | Version | Downloads / mo | Versions | Last publish | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.FirmwareFlasher | 2.5.153 | - | 159 | 0 days ago | nanoframeworknanoframeworknetnfnetmfmicro |
| NuGet | nanoff | 2.5.153 | - | 151 | 0 days ago | nanoframeworknanoframeworknetnfnetmfmicro |
Metrics by category
Vitality
Is the project alive — is code being written and are releases shipping?
76
Development activity
66Good
How it's scored
| 36/36 | Push recency — last push 0 days ago |
| 6.9/36 | Commit cadence — 10/52 weeks with commits |
| 12.9/18 | Commit volume — 26 commits in the last year |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 20 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
Inputs used
| commits_last_year | 26 |
| human_commit_share | — |
| days_since_last_push | 0 |
| active_weeks_last_year | 10 |
Release discipline
90Excellent
How it's scored
| 27/27 | Ships releases — 100 releases published |
| 36/36 | Release recency — latest release 0 days ago |
| 27/27 | Release cadence — a release every ~9.5 days |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
Inputs used
| releases_count | 100 |
| latest_release_tag | v2.5.153 |
| releases_from_tags | no |
| days_since_latest_release | 0 |
| mean_days_between_releases | 9.5 |
Community & Adoption
Does the project have users, downloads, attention, and a welcoming setup for contributors?
71
Popularity & adoption
50Moderate
How it's scored
| 32.4/60 | Stars — 101 stars |
| 13.9/25 | Forks — 48 forks |
| 3.3/15 | Watchers — 5 watchers |
Inputs used
| forks | 48 |
| stars | 101 |
| watchers | 5 |
| growth_state | unverified |
| growth_factor_pct | 100 |
| growth_unverified_reason | no_history |
Community health
92Excellent
How it's scored
| 22.5/22.5 | README |
| 22.5/22.5 | License — recognized license (MIT) |
| 18/18 | CONTRIBUTING guide |
| 13.5/13.5 | Code of conduct |
| 0/7.2 | Issue template |
| 6.3/6.3 | PR template |
Inputs used
| has_readme | yes |
| has_license | yes |
| readme_badges | — |
| has_contributing | yes |
| has_issue_template | no |
| has_code_of_conduct | yes |
| readme_badge_services | — |
| has_pull_request_template | yes |
How it's scored
| 60.7/80 | Total downloads — 700,298 downloads all-time across nuget |
| 0/20 | Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem |
Inputs used
| packages | nanoFramework.Tools.FirmwareFlasher, nanoff |
| dependents | — |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| total_downloads | 700,298 |
| 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?
76
How it's scored
| 9/54 | Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits |
| 5.9/22.5 | Commit distribution — top contributor authored 74% of commits |
| 13.5/13.5 | Contributor breadth — 29 contributors |
| 10/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 9 contributing companies or organizations |
Inputs used
| bus_factor | 1 |
| contributors_sampled | 29 |
| top_contributor_share | 0.737 |
Issue & PR responsiveness
83Excellent
How it's scored
| 0/42 | Issue resolution — no issues or no data |
| 26.9/30 | PR acceptance — 315/351 decided PRs merged |
| 0/13 | Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d |
| 10.5/15 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 22/29 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7 |
Inputs used
| merged_prs | 315 |
| open_issues | 0 |
| closed_issues | 0 |
| prs_merged_7d | — |
| prs_decided_7d | — |
| prs_merged_30d | — |
| prs_decided_30d | — |
| issue_closed_ratio | — |
| closed_unmerged_prs | 36 |
| first_time_authors_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_merged_30d | — |
| first_time_prs_decided_30d | — |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Issue resolution, Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
Ownership & stewardship
95Exceptional
How it's scored
| 30/30 | Ownership backing — organization-owned |
| 0/20 | Verified domain — verified-domain status not read for this organization |
| 21.2/25 | Owner reach — 897 followers of nanoframework |
| 25/25 | Track record — 102 public repos, account ~9 yr old |
Inputs used
| followers | 897 |
| owner_type | Organization |
| is_verified | — |
| owner_login | nanoframework |
| public_repos | 102 |
| account_age_days | 3,521 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Verified domain. Remaining weights renormalized.
Package maintenance
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 25/25 | Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on nuget |
| 35/35 | Publish recency — latest publish 0 days ago |
| 20/20 | Version history — 159 published versions |
| 20/20 | Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked |
Inputs used
| packages | nanoFramework.Tools.FirmwareFlasher, nanoff |
| ecosystems | nuget |
| any_deprecated | no |
| min_days_since_publish | 0 |
Engineering Quality
Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?
39
Engineering practices
22At Risk
How it's scored
| 0/24 | CI workflows |
| 0/24 | Tests present |
| 0/16 | Linter config |
| 0/9.6 | Pre-commit hooks |
| 6.4/6.4 | .editorconfig |
| 16/20 | OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 25 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8 |
Inputs used
| has_ci | no |
| has_tests | no |
| has_editorconfig | yes |
| has_linter_config | no |
| has_precommit_config | no |
Documentation
65Good
How it's scored
| 30/30 | README |
| 0/25 | Documentation directory |
| 15/15 | Documentation / homepage site — https://www.nanoframework.net |
| 10/10 | Repository description |
| 10/10 | Topics — 7 topics |
| 0/10 | Wiki |
Inputs used
| topics | nanoframework, esptool, esp32, stm32, hacktoberfest, nanoff, i-am-a-nano-tool |
| has_wiki | no |
| homepage | https://www.nanoframework.net |
| docs_site | https://www.nanoframework.net |
| 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?
56
Security posture
56Moderate
How it's scored
| 0/7.5 | Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code |
| 0/7.5 | Branch-Protection — no data |
| 2/2.5 | CI-Tests — 25 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8 |
| 0/2.5 | CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 5.2/7.5 | Code-Review — Found 22/29 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7 |
| 2.5/2.5 | Contributors — project has 9 contributing companies or organizations |
| 0/10 | Dangerous-Workflow — no data |
| 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 — 20 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| 0/5 | Packaging — no data |
| 0/5 | Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
| 0/5 | SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 4.5/5 | Security-Policy — security policy file detected |
| 0/7.5 | Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
| 0/7.5 | Token-Permissions — no data |
| 7.5/7.5 | Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Inputs used
| source | openssf_scorecard |
| checks_evaluated | 13 |
| scorecard_version | v5.5.0 |
| checks_inconclusive | 5 |
| scorecard_aggregate | 5.6 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, Dangerous-Workflow, Packaging, Pinned-Dependencies, 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.
65
Agent context & guidance
75Good
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Agent instructions — .github/copilot-instructions.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 | .github/copilot-instructions.md |
| agent_instruction_max_bytes | 7,698 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Legible commit history. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
| 0/18 | One-command bootstrap |
| 0/22 | Automated tests |
| 0/11 | Lint / format config |
| 11/11 | Static type checking — C# (statically typed) |
| 10/10 | Reproducible environment — lockfile |
| 0/10 | Demonstrated agent practice — no data |
| 5/8 | Automated maintenance — dependency automation configured, none observed in the sampled commits |
| 0/10 | OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data |
Inputs used
| has_nix | no |
| has_tests | no |
| lockfiles | packages.lock.json |
| has_dockerfile | no |
| typed_language | yes |
| bootstrap_files | — |
| has_devcontainer | no |
| has_linter_config | no |
| typecheck_configs | — |
| agent_commit_share | — |
| toolchain_manifests | — |
| dependency_bot_commit_share | 0 |
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Demonstrated agent practice, OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies. Remaining weights renormalized.
Code legibility for models
100Exceptional
How it's scored
| 45/45 | Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed) |
| 54.6/55 | Manageable file sizes — 1/148 source files over 60KB |
Inputs used
| primary_language | C# |
| largest_source_bytes | 92,766 |
| source_files_sampled | 148 |
| oversized_source_files | 1 |
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
101GitHub stars
29contributors
26commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
100releases
1bus factor
0open issues
NuGetpackage ecosystems
More detail
OpenSSF Scorecard 5.6 / 10
5.6aggregate
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).
| 0 | Binary-Artifacts | binaries present in source code |
| n/a | Branch-Protection | internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md |
| 8 | CI-Tests | 25 out of 29 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 8 |
| 0 | CII-Best-Practices | no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| 7 | Code-Review | Found 22/29 approved changesets -- score normalized to 7 |
| 10 | Contributors | project has 9 contributing companies or organizations |
| n/a | Dangerous-Workflow | no workflows found |
| 10 | Dependency-Update-Tool | update tool detected |
| 0 | Fuzzing | project is not fuzzed |
| 10 | License | license file detected |
| 10 | Maintained | 20 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 |
| n/a | Packaging | packaging workflow not detected |
| n/a | Pinned-Dependencies | no dependencies found |
| 0 | SAST | SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0 |
| 9 | Security-Policy | security policy file detected |
| 0 | Signed-Releases | Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases. |
| n/a | Token-Permissions | No tokens found |
| 10 | Vulnerabilities | 0 existing vulnerabilities detected |
Direct dependencies 23
| Registry | Package | Version constraint | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | LibUsbDotNet | 2.2.75 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.ApplicationInsights | 2.22.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration | 8.0.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json | 8.0.1 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.Debugger.Net | 2.5.10 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | Nerdbank.GitVersioning | 3.6.146 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | System.ComponentModel.Annotations | 5.0.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | System.IO.Ports | 8.0.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Net.Http | 4.3.4 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Text.Json | 8.0.5 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Library.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json | 8.0.1 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.11.1 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | MSTest.TestAdapter | 3.6.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | MSTest.TestFramework | 3.6.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | coverlet.collector | 6.0.2 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.Debugger.Net | 2.5.10 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tests.csproj |
| NuGet | CommandLineParser | 2.9.1 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CSharp | 4.7.0 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json | 8.0.1 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.Debugger.Net | 2.5.10 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | Nerdbank.GitVersioning | 3.6.146 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Private.Uri | 4.3.2 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
| NuGet | System.Text.Json | 8.0.5 | nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool/nanoFirmwareFlasher.Tool.csproj |
All dependencies 20
Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 18 direct and 2 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.
| Registry | Package | Version | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| NuGet | CommandLineParser | 2.9.1 | direct |
| NuGet | coverlet.collector | 6.0.2 | direct |
| NuGet | LibUsbDotNet | 2.2.75 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.ApplicationInsights | 2.22.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.CSharp | 4.7.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration | 8.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json | 8.0.1 | direct |
| NuGet | Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk | 17.11.1 | direct |
| NuGet | MSTest.TestAdapter | 3.6.0 | direct |
| NuGet | MSTest.TestFramework | 3.6.0 | direct |
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.Debugger.Net | 2.5.10 | direct |
| NuGet | Nerdbank.GitVersioning | 3.6.146 | direct |
| NuGet | System.ComponentModel.Annotations | 5.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | System.IO.Ports | 6.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | System.IO.Ports | 8.0.0 | direct |
| NuGet | System.Net.Http | 4.3.4 | direct |
| NuGet | System.Private.Uri | 4.3.2 | direct |
| NuGet | System.Text.Json | 8.0.5 | direct |
| NuGet | nanoFramework.Tools.FirmwareFlasher | 2.2.2 | indirect |
| NuGet | Newtonsoft.Json | 13.0.1 | indirect |
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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 v0.12.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.
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