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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-10-20 09:54 UTC

nanoframework / nf-tools

🧰 toolbox for .NET nanoFramework

C# · PowerShellMIT★ 22 stars⑂ 10 forkssince Feb 2017View on GitHub ↗
KindCommand-line toolhow this is determined

nanoframework/nf-tools holds a health index of 63 out of 100, placing it in the Moderate band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (69/100) and lowest on AI Readiness (45/100). It was last updated today. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

63
overall / 100
Moderate

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.

63
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 59 is calibrated to 63 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

.NET nanoFrameworkOrganization · verified domain
922 followers104 public repossince Nov 2016

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publish
NuGetnanodu1.2.55-410 days ago
NuGetnanovc1.1.30-14112 days ago

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

67Good · 21% of overall
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 0 days ago
17.3/36Commit cadence — 25/52 weeks with commits
17.7/18Commit volume — 93 commits in the last year
9/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
Inputs used
commits_last_year93
human_commit_share0.88
days_since_last_push0
active_weeks_last_year25
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 7 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 2,816 days ago
19.8/27Release cadence — a release every ~83.4 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count7
latest_release_tagv1.4.1.27857
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release2,816
mean_days_between_releases83.4

Community & Adoption

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

61Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
21.4/60Stars — 22 stars
8/25Forks — 10 forks
1.7/15Watchers — 3 watchers
Inputs used
forks10
stars22
watchers3
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

92Excellent
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
6.3/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingyes
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductyes
readme_badge_servicesshields.io
has_pull_request_templateyes
How it's scored
51.2/80Total downloads — 85,213 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesnanodu, nanovc
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads85,213
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?

69Good · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
1.8/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 92% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 13 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 9 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled13
top_contributor_share0.918
How it's scored
0/42Issue resolution — no issues or no data
26.1/30PR acceptance — 99/114 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 1/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
merged_prs99
open_issues0
closed_issues0
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d1
issue_closed_ratio—
closed_unmerged_prs15
first_time_authors_30d0
first_time_prs_merged_30d0
first_time_prs_decided_30d0
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Issue resolution, Newcomer PR acceptance. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
20/20Verified domain
21.3/25Owner reach — 922 followers of nanoframework
25/25Track record — 104 public repos, account ~9 yr old
Inputs used
followers922
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedyes
owner_loginnanoframework
public_repos104
account_age_days3,616

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 — 41 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesnanodu, nanovc
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish0

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

46Weak · 19% of overall
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 9 workflow(s)
0/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
4/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 1 out of 4 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsno
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://www.nanoframework.net
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 2 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicshacktoberfest, dotnet
has_wikino
homepagehttps://www.nanoframework.net
docs_sitehttps://www.nanoframework.net
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

53Moderate · 16% of overall
How it's scored
3.8/7.5Binary-Artifacts — binaries present in source code
0/7.5Branch-Protection — no data
0.5/2.5CI-Tests — 1 out of 4 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0/7.5Code-Review — Found 1/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 9 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
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
6.8/7.5Maintained — 11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
4.5/5Security-Policy — security policy file detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0/7.5Vulnerabilities — 15 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated16
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive2
scorecard_aggregate4.1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Branch-Protection, 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
advisories15
affected_packages3
assessed_packages81
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severityhigh 3
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 81 resolved dependencies against OSV. 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.

45Weak · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
18.8/40Legible commit history — 31 of 88 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.352
agent_instruction_files—
agent_instruction_max_bytes—
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj, tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.Tests/DependencyUpdater.Tests.csproj, tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
0/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — AzureDevOps/TaskInstallMSBuildComponents/TaskFiles/tsconfig.json
10/10Reproducible environment — lockfile
4/10Demonstrated agent practice — 2 of the last 100 commits agent-authored or agent-credited
8/8Automated maintenance — 12 of the last 100 commits are automated dependency updates
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsno
lockfilespackage-lock.json
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configsAzureDevOps/TaskInstallMSBuildComponents/TaskFiles/tsconfig.json
agent_commit_share0.02
toolchain_manifestsgithub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj, tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.Tests/DependencyUpdater.Tests.csproj, tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj, tools/Profiler/NanoProfiler/NanoProfiler.csproj, tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.12
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
51/55Manageable file sizes — 6/82 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes138,563
source_files_sampled82
oversized_source_files6

Key facts

22GitHub stars
13contributors
93commits, last 12 months
0days since last push
7releases
1bus factor
0open issues
—package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • Could not fetch npm package 'nanoframework-msbuild-components-installer' from its registry

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 10 ⇿
0Stars
10Forks
7Releases

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.

02468101022017-022021-102026-06
Major 1Minor 0Patch 5

Each point covers 9 days.

OpenSSF Scorecard 4.1 / 10
4.1aggregate

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 09:54 UTC

5Binary-Artifactsbinaries present in source code
n/aBranch-Protectioninternal 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
2CI-Tests1 out of 4 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 2
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
0Code-ReviewFound 1/27 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
10Contributorsproject has 9 contributing companies or organizations
10Dangerous-Workflowno dangerous workflow patterns detected
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
9Maintained11 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 9
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
0Pinned-Dependenciesdependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
9Security-Policysecurity policy file detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0Token-Permissionsdetected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
0Vulnerabilities15 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 19
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
npmazure-pipelines-task-lib^5.276.0AzureDevOps/TaskInstallMSBuildComponents/package.json
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker2.2.0github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore2.1.0github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk2.0.7github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client19.225.2github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetOctokit14.0.0github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetSystem.Data.SqlClient4.9.0github-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot/GitHub-nfbot.csproj
NuGetCliWrap3.10.5tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets9.0.21tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetNerdbank.GitVersioning3.10.94tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetNuGet.CommandLine7.9.0tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetSystem.CommandLine.DragonFruit0.4.0-alpha.22272.1tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Packaging7.9.0tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetOctokit14.0.0tools/DependencyUpdater/DependencyUpdater.csproj
NuGetNerdbank.GitVersioning3.7.115tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Packaging6.13.2tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
NuGetNuGet.Resolver6.13.2tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
NuGetSystem.Collections4.3.0tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
NuGetSystem.CommandLine.DragonFruit0.4.0-alpha.21617.1tools/VersionCop/nanoFramework.VersionCop.csproj
All dependencies 81

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 18 direct and 63 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
npmazure-pipelines-task-lib5.276.0direct
NuGetCliWrap3.10.5direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker2.2.0direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore2.1.0direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk2.0.7direct
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets9.0.21direct
NuGetMicrosoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client19.225.2direct
NuGetNerdbank.GitVersioning3.10.94direct
NuGetNerdbank.GitVersioning3.7.115direct
NuGetNuGet.CommandLine7.9.0direct
NuGetNuGet.Packaging6.13.2direct
NuGetNuGet.Packaging7.9.0direct
NuGetNuGet.Resolver6.13.2direct
NuGetOctokit14.0.0direct
NuGetSystem.Collections4.3.0direct
NuGetSystem.CommandLine.DragonFruit0.4.0-alpha.21617.1direct
NuGetSystem.CommandLine.DragonFruit0.4.0-alpha.22272.1direct
NuGetSystem.Data.SqlClient4.9.0direct
npm@nodelib/fs.scandir2.1.5indirect
npm@nodelib/fs.stat2.0.5indirect
npm@nodelib/fs.walk1.2.8indirect
npmadm-zip0.5.14indirect
npmagent-base6.0.2indirect
npmbalanced-match1.0.2indirect
npmbrace-expansion1.1.14indirect
npmbraces3.0.3indirect
npmconcat-map0.0.1indirect
npmcross-spawn7.0.6indirect
npmdebug4.3.5indirect
npmexeca5.1.1indirect
npmfast-glob3.3.3indirect
npmfastq1.20.1indirect
npmfill-range7.1.1indirect
npmfollow-redirects1.16.0indirect
npmget-stream6.0.1indirect
npmglob-parent5.1.2indirect
npmhttps-proxy-agent5.0.1indirect
npmhuman-signals2.1.0indirect
npmis-extglob2.1.1indirect
npmis-glob4.0.3indirect
npmis-number7.0.0indirect
npmis-stream2.0.1indirect
npmisexe2.0.0indirect
npmmerge-stream2.0.0indirect
npmmerge21.4.1indirect
npmmicromatch4.0.8indirect
npmmime-db1.52.0indirect
npmmime-types2.1.35indirect
npmmimic-fn2.1.0indirect
npmminimatch3.1.5indirect
npmms2.1.2indirect
npmnodejs-file-downloader4.13.0indirect
npmnpm-run-path4.0.1indirect
npmonetime5.1.2indirect
npmpath-key3.1.1indirect
npmpicomatch2.3.2indirect
npmq1.5.1indirect
npmqueue-microtask1.2.3indirect
npmreusify1.1.0indirect
npmrun-parallel1.2.0indirect
npmsanitize-filename1.6.3indirect
npmsemver5.7.2indirect
npmshebang-command2.0.0indirect
npmshebang-regex3.0.0indirect
npmshelljs0.10.0indirect
npmsignal-exit3.0.7indirect
npmstrip-final-newline2.0.0indirect
npmto-regex-range5.0.1indirect
npmtruncate-utf8-bytes1.0.2indirect
npmtypescript5.1.6indirect
npmutf8-byte-length1.0.5indirect
npmwhich2.0.2indirect
NuGetCommunityToolkit.Mvvm8.4.0indirect
NuGetcoverlet.collector10.1.0indirect
NuGetLiveCharts.Wpf0.9.7indirect
NuGetMaterialDesignThemes4.9.0indirect
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk17.14.1indirect
NuGetMSTest.TestAdapter4.5.1indirect
NuGetMSTest.TestFramework4.5.1indirect
NuGetnanoFramework.Tools.Debugger.Net2.5.10indirect
NuGetPolly.Contrib.WaitAndRetry1.1.1indirect
Dependency advisories 3

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 81 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 3 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.

PackageVersionRelationSeverityAdvisoriesFixed in
adm-zip0.5.14indirecthigh80.6.1
brace-expansion1.1.14indirecthigh65.0.12
braces3.0.3indirecthigh1—

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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