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Software health reportschema 0.34.0 · metrics 2.10.0 · 2026-09-15 14:40 UTC

nforgeio / operator-sdk

A Kubernetes operator SDK for .NET

C#Apache-2.0★ 3 stars⑂ 2 forkssince Apr 2023View on GitHub ↗
KindLibraryPluginhow this is determined
#kubernetes#kubernetes-operator#operator#operator-framework#operator-sdk#dotnet#sdk#olm#operator-lifecycle-manager

nforgeio/operator-sdk holds a health index of 44 out of 100, placing it in the Weak band. It scores highest on Engineering Quality (67/100) and lowest on Security (1/100). It was last updated 4 days ago. A single contributor accounts for most of its recent work.

44
overall / 100
Weak

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.

44
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 46 is calibrated to 44 on the published index scale (record calibration 2026-08-02).

Ownership

neonFORGEOrganization
8 followers16 public repossince Dec 2018

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetNeon.Operator.Xunit1.0.9-8899 days agoxunitkubernetesoperatorsdkneonkubek8s
NuGetNeon.Operator.Templates1.0.9-10899 days agokubernetesoperatorsdkneonkubek8stemplatetemplates

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

56Moderate · 21% of overall

Development activity

54Moderate
How it's scored
36/36Push recency — last push 4 days ago
4.2/36Commit cadence — 6/52 weeks with commits
8.6/18Commit volume — 8 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — no data
Inputs used
commits_last_year8
human_commit_share1
days_since_last_push4
active_weeks_last_year6

Release discipline

60Moderate
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 18 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 894 days ago
27/27Release cadence — a release every ~3.2 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — no data
Inputs used
releases_count18
latest_release_tag2.0.0-beta.3
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release894
mean_days_between_releases3.2

Community & Adoption

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

34At Risk · 17% of overall

Popularity & adoption

5Critical
How it's scored
4.9/60Stars — 3 stars
0/25Forks — 2 forks
0/15Watchers — 1 watchers
Inputs used
forks2
stars3
watchers1
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history

Community health

50Moderate
How it's scored
22.5/22.5README
22.5/22.5License — recognized license (Apache-2.0)
0/18CONTRIBUTING guide
0/13.5Code of conduct
0/7.2Issue template
0/6.3PR template
Inputs used
has_readmeyes
has_licenseyes
readme_badges3
has_contributingno
has_issue_templateno
has_code_of_conductno
readme_badge_servicesgithub.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno

Ecosystem adoption (downloads)

59Moderate
How it's scored
47.2/80Total downloads — 34,906 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesNeon.Operator.Xunit, Neon.Operator.Templates
dependents—
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads34,906
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?

55Moderate · 23% of overall

Maintainer resilience (bus factor)

26At Risk
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
8/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 64% of commits
6.8/13.5Contributor breadth — 5 contributors
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — no data
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled5
top_contributor_share0.644

Issue & PR responsiveness

75Good
How it's scored
28/42Issue resolution — 67% of issues closed
26.2/30PR acceptance — 7/8 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
0/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — no data
Inputs used
merged_prs7
open_issues7
closed_issues14
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.667
closed_unmerged_prs1
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

58Moderate
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
6.9/25Owner reach — 8 followers of nforgeio
21/25Track record — 16 public repos, account ~7 yr old
Inputs used
followers8
owner_typeOrganization
is_verifiedno
owner_loginnforgeio
public_repos16
account_age_days2,830

Package maintenance

69Good
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 2 package(s) on nuget
4/35Publish recency — latest publish 899 days ago
20/20Version history — 10 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesNeon.Operator.Xunit, Neon.Operator.Templates
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish899

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

67Good · 19% of overall

Engineering practices

68Good
How it's scored
24/24CI workflows — 3 workflow(s)
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — no data
Inputs used
has_ciyes
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

65Good
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
15/15Documentation / homepage site — https://docs.neonforge.com/docs/operator-sdk
10/10Repository description
10/10Topics — 9 topics
0/10Wiki
Inputs used
topicskubernetes, kubernetes-operator, operator, operator-framework, operator-sdk, dotnet, sdk, olm, operator-lifecycle-manager
has_wikino
homepagehttps://docs.neonforge.com/docs/operator-sdk
docs_sitehttps://docs.neonforge.com/docs/operator-sdk
has_readmeyes
has_docs_dirno
has_descriptionyes

Security

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

1Critical · 16% of overall

Security posture

1Critical
How it's scored
0/30Security policy (SECURITY.md)
0/25Dependabot config
0/25Dependency lockfiles — no dependency manifests — not applicable
0/20CodeQL workflow
Inputs used
sourcefile_signals
lockfiles—
manifests—
has_codeql_workflowno
has_security_policyno
has_dependabot_configno
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): Dependency lockfiles. 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.

65Good · 4% of overall

Agent context & guidance

67Good
How it's scored
45/45Agent instructions — .github/copilot-instructions.md
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
21.9/40Legible commit history — 41 of 100 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
llms_txt_url—
legible_history_share0.41
agent_instruction_files.github/copilot-instructions.md
agent_instruction_max_bytes3,337

Verify loop (build / test / typecheck)

51Moderate
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — src/Neon.Kubernetes.Core/Neon.Kubernetes.Core.csproj, src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj, src/Neon.Kubernetes/Neon.Kubernetes.csproj (toolchain convention, no task runner)
22/22Automated tests
0/11Lint / format config
11/11Static type checking — C# (statically typed)
0/10Reproducible environment
0/10Demonstrated agent practice — no agent-authored commits among the last 100
0/8Automated maintenance — no automated dependency updates observed
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies — no data
Inputs used
has_nixno
has_testsyes
lockfiles—
has_dockerfileno
typed_languageyes
bootstrap_files—
has_devcontainerno
has_linter_configno
typecheck_configs—
agent_commit_share0
toolchain_manifestssrc/Neon.Kubernetes.Core/Neon.Kubernetes.Core.csproj, src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj, src/Neon.Kubernetes/Neon.Kubernetes.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.OperatorLifecycleManager/Neon.Operator.OperatorLifecycleManager.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.Templates/Neon.Operator.Templates.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.Templates/OperatorTemplate/OperatorTemplate.csproj, src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj, src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj, test/Test.Analyzers/Test.Analyzers.csproj, test/Test.Kubernetes.Core/Test.Kubernetes.Core.csproj, test/Test.Kubernetes/Test.Kubernetes.csproj, test/Test.Neon.Operator/Test.Neon.Operator.csproj, test/Test.OLM/Test.OLM.csproj, test/test-operator/test-operator.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0

Code legibility for models

100Exceptional
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
54.7/55Manageable file sizes — 2/396 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes69,134
source_files_sampled396
oversized_source_files2

Key facts

3GitHub stars
5contributors
8commits, last 12 months
4days since last push
18releases
1bus factor
7open issues
—package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token
  • GitHub dependency-graph SBOM unavailable (404); the dependency graph may be disabled for this repository
  • OpenSSF Scorecard did not return a usable result (exit code 0; Skipping github.com/nforgeio/operator-sdk: run: internal error: ListCommits:error during graphqlHandler.setup: internal error: githubv4.Query: Something went wrong while executing your query on 2026-09-15T14:40:23Z. Please include `B3C4:119943:2A8EC5:2933B1:6AA958D5` when reporting this issue.); skipping Scorecard checks

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 2 ⇿
0Stars
2Forks

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.

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Direct dependencies 56
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
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NuGetKubernetesClient.Models—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Core/Neon.Kubernetes.Core.csproj
NuGetYamlDotNet—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Core/Neon.Kubernetes.Core.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj
NuGetNeon.JsonConverters—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient.Models—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj
NuGetYamlDotNet—src/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources/Neon.Kubernetes.Resources.csproj
NuGetAsyncKeyedLock—src/Neon.Kubernetes/Neon.Kubernetes.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient—src/Neon.Kubernetes/Neon.Kubernetes.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Kubernetes/Neon.Kubernetes.csproj
NuGetFractions—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.CodeAnalysis—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetNewtonsoft.Json—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetNJsonSchema—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetSystem.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient.Basic—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient.Models—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Rest.ClientRuntime—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetSystem.Text.Encodings.Web—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetSystem.Text.Json—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetSystemTextJson.JsonDiffPatch—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetYamlDotNet—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetNeon.JsonConverters—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetNeon.Roslyn—src/Neon.Operator.Analyzers/Neon.Operator.Analyzers.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient.Basic—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient.Models—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Rest.ClientRuntime—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetNJsonSchema—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetprometheus-net—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetSystemTextJson.JsonDiffPatch—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Operator.Core/Neon.Operator.Core.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient—src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson—src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj
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NuGetYamlDotNet—src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj
NuGetNeon.Xunit—src/Neon.Operator.Xunit/Neon.Operator.Xunit.csproj
NuGetCompareNETObjects—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetKubernetesClient—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
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NuGetMicrosoft.AspNetCore.JsonPatch—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetMicrosoft.Rest.ClientRuntime—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetNgrokSharp—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetNJsonSchema—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetprometheus-net—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
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NuGetprometheus-net.AspNetCore.HealthChecks—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetSystemTextJson.JsonDiffPatch—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
NuGetNeon.Common—src/Neon.Operator/Neon.Operator.csproj
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