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Software health reportschema 0.30.0 · metrics 2.5.0 · 2026-08-04 17:27 UTC

serilog / serilog-settings-appsettings

An <appSettings> configuration reader for Serilog

C#Apache-2.0★ 57 stars⑂ 26 forkssince May 2016View on GitHub ↗

serilog/serilog-settings-appsettings holds a health index of 44 out of 100, placing it in the Weak band. It scores highest on Sustainability & Governance (62/100) and lowest on Vitality (19/100). It was last updated 256 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

SerilogOrganization
327 followers30 public repossince Oct 2013

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

Package ecosystems

RegistryPackageVersionDownloads / moVersionsLast publishTags
NuGetSerilog.Settings.AppSettings3.0.0-6761 days agoserilogxml

Metrics by category

Vitality

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

19Critical · 21% of overall
How it's scored
3.6/36Push recency — last push 256 days ago
0.7/36Commit cadence — 1/52 weeks with commits
5.4/18Commit volume — 3 commits in the last year
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
commits_last_year3
human_commit_share0.988
days_since_last_push256
active_weeks_last_year1
How it's scored
27/27Ships releases — 6 releases published
0/36Release recency — latest release 761 days ago
5.4/27Release cadence — a release every ~539.3 days
0/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
Inputs used
releases_count6
latest_release_tagv3.0.0
releases_from_tagsno
days_since_latest_release761
mean_days_between_releases539.3

Community & Adoption

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

61Moderate · 17% of overall
How it's scored
28.4/60Stars — 57 stars
11.7/25Forks — 26 forks
5.6/15Watchers — 11 watchers
Inputs used
forks26
stars57
watchers11
growth_stateunverified
growth_factor_pct100
growth_unverified_reasonno_history
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_servicesci.appveyor.com, shields.io
has_pull_request_templateno
How it's scored
79.4/80Total downloads — 43,794,905 downloads all-time across nuget
0/20Registry dependents — not reported by this ecosystem
Inputs used
packagesSerilog.Settings.AppSettings
dependents
ecosystemsnuget
total_downloads43,794,905
monthly_downloads
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?

62Moderate · 23% of overall
How it's scored
9/54Bus factor — 1 contributor(s) cover half of all commits
9.5/22.5Commit distribution — top contributor authored 58% of commits
13.5/13.5Contributor breadth — 10 contributors
10/10OpenSSF Scorecard: Contributors — project has 6 contributing companies or organizations
Inputs used
bus_factor1
contributors_sampled10
top_contributor_share0.576
How it's scored
26.7/42Issue resolution — 64% of issues closed
26.1/30PR acceptance — 20/23 decided PRs merged
0/13Newcomer PR acceptance — no first-time contributor's PR decided in 30d
9/15OpenSSF Scorecard: Code-Review — Found 6/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
Inputs used
merged_prs20
open_issues12
closed_issues21
prs_merged_7d0
prs_decided_7d0
prs_merged_30d0
prs_decided_30d0
issue_closed_ratio0.636
closed_unmerged_prs3
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.
How it's scored
30/30Ownership backing — organization-owned
0/20Verified domain
18.1/25Owner reach — 327 followers of serilog
22.9/25Track record — 30 public repos, account ~12 yr old
Inputs used
followers327
owner_typeOrganization
is_verified
owner_loginserilog
public_repos30
account_age_days4,676
How it's scored
25/25Published & resolvable — 1 package(s) on nuget
4/35Publish recency — latest publish 761 days ago
20/20Version history — 6 published versions
20/20Not deprecated — active, not deprecated or yanked
Inputs used
packagesSerilog.Settings.AppSettings
ecosystemsnuget
any_deprecatedno
min_days_since_publish761

Engineering Quality

Are baseline engineering and documentation practices in place?

38Weak · 19% of overall
How it's scored
0/24CI workflows
24/24Tests present
0/16Linter config
0/9.6Pre-commit hooks
6.4/6.4.editorconfig
0/20OpenSSF Scorecard: CI-Tests — 0 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
Inputs used
has_cino
has_testsyes
has_editorconfigyes
has_linter_configno
has_precommit_configno

Documentation

50Moderate
How it's scored
30/30README
0/25Documentation directory
0/15Documentation / homepage site
10/10Repository description
0/10Topics
10/10Wiki
Inputs used
topics
has_wikiyes
homepage
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
7.5/7.5Binary-Artifacts — no binaries found in the repo
0/7.5Branch-Protection — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0/2.5CI-Tests — 0 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0/2.5CII-Best-Practices — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
4.5/7.5Code-Review — Found 6/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
2.5/2.5Contributors — project has 6 contributing companies or organizations
0/10Dangerous-Workflow — no data
7.5/7.5Dependency-Update-Tool — update tool detected
0/5Fuzzing — project is not fuzzed
2.5/2.5License — license file detected
0/7.5Maintained — 0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
0/5Packaging — no data
0/5Pinned-Dependencies — no data
0/5SAST — SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0/5Security-Policy — security policy file not detected
0/7.5Signed-Releases — Project has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
0/7.5Token-Permissions — no data
7.5/7.5Vulnerabilities — 0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Inputs used
sourceopenssf_scorecard
checks_evaluated14
scorecard_versionv5.5.0
checks_inconclusive4
scorecard_aggregate4.1
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): dangerous_workflow, packaging, pinned_dependencies, token_permissions. 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
advisories0
affected_packages0
assessed_packages12
unassessed_packages0
affected_by_severitynone
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 12 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.

50Moderate · 4% of overall
How it's scored
0/45Agent instructions — no CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / editor rules
0/15Machine-readable docs (llms.txt)
11.3/40Legible commit history — 18 of 85 human commits state their intent (structured subject or explanatory body)
Inputs used
has_llms_txtno
legible_history_share0.212
agent_instruction_files
agent_instruction_max_bytes
How it's scored
12.6/18One-command bootstrap — src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj, test/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.Tests/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.Tests.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 86
8/8Automated maintenance — 1 of the last 86 commits are automated dependency updates
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/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj, test/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.Tests/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.Tests.csproj
dependency_bot_commit_share0.012
Excluded from scoring (no data or not applicable): OpenSSF Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies. Remaining weights renormalized.
How it's scored
45/45Type-checkable code — C# (statically typed)
55/55Manageable file sizes — 0/7 source files over 60KB
Inputs used
primary_languageC#
largest_source_bytes5,943
source_files_sampled7
oversized_source_files0

Key facts

57GitHub stars
10contributors
3commits, last 12 months
256days since last push
6releases
1bus factor
12open issues
package ecosystems

Data collection warnings

  • Star history unavailable: GitHub GraphQL error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

More detail

Star and fork history 0 ★ / 26 ⇿
0Stars
26Forks
6Releases

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.

0510152025302622016-062021-032025-11
Major 1Minor 1Patch 4

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 · 2026-08-04 17:27 UTC

10Binary-Artifactsno binaries found in the repo
0Branch-Protectionbranch protection not enabled on development/release branches
0CI-Tests0 out of 9 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 0
0CII-Best-Practicesno effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
6Code-ReviewFound 6/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 6
10Contributorsproject has 6 contributing companies or organizations
n/aDangerous-Workflowno workflows found
10Dependency-Update-Toolupdate tool detected
0Fuzzingproject is not fuzzed
10Licenselicense file detected
0Maintained0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
n/aPackagingpackaging workflow not detected
n/aPinned-Dependenciesno dependencies found
0SASTSAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
0Security-Policysecurity policy file not detected
0Signed-ReleasesProject has not signed or included provenance with any releases.
n/aToken-PermissionsNo tokens found
10Vulnerabilities0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Direct dependencies 3
RegistryPackageVersion constraintManifest
NuGetSerilog4.0.0src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
NuGetSystem.Configuration.ConfigurationManager6.0.0src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
NuGetSystem.Configuration.ConfigurationManager6.0.0src/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings/Serilog.Settings.AppSettings.csproj
All dependencies 12

Full resolved dependency set from the GitHub dependency graph: 2 direct and 10 indirect (transitive) packages. The transitive closure is complete when the repository commits a lockfile.

RegistryPackageVersionRelation
NuGetSerilog4.0.0direct
NuGetSystem.Configuration.ConfigurationManager6.0.0direct
NuGetMicrosoft.NET.Test.Sdk17.10.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Enrichers.Environment3.0.1indirect
NuGetSerilog.Enrichers.Process3.0.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Enrichers.Thread4.0.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.File6.0.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.Observable3.0.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching5.0.0indirect
NuGetSerilog.Sinks.TextWriter3.0.0indirect
NuGetxunit2.8.1indirect
NuGetxunit.runner.visualstudio2.8.1indirect
Dependency advisories 0

This repository publishes no package the index resolves, so its own dependency graph was assessed — 12 packages, which also include development and test pins that never ship: 0 carry known advisories, of which 0 are direct.

No known advisories affect the assessed dependencies.

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.

Raw JSON report machine-readable

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 v2.5.0, schema v0.30.0 — full methodology · metrics wiki.

How one result sits in the wider record: aggregate statisticsNuGet.