ActiveOSI-approved OSSDeveloper Tools Build Systems

MSBuild

Build platform for .NET and Visual Studio projects.

Website GitHub X

Data confidence90/100

Source coverage85/100

Publish confidence89/100

Evidence checkedSep 15, 2026

About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about MSBuild

Build platform for .NET and Visual Studio projects.

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Commit continuity, contributor activity, and delivery signals are strong.

Source-visible projectBuild SystemsOSI-approved OSSScored Intelligence

Score Breakdown

Public signal read

How to read this

The overall score reflects ToolVitals maintenance and delivery evidence. Adoption is shown as public context only and does not change the overall score.

Activity: Commit activity across recent and sustained windows, with releases as a small supporting signal.
Reliability: Maintenance posture from commit recency, continuity, and active contributors.
Adoption: Public footprint from GitHub stars and forks when available.

ToolVitals97/100Health97/100Shipping96/100Zombie Risk1/100

Overall Score97Active

Activity96

Reliability97

Adoption76

Project provenance

Fork network

Popular active forks

Highest GitHub star count first

JetBrains/msbuildC#

Stars: 14
Forks: 6
Activity: Pushed 2mo ago

JanProvaznik/msbuildC#

Stars: 2
Forks: 0
Activity: Pushed 3d ago

trungnt2910/dotnet-msbuildC#

Stars: 2
Forks: 0
Activity: Pushed 4mo ago

Repository

GitHub Activity

dotnet/msbuild

Stars5,548

Forks1,451

Contributors32Active in 90d · as of Sep 14, 2026

Open Issues1,712

Primary Language: C#
Last Commit: Today
Commits 30d: 123
Commits 90d: 399
Releases 90d: 3
Default Branch: main
License: MIT
Repository Status: Active repository

Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence90/100Strong

Source Coverage85/100Strong

Publish Confidence89/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work

Openness

License Evidence

Class: OSI-approved OSS
License: MIT

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Websitehttps://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild GitHubdotnet/msbuild Xhttps://x.com/dotnetfdn

Profile

Classification

Category: Developer Tools
Use Case: Build Systems
Openness: OSI-approved OSS
License: MIT
Tool Mode: Source-visible project
Score Model: Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility: Scored Intelligence
Status: Active

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Latest

Recent Updates

Release Notes

Aug 11, 2026v18.9.6 Jul 15, 2026v18.8.2 Jun 10, 2026v18.7.1

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