# dotnet-architecture/News

News on .NET Architecture Guidance, eShopOnContainers and all the reference apps in dotnet-architecture

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/News
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/news
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-03-23T15:33:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3186, "days_push": 1259, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1121, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:39.883827+00:00)

## What it is
An announcement hub for the dotnet-architecture organization, publishing news about .NET Architecture Guidance and reference applications like eShopOnContainers and eShopOnWeb. Users subscribe via GitHub watch/issues to track updates across the organization's sample apps and guidance.

## Use cases
- track news on .NET architecture guidance
- follow updates to eShopOnContainers reference app
- stay informed about new dotnet-architecture sample applications
- find links to official .NET architecture e-books and samples
- monitor releases of eShop reference applications

## When to choose
- you use dotnet-architecture guidance or eShop samples and want update notifications
- you want a single feed of announcements across the organization's repos

## When to avoid
- you need runnable code or a library - this repo only contains announcements
- you want actively published news - the latest release dates to March 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, web-development
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: dotnet-architecture, announcements, reference-applications, eshop, microservices-guidance

## Member repositories
- dotnet-architecture/News (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.883827+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:41:00.206375+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/News (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:39.883827+00:00, sha 740cef573bba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.