# KirillOsenkov/SourceBrowser

Source browser website generator that powers https://source.dot.net, https://referencesource.microsoft.com and https://sourceroslyn.io

Repository: https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/SourceBrowser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sourcebrowser
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-14T18:28:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3996, "days_push": 50, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1159, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:48.630694+00:00)

## What it is
A source browser website generator that analyzes C#/VB/MSBuild/TypeScript code with Roslyn and produces a static hyperlinked HTML website for browsing source code. It powers sites like source.dot.net and referencesource.microsoft.com, with a small ASP.NET Core service for symbol search.

## Use cases
- host a browsable website for my C# codebase
- generate static HTML source code viewer for a solution
- self-host a code reference site like source.dot.net
- search symbols across a large .NET codebase
- publish hyperlinked source code for a library
- browse .NET framework reference source offline

## When to choose
- you want a mostly static, precomputed HTML site for browsing C#/VB source
- you need symbol search backed by a lightweight ASP.NET Core service
- you want to replicate sites like source.dot.net for your own code

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is soft-archived (consider the tannergooding fork)
- you need a fully static site with no server-side component, since search requires ASP.NET Core
- you work primarily in languages other than C#/VB/TypeScript

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: static-site-generator, search-engine, documentation, parser
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, web-development
- platform: windows, dotnet, self-hosted
- tags: roslyn, source-code-browsing, csharp, visual-basic, code-indexing, static-html, web-server

## Member repositories
- KirillOsenkov/SourceBrowser (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.630694+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 2026-08-30T06:31:51.665042+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/KirillOsenkov/SourceBrowser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.630694+00:00, sha eb71726a9b1f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.