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coverlet-coverage/coverlet

Cross platform code coverage for .NET

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Coverlet: .NET Code Coverage. Measures line and branch coverage for .NET tests.
Verified26 Oct 2026

Radar check

What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.

Alive100

Last code pushed 22 Oct 2026, 3 days before this check.

Releases100

Latest release v10.1.0 on 27 Sep 2026.

Maturity100

Public since January 2018, a little over 8 years.

Adoption70

3,178 stars and 398 forks.

Activity65

38 commits and 17 new issues in the last 90 days.

Community100

119 contributors. 35 pull requests merged in 90 days.

Security40

No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.

Licence MIT: permissive: use it for anything, keep the noticeSetup effort 2 of 5Payoff 4 of 5
How the bars are scored
  • Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
  • Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
  • Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
  • Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
  • Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
  • Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
  • Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.

Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.

In simple English

When you write code, you write tests to check if it works. This tool measures what part of your code those tests actually check. It runs as part of your normal test commands. It saves results as files in common formats. It costs nothing and runs on your own machine.

What it is

Coverlet is a code coverage framework for modern .NET projects. It instruments compiled code to record which execution paths run during testing.

What it is good for

Solo builders writing C# who need to ensure their tests cover all critical logic before shipping.

Stars3.2k
LicenceMIT
Latestv10.1.0 (2026-09-27)checked 26 Oct 2026
Last code change2026-10-22
Written inC#
Setup effort
2 / 5
Payoff
4 / 5
Good
  • Integrates directly into standard dotnet test commands.
  • Supports line, branch, and method coverage metrics.
  • Outputs reports in standard formats like Cobertura and JSON.
Watch for
  • Requires .NET 8.0 SDK or newer to run.
  • Different drivers have strict incompatibility rules with specific test runners.
  • Deterministic builds require manual workarounds to track coverage correctly.
Replaces

manual code review and guesswork about untested code paths

Works well with

dotnet test for executing your test suite

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Install
dotnet add package coverlet.collector

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