Evidence Snapshot

Canonical metrics for the ecoPrimals ecosystem — single source of truth for all counts, definitions, and measurement methodology. Every other page should agree with this one.

Purpose

This page defines every metric used across sporePrint. When a number appears elsewhere on the site, it should either pull from this registry via shortcodes or state the measurement date explicitly. If a page conflicts with these numbers, this page is correct and the other page is stale.

Measured: 2026-06-22 — via spore-validate refresh (tokei line counts + cargo test pass counts from source repos)

Ecosystem Scale

Metric	Value	Definition
Total Rust LOC	3,466,535	Lines of Rust counted by tokei across all primal + spring repos
Primal Rust LOC	2,655,108	Infrastructure code ( 15 primals)
Spring Rust LOC	811,427	Science validation code ( 8 springs)
Total test functions	113,858	`cargo test` unit + integration tests across all repos
Primal tests	103,117	Infrastructure test functions
Spring tests	10,741	Science validation test functions
WGSL shaders	952 files, 74K lines	Vendor-agnostic GPU compute (WebGPU)
Validation checks	20,695+	Quantitative science assertions with explicit numerical tolerance
Papers reproduced	175+	External peer-reviewed publications whose results are reproduced in Rust
baseCamp papers	28	ecoPrimals’ own executable manuscripts/studies
Primals	15	Sovereign infrastructure binaries (Rust, statically linked)
Springs	8	Domain-specific science validation environments
Content pages	227	Pages on this site (sporePrint)

What These Numbers Mean

Test functions vs. validation checks

Test functions are standard Rust #[test] functions counted by cargo test. They include unit tests, integration tests, property tests, and fuzz harnesses. The number 113,858 is the sum of all cargo test passes across all repos.

Validation checks are a subset: the 20,695+ quantitative science assertions that compare computed results against published values with explicit numerical tolerances. These are the “does the science reproduce?” checks. Every validation check is also a test function, but not every test function is a validation check.

Papers reproduced vs. baseCamp papers

Papers reproduced ( 175+) are external, peer-reviewed publications from journals (Nature, Science, PNAS, etc.) whose key results are reproduced in Rust with explicit tolerance comparisons. The count includes papers across all 8 springs.

baseCamp papers ( 28) are ecoPrimals’ own executable manuscripts — each is a narrative with embedded cargo test results that a reader can reproduce. These are in the Science section.

Primals vs. springs vs. products

Primals are infrastructure: the binaries that form the mesh ( Songbird for routing, BearDog for identity, NestGate for storage, etc.). There are 15.

Springs are science validation environments: domain-specific test suites that reproduce published results. There are 8 (7 science domains + 1 meta-spring for ecosystem validation).

Products are compositions of primals aimed at specific use cases ( helixVision, blueFish, esotericWebb). Products have their own maturity levels.

Measurement Methodology

All metrics come from source code, not estimates:

LOC: tokei run on each repo’s src/ and crates/ directories
Tests: cargo test pass counts from CI or local runs
WGSL: tokei on *.wgsl files in barraCuda
Validation checks: counted from validate_* and exp_* test binaries
Papers: counted from spring validation summaries (each paper has a named test)

The spore-validate refresh command automates this: it clones all repos, runs tokei, and compares against the registry. Drift beyond 5% triggers a warning.

Maturity Levels

Claims across this site carry maturity labels:

✅ Implemented — Code exists and tests pass.

🔬 Reproduced — Matches an external published result with explicit tolerance.

🛡️ Certified — Portable guideStone artifact exists and is verifiable.

📐 Architecture-ready — Design exists and is partially implemented; not fully validated.

🗺️ Planned — Roadmap item. No implementation yet.

⚠️ Unaudited — Claim is not externally reviewed (security, compliance, regulatory).

When you see a claim without a maturity badge, assume ✅ Implemented for code claims and ⚠️ Unaudited for compliance/security claims.

Historical Notes

Pages dated March 2026 reflect the ecosystem state at that time (~3.2M LOC, ~107K tests, 7 springs, 14 primals). Those pages are historical snapshots. The current numbers are on this page.

Pages that use {{ "{{" }} total_stat(...) {{ "}}" }} or {{ "{{" }} entity_metrics(...) {{ "}}" }} shortcodes pull from the live registry and are always current.

Per-Entity Metrics

For individual primal and spring metrics (LOC, tests, files, crates), see:

Primal Catalog — all 15 primals with live metrics
Spring Catalog — all 8 springs with live metrics
Taxonomy pages — /primals/ and /springs/ — auto-generated from registry

Verify It

git clone https://github.com/ecoPrimals/sporePrint.git && cd sporePrint
cargo run --manifest-path crates/spore-validate/Cargo.toml -- validate --check --verbose
cargo run --manifest-path crates/spore-validate/Cargo.toml -- certify

The certify command computes a BLAKE3 Merkle root of the entity graph. Compare it against the published manifest. If they match, the registry is internally consistent.