What 213 graded repositories reveal

Every repo RepoGrade scores feeds these aggregates: how quality tracks reach, age, and maintenance, and what separates the best repos from the rest.

Repositories
213
HTML
Median score
19
out of 100
Median stars
0
GitHub stars
Median age
3 yr
211 measured
Ship releases
8%
209 measured
Are forks
1%
211 measured

How the corpus scores

Each dot is a repo, colored by grade. Corpus medians divide the four quadrants - hover any dot to identify it, or hover a region for a summary. Distributions below show the same data sliced by band and popularity tier.

Quality vs popularity

Each dot is a repo, colored by grade. Hover a region to highlight it and see counts. Toggle the X axis between stars and contributors.

X axis
median 0med. 19HIDDEN GEMS0 · 0%EXEMPLARY96 · 91%NEEDS WORK0 · 0%VIRAL, MESSY10 · 9%02550751001101001k10kStars (log scale)Score

Score distribution

Repos per 10-point band, colored by grade

Score distribution by popularity

Box = P25-P75, line = median (colored by grade), whisker = P10-P90

Group by
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GitHub stars · box = P25-P75, line = median, whisker = P10-P90

Scores climb steadily with popularity

Median score within each star tier. The grade mix hides this because most repos have few stars - but quality and reach rise together.

What top repos do that the rest don't

Hollow dot = D/F pass rate, filled dot = A/B pass rate. The gap is the real signal. Filtered to HTML. Based on 209 repos.

CheckA / B pass rateD / F pass rateGap
CI/CD
100%
2%
+98
Tests
100%
9%
+91
Install and run instructions
100%
15%
+85
Linting and formatting
88%
4%
+84
Dependency manifest
100%
22%
+78
Reproducibility
88%
16%
+72
Housekeeping
100%
33%
+67
License
88%
26%
+62
Issue and PR templates
63%
7%
+56
README
88%
34%
+54
Activity
100%
49%
+51
Repository metadata
100%
57%
+43

Pass rates side by side

Hover a row to see exact percentages. +Npp = percentage-point gap.

D/F passA/B pass0%25%50%75%100%CI/CD+98ppTests+91ppInstall and run instructions+85ppLinting and formatting+84ppDependency manifest+78ppReproducibility+72ppHousekeeping+67ppLicense+62ppIssue and PR templates+56ppREADME+54ppActivity+51ppRepository metadata+43pp

Does a better grade attract more attention?

Median traction signals per grade band. Toggle across stars, forks, watchers, open issues, and contributors.

Median traction by grade

Toggle across stars, forks, watchers, issues, contributors

Metric

How actively are repos maintained?

Responsiveness, release discipline, and project posture - the upkeep signals behind a grade.

Response time by grade

Median wait, lower is better. Only repos with issues/PRs counted.

Metric

Release discipline by grade

Share shipping at least one tagged release

Project posture

Forks vs original sources, and archived repos

Forks of other repos1%

Forks median 24 vs sources median 18

Archived (read-only)0%

1 of 211 measured

Ship releases8%

16 of 209 measured

Does age or size move the score?

Median score across how long a repo has existed and how large it is on disk.

Score by repo age

Median score across age cohorts

Score by repo size

Median score across size on disk

Most common topics, by quality

Topics repos tag themselves with - ranked by frequency, with the median score of all repos carrying each tag. Sort by quality to see which ecosystems trend higher.

Top 18 topics
12027
6
45
2applications
6
45
3college
6
45
4early-career
6
45
5hiring
6
45
6job-search
6
45
7jobs
6
45
8jobs-2027
6
45
9junior
6
45
10new-grad-jobs
6
45
11newgrad
6
45
12pro-software-2026
5
35
13intern
5
47
14interviews
5
43
15new-grad
5
47
16jobboard
5
47
17trial-software
5
35
18windows-software-2026
5
35