akka/akka-core
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Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.

Top 39% of 5,156 graded repos

A platform to build and run apps that are elastic, agile, and resilient. SDK, libraries, and hosted environments.

Documentation60
Engineering76
Health100
Scala13,273Other1mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

16 to address
  1. 1
    Tests18pt

    Wire your tests to a documented command (e.g. a test script in your build config) so the suite is reproducible.

  2. 2
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

60

README12pt40

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt45

No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).

→ Add a section showing how to install dependencies.

Contributing guide5pt84

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Engineering

76

Reproducibility6pt0

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Commit the lockfile for this project's package manager so installs produce the same dependency versions everywhere.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test).

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • 4 / 20
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 3,547
    Forks
  • 84
    Releaseslatest 6y ago

Community

  • 87% - Good
    Community health
  • 3 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 13,273
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 20d 4h
    Median issue response
  • 1d 23h
    Median PR merge time
  • 902
    Open issues
Repository files59 root entries
  • .additional-certs
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/build-test-prValidation.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • akka-actor
  • akka-actor-testkit-typed
    Good: Test files detected (akka-actor-testkit-typed/src/test).
  • akka-actor-tests
  • akka-actor-typed
  • akka-actor-typed-tests
  • akka-bench-jmh
  • akka-cluster
  • akka-cluster-metrics
  • akka-cluster-sharding
  • akka-cluster-sharding-typed
  • akka-cluster-tools
  • akka-cluster-typed
  • akka-coordination
  • akka-discovery
  • akka-distributed-data
  • akka-docs
  • akka-multi-node-testkit
  • akka-persistence
  • akka-persistence-query
  • akka-persistence-shared
  • akka-persistence-tck
  • akka-persistence-testkit
  • akka-persistence-typed
  • akka-persistence-typed-tests
  • akka-pki
  • akka-remote
  • akka-remote-tests
  • akka-serialization-jackson
  • akka-slf4j
  • akka-stream
  • akka-stream-testkit
  • akka-stream-tests
  • akka-stream-tests-tck
  • akka-stream-typed
  • akka-testkit
  • kubernetes
  • native-image-tests
  • plugins
  • project
  • samples
    Good: Dependency manifest found (samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle).
  • scripts
  • .algolia-search-index-config.json
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).
  • .fossa.yml
  • .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .jvmopts-ci
  • .sbt-java-formatter.conf
  • .sbtopts
  • .scala-steward.conf
  • .scalafmt.conf
  • build.sbt
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Good: Contributing guide includes setup/install instructions.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a code style section (−8 pts).Fix: Describe your linting/formatting rules and how to run them.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a testing section (−8 pts).Fix: Show contributors how to run the test suite (e.g. npm test, pytest, cargo test).
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • COPYING.protobuf
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Issue: README has little structure (−15 pts). Add 2-3 headings for +8 pts; 4+ earns +15 pts.Fix: Break it into sections (Overview, Install, Usage, Contributing) using Markdown headings.
    Issue: No screenshots or images in the README (−20 pts).Fix: Add a GIF, screenshot, or logo image. It is the fastest way to show what your project does.
    Issue: README has no code examples (−15 pts).Fix: Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Issue: No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to install dependencies.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • RELEASING.md
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