apache/trafficserver
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79

/ 100

GradeC

Good community traction and solid fundamentals. Nearly in the top tier.

Top 33% of 5,156 graded repos

Apache Traffic Server™ is a fast, scalable and extensible HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant caching proxy server.

Documentation85
Engineering66
Health100
C++1,960Apache-2.01mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

14 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 step like `run: npm test`, `run: pytest`, or `run: tox` to your workflow file.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `pull_request:` to the workflow `on:` triggers.

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

85

Contributing guide5pt72

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt80

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

66

Reproducibility6pt22

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Commit poetry.lock, uv.lock, pdm.lock, Pipfile.lock, conda-lock.yml, or another lockfile for your Python dependency manager.

CI/CD14pt40

CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (example/plugins/c-api/protocol/test).

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 (setup.cfg).

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

  • 87 / 195
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 865
    Forks
  • 0
    Releases

Community

  • 75% - Good
    Community health
  • 6 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 1,960
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 16h
    Median issue response
  • 3h
    Median PR merge time
  • 428
    Open issues
Repository files47 root entries
  • .claude
  • .cursor
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).
  • .vscode
  • ci
    Good: Environment pinned via ci/docker/deb/Dockerfile.
  • cmake
  • configs
  • contrib
  • doc
  • example
    Good: Test files detected (example/plugins/c-api/protocol/test).
  • ext
  • include
  • lib
    Good: Code of conduct present.
    Good: Dependabot is configured. Dependencies update automatically.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • plugins
  • rc
  • src
  • tests
  • tools
  • .asf.yaml
  • .clang-analyzer
  • .clang-format
  • .clang-tidy
  • .cmake-format.yaml
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).
  • .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .perltidyrc
  • .ripgreprc
  • .style.yapf
  • .tsan_suppressions
  • .vimrc
  • .yapfignore
  • AGENTS.md
  • CMakeLists.txt
  • CMakePresets.json
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Fix: Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.
    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.
    Issue: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
  • emacs-style
  • Findtsapi.cmake.in
  • INSTALL
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • NOTICE
  • README-EC2
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    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.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Good: README includes status badges.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • README.md
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • setup.cfg
    Good: Dependency manifest found (setup.cfg).
  • STATUS
  • ts.pc.in
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