ardalis/cleanarchitecture
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Well engineered. The main gaps are a reproducible setup and setup instructions.

Top 28% of 5,156 graded repos

Clean Architecture Solution Template: A proven Clean Architecture Template for ASP.NET Core 10

Documentation77
Engineering78
Health100
C#18,346MIT23d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

11 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
    README12pt

    Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

77

Install and run instructions9pt45

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt85

README is present.

Contributing guide5pt89

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

78

Reproducibility6pt12

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Enable and commit packages.lock.json so NuGet restores are repeatable.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (sample/tests).

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/cross-platform-build-test-minimal.yml).

Linting and formatting5pt100

.NET formatting configured (.editorconfig).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (MinimalClean/src/MinimalClean.Architecture.AspireHost/MinimalClean.Architecture.AspireHost.csproj).

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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 3,069
    Forks
  • 14
    Releaseslatest 1y ago

Community

  • 85% - Good
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 18,346
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 1d 1h
    Median issue response
  • 1d 2h
    Median PR merge time
  • 43
    Open issues
Repository files29 root entries
  • .aspire
  • .claude
  • .github
    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.
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cross-platform-build-test-minimal.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for nuget.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .template.config
  • .vscode
  • docs
  • MinimalClean
    Good: Dependency manifest found (MinimalClean/src/MinimalClean.Architecture.AspireHost/MinimalClean.Architecture.AspireHost.csproj).
  • sample
    Good: Test files detected (sample/tests).
  • src
  • tests
  • .editorconfig
    Good: .NET formatting configured (.editorconfig).
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .runsettings
  • aspire.config.json
  • Clean.Architecture.slnx
  • CleanArchitecture.nuspec
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Directory.Build.props
  • Directory.Packages.props
  • global.json
  • icon.png
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • MinimalClean.nuspec
  • nuget.config
  • PARALLEL_TEST_EXECUTION.md
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    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.
    Good: README includes status badges.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Issue: No run or usage instructions found (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to start or use the project.
  • README.template.md
  • TESTCONTAINERS_IMPLEMENTATION.md
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