benoitc/gunicorn
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95

/ 100

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A top-tier open source project. Docs, tests, and CI are all in excellent shape.

Top 6% of 5,156 graded repos

gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX, fast clients and sleepy applications.

Documentation93
Engineering95
Health100
Python10,610Other1mo ago

Outstanding. A score of 95/100 puts this repo in a very small tier of truly well-engineered projects.

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

8 to address
  1. 1
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  2. 2
    CI/CD14pt

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

  3. 3
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a .env.example listing all required environment variables so contributors know what to set up.

  4. 4
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add additional package-ecosystem entries (especially github-actions) to keep all dependencies current.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

93

Contributing guide5pt75

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Engineering

95

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt92

Lockfile present (uv.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (examples/celery_alternative/tests).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.pylintrc).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (pyproject.toml).

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

  • 3 / 41
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 1,838
    Forks
  • 42
    Releaseslatest 10y ago

Community

  • 85% - Good
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 10,610
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • <1h
    Median issue response
  • 4d 20h
    Median PR merge time
  • 121
    Open issues
Repository files27 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/lint.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for github-actions.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • benchmarks
  • docker
    Good: Environment pinned via docker/Dockerfile.
  • docs
  • examples
    Good: Test files detected (examples/celery_alternative/tests).
  • gunicorn
  • overrides
  • scripts
  • tests
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .pylintrc
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.pylintrc).
  • appveyor.yml
  • 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.
    Good: Contributing guide describes code style expectations.
    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.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • MAINTAINERS
  • Makefile
  • MANIFEST.in
  • mkdocs.yml
  • NOTICE
  • pyproject.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (pyproject.toml).
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    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.
  • requirements_dev.txt
  • requirements_test.txt
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • THANKS
  • tox.ini
  • uv.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (uv.lock). Installs are reproducible.
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