clap-rs/clap
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91

/ 100

GradeA

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

Top 11% of 5,156 graded repos

A full featured, fast Command Line Argument Parser for Rust

Documentation83
Engineering96
Health92
Rust16,554Apache-2.023d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

10 to address
  1. 1
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a section showing how to start or use the project.

  2. 2
    Install and run instructions9pt

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

  3. 3
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add a Dockerfile, .nvmrc, or .python-version to pin the runtime version and make the environment reproducible.

  4. 4
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add .github/dependabot.yml with at least one package-ecosystem entry so dependencies are updated automatically.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

83

Install and run instructions9pt45

README documents how to install the project.

Contributing guide5pt88

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

96

Reproducibility6pt70

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (clap_complete/tests).

CI/CD14pt100

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

Rust linting configured (cargo fmt in CI).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

92

Dependency manifest6pt75

Dependency manifest found (Cargo.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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 1,209
    Forks
  • 320
    Releaseslatest 11y ago

Community

  • 62% - Fair
    Community health
  • -
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 16,554
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 15h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 444
    Open issues
Repository files29 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • assets
  • clap_bench
  • clap_builder
  • clap_complete
    Good: Test files detected (clap_complete/tests).
  • clap_complete_nushell
  • clap_derive
  • clap_lex
  • clap_mangen
  • examples
  • src
  • tests
  • .clippy.toml
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .pre-commit-config.yaml
  • Cargo.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CITATION.cff
  • committed.toml
  • 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.
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • deny.toml
  • LICENSE-APACHE
  • LICENSE-MIT
  • Makefile
  • 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.
    Issue: No run or usage instructions found (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to start or use the project.
  • release.toml
  • typos.toml
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