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/ 100

GradeA

Polished and well engineered. Punching above its star count.

Top 8% of 5,156 graded repos

🚀 Open-source Ethereum consensus client written in Java

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

7 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
    Install and run instructions9pt

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

  3. 3
    Reproducibility6pt

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

  4. 4
    Contributing guide5pt

    Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

93

Contributing guide5pt72

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

90

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (acceptance-tests/src/acceptance-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test).

Reproducibility6pt80

Lockfile present (.openapidoc/package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.

CI/CD14pt100

CI is configured (.github/workflows/check-specrefs.yml).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Java/Kotlin linting configured (.openapidoc/.eslintrc.yml).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 376
    Forks
  • 128
    Releaseslatest 6y ago

Community

  • -
    Community health
  • -
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 774
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 19d 6h
    Median issue response
  • 24h
    Median PR merge time
  • 257
    Open issues
Repository files47 root entries
  • .codespell
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/check-specrefs.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .openapidoc
    Good: Java/Kotlin linting configured (.openapidoc/.eslintrc.yml).
    Good: Lockfile present (.openapidoc/package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.
  • acceptance-tests
    Good: Test files detected (acceptance-tests/src/acceptance-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test).
    Good: Environment pinned via acceptance-tests/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test/acceptance/stubServer/Dockerfile.
  • beacon
  • buildSrc
  • data
  • docker
  • docs
  • eth-benchmark-tests
  • eth-reference-tests
  • eth-tests
  • ethereum
  • fork-choice-tests
  • fuzz
  • gradle
  • infrastructure
  • interop-keys
  • networking
  • scripts
  • services
  • specrefs
  • storage
  • teku
  • test-network
  • validator
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • AGENTS.md
  • BugTriaging.md
  • build.gradle
    Good: Dependency manifest found (build.gradle).
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CLA.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md
  • CODEOWNERS
  • community-membership.md
  • 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.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • GOVERNANCE.md
  • gradle.properties
  • gradlew
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • mlc_config.json
  • 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.
  • renovate.json
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • settings.gradle
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