datadog/pup
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96

/ 100

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Polished and well engineered. Punching above its star count.

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Documentation96
Engineering99
Health86
Rust926Apache-2.01mo ago

Outstanding. A score of 96/100 puts this repo in a very small tier of truly well-engineered projects.

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

9 to address
  1. 1
    Install and run instructions9pt

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

  2. 2
    Reproducibility6pt

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

  3. 3
    Dependency manifest6pt

    Add `description = "..."` to [package]. It appears in crates.io search results.

  4. 4
    Dependency manifest6pt

    Add `license = "MIT"` (or your preferred SPDX identifier) to [package].

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

96

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

Contributing guide5pt92

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

99

Reproducibility6pt95

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (scripts/test_harness.py).

CI/CD14pt100

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

Rust linting configured (cargo clippy in CI, cargo fmt in CI).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

86

Dependency manifest6pt55

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

  • 92 / 494
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 88
    Forks
  • 108
    Releaseslatest 5mo ago

Community

  • 62% - Fair
    Community health
  • 2 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 926
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 2h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 19
    Open issues
Repository files28 root entries
  • .agents
  • .cargo
  • .claude
  • .claude-plugin
  • .codex-plugin
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (github-actions, gomod). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • agents
    Good: Security policy present.
  • docs
    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.
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • scripts
    Good: Test files detected (scripts/test_harness.py).
  • skills
  • src
  • tests
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .goreleaser-linux.yaml
  • .goreleaser-macos.yaml
  • .goreleaser.yaml
  • AGENTS.md
  • build.rs
  • Cargo.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • LICENSE-3rdparty.csv
  • NOTICE
  • 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.
  • rust-toolchain.toml
  • SKILL.md
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