ethereum/go-ethereum
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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

Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol

Documentation93
Engineering94
Health100
Go51,207LGPL-3.01mo 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

7 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
    CI/CD14pt

    Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.

  4. 4
    Install and run instructions9pt

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

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

93

Contributing guide5pt72

CONTRIBUTING guide found.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under LGPL-3.0.

Engineering

94

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt85

Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (accounts/abi/abi_test.go).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Formatting enforced (.golangci.yml).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (go.mod).

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

  • 89 / 355
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 21,912
    Forks
  • 231
    Releaseslatest 11y ago

Community

  • 75% - Good
    Community health
  • 3 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 51,207
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 5h
    Median issue response
  • 1d 18h
    Median PR merge time
  • 377
    Open issues
Repository files51 root entries
  • .gitea
  • .github
    Good: CONTRIBUTING guide found.
    Issue: CONTRIBUTING guide contents could not be read (−28 pts vs a readable file).Fix: Move the file to the repo root or docs/CONTRIBUTING.md so its setup, style, test, and PR sections can be graded.
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/go.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • accounts
    Good: Test files detected (accounts/abi/abi_test.go).
  • beacon
  • build
  • cmd
  • common
  • consensus
  • console
  • core
  • crypto
    Good: Licensed under LGPL-3.0.
  • docs
  • eth
  • ethclient
  • ethdb
  • ethstats
  • event
  • graphql
  • internal
  • log
  • metrics
  • miner
  • node
  • p2p
  • params
  • rlp
  • rpc
  • signer
  • tests
  • trie
  • triedb
  • version
  • .dockerignore
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitmodules
  • .golangci.yml
    Good: Formatting enforced (.golangci.yml).
  • .mailmap
  • AGENTS.md
  • AUTHORS
  • COPYING
  • COPYING.LESSER
  • Dockerfile
    Good: Environment pinned via Dockerfile.
  • Dockerfile.alltools
  • go.mod
    Good: Dependency manifest found (go.mod).
  • go.sum
    Good: Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.
  • interfaces.go
  • Makefile
  • oss-fuzz.sh
  • 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.
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
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