github-linguist/linguist
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Excellent work. The main thing left to polish is housekeeping.

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Documentation99
Engineering87
Health94
Ruby13,612MIT11d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

9 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
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

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

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

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

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

99

Contributing guide5pt92

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt100

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt100

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

87

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (samples/XML/phpunit.xml.dist).

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt92

Lockfile present (samples/Gemfile.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Linting and formatting5pt100

Ruby linting configured (.editorconfig).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

94

Housekeeping3pt60

.gitignore present.

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • 8 / 31
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 5,305
    Forks
  • 136
    Releaseslatest 11y ago

Community

  • 62% - Fair
    Community health
  • 4 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 13,612
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 2h
    Median issue response
  • 2h
    Median PR merge time
  • 247
    Open issues
Repository files26 root entries
  • .devcontainer
    Good: Environment pinned via .devcontainer/Dockerfile.
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for bundler.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • bin
  • docs
  • ext
  • lib
  • samples
    Good: Test files detected (samples/XML/phpunit.xml.dist).
    Good: Lockfile present (samples/Gemfile.lock). Installs are reproducible.
    Issue: Build artifacts or local files may be committed (samples/Dotenv/filenames/.env) (−40 pts).Fix: Remove them and add to .gitignore.
  • script
  • test
  • tools
  • vendor
  • .dockerignore
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Ruby linting configured (.editorconfig).
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitmodules
  • AGENTS.md
  • Brewfile
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    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.
  • Dockerfile
  • Gemfile
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).
  • github-linguist.gemspec
  • go.work
  • grammars.yml
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • Rakefile
  • 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.
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