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

Top 22% of 5,156 graded repos

⭐️ A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems!

Documentation55
Engineering99
Health100
Rust21,621Apache-2.01mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

9 to address
  1. 1
    README12pt

    Expand with a description, install steps, usage, and examples.

  2. 2
    README12pt

    Break it into sections (Overview, Install, Usage, Contributing) using Markdown headings.

  3. 3
    README12pt

    Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.

  4. 4
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a section showing how to install dependencies.

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Documentation

55

Install and run instructions9pt0

No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).

→ Add a section showing how to install dependencies.

README12pt60

README is present.

Contributing guide5pt85

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

99

Reproducibility6pt90

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (benchmark/list/test).

CI/CD14pt100

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

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

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

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

  • 114 / 398
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 988
    Forks
  • 210
    Releaseslatest 6y ago

Community

  • 100% - Good
    Community health
  • 2 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 21,621
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 7d 9h
    Median issue response
  • 12h
    Median PR merge time
  • 213
    Open issues
Repository files40 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yaml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 6 ecosystems (github-actions, cargo, cargo, cargo, cargo, cargo). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .vscode
  • .well-known
  • benchmark
    Good: Test files detected (benchmark/list/test).
  • bin
  • changelog
  • compiler-cli
  • compiler-core
  • compiler-wasm
  • containers
  • docs
  • format
  • gleam-bin
  • hexpm
  • images
  • language-server
  • licence-bundler
  • licences
  • pretty-arena
  • test
  • test-commands
  • test-community-packages
  • test-helpers-rs
  • test-output
  • test-package-compiler
  • test-project-compiler
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Rust linting configured (.editorconfig, cargo clippy in CI, cargo fmt in CI).
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • Cargo.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • 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.
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • Cross.toml
  • deny.toml
  • LICENCE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • Makefile
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Issue: README is fairly short (−10 pts). At 400+ chars you get partial credit; 1,500+ earns the full +20 pts.Fix: Expand with a description, install steps, usage, and examples.
    Issue: README has little structure (−15 pts). Add 2-3 headings for +8 pts; 4+ earns +15 pts.Fix: Break it into sections (Overview, Install, Usage, Contributing) using Markdown headings.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Issue: README has no code examples (−15 pts).Fix: Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Good: README includes status badges.
    Issue: No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to install dependencies.
    Issue: No run or usage instructions found (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to start or use the project.
  • RELEASE.md
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