grafana/alloy
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A well-known project done right. Strong docs and solid engineering throughout.

Top 7% of 5,156 graded repos

OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines

Documentation94
Engineering94
Health94
Go3,272Apache-2.01mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

8 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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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

94

Contributing guide5pt77

CONTRIBUTING guide found.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

94

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt85

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (collector/version_test.go).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Formatting enforced (.golangci.yml).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

94

Housekeeping3pt60

.gitignore present.

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (go.mod).

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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 634
    Forks
  • 96
    Releaseslatest 2y ago

Community

  • -
    Community health
  • -
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 3,272
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 30d 9h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 1,264
    Open issues
Repository files46 root entries
  • .cursor
  • .docs
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .github
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/build.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .idea
    Issue: Build artifacts or local files may be committed (.idea/.gitignore) (−40 pts).Fix: Remove them and add to .gitignore.
  • build-tools
  • collector
    Good: Test files detected (collector/version_test.go).
  • docs
    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.
  • example
  • extension
  • flowcmd
  • integration-tests
  • internal
  • operations
  • packaging
  • scripts
  • syntax
  • tools
  • .dockerignore
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • .golangci.yml
    Good: Formatting enforced (.golangci.yml).
  • .govulncheck.yaml
  • .release-please-manifest.json
  • .vale.ini
  • AGENTS.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • CODEOWNERS
  • dependency-replacements.yaml
  • Dockerfile
    Good: Environment pinned via Dockerfile.
  • Dockerfile.windows
  • example-config.alloy
  • fallback_version_test.go
  • fallback_version.go
  • go.mod
    Good: Dependency manifest found (go.mod).
  • go.sum
    Good: Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.
  • GOVERNANCE.md
  • LICENSE
  • LICENSING.md
  • MAINTAINERS.md
  • Makefile
  • mise.lock
  • mise.toml
  • 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.
  • release-please-config.json
  • Taskfile.yml
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