httpie/cli
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88

/ 100

GradeB

Well engineered. The main gaps are a reproducible setup and recent activity.

Top 16% of 5,156 graded repos

🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.

Documentation97
Engineering86
Health79
Python38,306BSD-3-Clause1y 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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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

97

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

Contributing guide5pt97

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

Engineering

86

Reproducibility6pt22

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Commit poetry.lock, uv.lock, pdm.lock, Pipfile.lock, conda-lock.yml, or another lockfile for your Python dependency manager.

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/test-package-linux-snap.yml).

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (pytest.ini).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

79

Activity5pt20

No pushes in over a year (−80 pts).

→ A recent commit signals the project is alive and worth contributing to.

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (setup.cfg).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • 0 / 0
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 3,968
    Forks
  • 47
    Releaseslatest 13y ago

Community

  • 87% - Good
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 38,306
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 1d 3h
    Median issue response
  • 1d 2h
    Median PR merge time
  • 308
    Open issues
Repository files21 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/test-package-linux-snap.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for github-actions.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • docs
  • extras
    Good: Environment pinned via extras/packaging/linux/Dockerfile.
  • httpie
  • tests
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .packit.yaml
  • AUTHORS.md
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • 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.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
  • Makefile
  • MANIFEST.in
  • pytest.ini
    Good: Test files detected (pytest.ini).
  • 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.
  • setup.cfg
    Good: Dependency manifest found (setup.cfg).
  • setup.py
  • snapcraft.yaml
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