huggingface/candle
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91

/ 100

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

Top 11% of 5,156 graded repos

Minimalist ML framework for Rust

Documentation93
Engineering86
Health100
Rust20,558Apache-2.01mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

7 to address
  1. 1
    Install and run instructions9pt

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

  2. 2
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add a Dockerfile, .nvmrc, or .python-version to pin the runtime version and make the environment reproducible.

  3. 3
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add additional package-ecosystem entries (especially github-actions) to keep all dependencies current.

  4. 4
    Issue and PR templates6pt

    Add .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ with bug_report.md and feature_request.md to guide contributors. It dramatically improves issue quality.

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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 Apache-2.0.

Engineering

86

Issue and PR templates6pt0

No issue or PR templates found (−100 pts).

→ Add .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ with bug_report.md and feature_request.md to guide contributors. It dramatically improves issue quality.

Reproducibility6pt82

Lockfile present (candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (candle-core/tests).

CI/CD14pt100

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

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

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

  • 28 / 80
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 1,616
    Forks
  • 0
    Releases

Community

  • 37% - Weak
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 20,558
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 3h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 735
    Open issues
Repository files26 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci_cuda.yaml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for cargo.
  • candle-book
    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.
  • candle-core
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
    Good: Test files detected (candle-core/tests).
  • candle-datasets
  • candle-examples
    Good: Lockfile present (candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt). Installs are reproducible.
  • candle-flash-attn
  • candle-flash-attn-v3
  • candle-kernels
  • candle-metal-kernels
  • candle-nn
  • candle-onnx
  • candle-pyo3
  • candle-transformers
  • candle-ug
  • candle-wasm-examples
  • candle-wasm-tests
  • tensor-tools
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .pre-commit-config.yaml
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • LICENSE-APACHE
  • LICENSE-MIT
  • Makefile
  • 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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