juneszh/alight
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Solid engineering. The biggest lever is a reproducible setup.

Top 42% of 5,156 graded repos

Alight is a light-weight PHP framework. Easily and quickly build high performance RESTful web applications.

Documentation70
Engineering64
Health100
PHP89MIT23d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

14 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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Documentation

70

Contributing guide5pt0

No CONTRIBUTING.md found (−47 pts base + up to −53 pts more for content).

→ Add a CONTRIBUTING.md telling newcomers how to get involved. Include setup, code style, test, and PR instructions.

README12pt70

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

64

Reproducibility6pt0

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Commit composer.lock so Composer installs are repeatable.

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.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (phpunit.xml.dist).

CI/CD14pt85

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

PHP linting configured (phpstan.neon).

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (composer.json).

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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 6
    Forks
  • 17
    Releaseslatest 2y ago

Community

  • 42% - Weak
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 89
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • <1h
    Median issue response
  • -
    Median PR merge time
  • 0
    Open issues
Repository files11 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/tests.yml).
  • src
  • tests
  • tools
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • AGENTS.md
  • composer.json
    Good: Dependency manifest found (composer.json).
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • phpstan.neon
    Good: PHP linting configured (phpstan.neon).
  • phpunit.xml.dist
    Good: Test files detected (phpunit.xml.dist).
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Issue: No screenshots or images in the README (−20 pts).Fix: Add a GIF, screenshot, or logo image. It is the fastest way to show what your project does.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
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