kicad/kicad-source-mirror
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80

/ 100

GradeB

Good community traction and solid fundamentals. Nearly in the top tier.

Top 32% of 5,156 graded repos

This is an active mirror of the KiCad development branch, which is hosted at GitLab (updated every time something is pushed). Pull requests on GitHub are not accepted or watched.

Documentation88
Engineering68
Health100
C++2,778GPL-3.01mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

13 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 step like `run: npm test`, `run: pytest`, or `run: tox` to your workflow file.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

88

Contributing guide5pt75

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt85

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under GPL-3.0.

Engineering

68

Linting and formatting5pt0

No linter or formatter config found.

→ Add a linter config such as .eslintrc.json, .prettierrc, ruff.toml, or .golangci.yml to enforce consistent code style.

CI/CD14pt57

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

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (qa/resources/fonts/make_symbol_pua_test.py).

Reproducibility6pt80

Lockfile present (qa/data/pcbnew/wizards/qfp_wizard/requirements.txt). Installs are reproducible.

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (qa/data/pcbnew/wizards/qfp_wizard/requirements.txt).

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

  • 344 / 1105
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 654
    Forks
  • 41
    Releaseslatest 3y ago

Community

  • 62% - Fair
    Community health
  • 4 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 2,778
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • -
    Median issue response
  • -
    Median PR merge time
  • 0
    Open issues
Repository files55 root entries
  • .githooks
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/lockdown.yml).
  • .gitlab
  • 3d-viewer
  • api
  • bitmap2component
  • cmake
  • common
  • cvpcb
  • demos
  • doxygen
  • eeschema
  • gerbview
  • include
  • kicad
  • libs
  • pagelayout_editor
  • pcb_calculator
  • pcbnew
  • plugins
  • qa
    Good: Test files detected (qa/resources/fonts/make_symbol_pua_test.py).
    Good: Lockfile present (qa/data/pcbnew/wizards/qfp_wizard/requirements.txt). Installs are reproducible.
    Good: Environment pinned via qa/arm64/Dockerfile.
    Good: Dependency manifest found (qa/data/pcbnew/wizards/qfp_wizard/requirements.txt).
  • resources
  • signing
  • thirdparty
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • tools
  • translation
  • utils
  • _clang-format
  • .clang-tidy
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitlab-ci.yml
  • AUTHORS.txt
  • CMakeLists.txt
  • CMakePresets.json.sample
  • code-of-conduct.md
  • 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.
    Good: Contributing guide describes code style expectations.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a testing section (−8 pts).Fix: Show contributors how to run the test suite (e.g. npm test, pytest, cargo test).
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Issue: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
  • copyright.h
  • install-deps.sh
  • INSTALL.txt
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under GPL-3.0.
  • LICENSE.3-CLAUSE-BSD
  • LICENSE.APACHE-2.0
  • LICENSE.BOOSTv1_0
  • LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0
  • LICENSE.CC0
  • LICENSE.GPLv3
  • LICENSE.ISC
  • LICENSE.MIT
  • LICENSE.README
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    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.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • README.md
  • setup-env.sh
  • uncrustify.cfg
  • vcpkg-configuration.json
  • vcpkg.json
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