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GradeC

Strong early engineering with some momentum.

Top 36% of 5,156 graded repos

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Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

12 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
    README12pt

    Add a GIF, screenshot, or logo image. It is the fastest way to show what your project does.

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

74

Contributing guide5pt25

Contributing guidance is in the README, not a dedicated CONTRIBUTING.md (−20 pts).

Moving it to a CONTRIBUTING.md makes it easier to find and keeps the README focused. A dedicated file earns +47 pts base.

README12pt70

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Engineering

71

Linting and formatting5pt0

No Rust linting or formatting enforced.

Add `cargo clippy -- -D warnings` and `cargo fmt --check` as CI steps, and optionally a rustfmt.toml for project-specific style rules.

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.

Reproducibility6pt80

Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci-image.yml).

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (crates/ferrogate-cli/tests).

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

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 2
    Forks
  • 4
    Releaseslatest 1mo ago

Community

  • -
    Community health
  • -
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 17
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 5d 16h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 4
    Open issues
Repository files23 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci-image.yml).
  • charts
  • config
  • crates
    Good: Test files detected (crates/ferrogate-cli/tests).
  • deploy
  • docs
  • Ferrogate
  • ferrogate-wiki
  • scripts
  • skills
  • sql
  • tools
  • .dockerignore
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • AGENTS.md
  • Cargo.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • deny.toml
  • Dockerfile
    Good: Environment pinned via Dockerfile.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • 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.
  • README.zh-CN.md
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