microsoft/typescript
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97

/ 100

GradeA

Excellent work. The main thing left to polish is setup instructions.

Top 12% of 5,156 graded repos

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

Documentation84
Engineering94
Health89
Go111,271Apache-2.08d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

10 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
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a section showing how to start or use the project.

  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

84

Install and run instructions9pt45

README documents how to install the project.

Contributing guide5pt97

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt100

This repository is large enough that GitHub truncated the file tree. The scan is based on a partial file list, so some checks may under-report.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

94

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt90

Lockfile present (package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (packages/typescript/test).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.golangci.yml).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

89

Dependency manifest6pt65

Dependency manifest found (go.work).

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

  • 122 / 447
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 15,380
    Forks
  • 218
    Releaseslatest 10y ago

Community

  • 87% - Good
    Community health
  • 7 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 111,271
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 6d 3h
    Median issue response
  • 5h
    Median PR merge time
  • 5,054
    Open issues
Repository files23 root entries
  • .devcontainer
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 5 ecosystems (github-actions, npm, gomod, gomod, devcontainers). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .vscode
  • packages
    Good: Test files detected (packages/typescript/test).
  • tools
  • tsc
  • .custom-gcl.yml
  • .dprint.jsonc
  • .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .golangci.yml
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.golangci.yml).
  • 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.
  • go.work
    Good: Dependency manifest found (go.work).
  • Herebyfile.mjs
  • LICENSE.txt
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • NOTICE.txt
  • package-lock.json
    Good: Lockfile present (package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.
  • package.json
  • 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.
    Issue: No run or usage instructions found (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to start or use the project.
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • SUPPORT.md
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