microsoft/vscode
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89

/ 100

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A landmark open source project with strong engineering quality.

Top 11% of 5,156 graded repos

Visual Studio Code

Documentation87
Engineering95
Health89
TypeScript187,224MIT24d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

13 to address
  1. 1
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `pull_request:` to the workflow `on:` triggers.

  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

    Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

87

Contributing guide5pt72

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt85

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

95

CI/CD14pt83

CI is configured (.github/workflows/pr-darwin-test.yml).

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (.eslint-plugin-local/tests).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).

Reproducibility6pt100

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

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

89

Dependency manifest6pt65

Dependency manifest found (package.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

  • 2278 / 7681
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 40,986
    Forks
  • 225
    Releaseslatest 6y ago

Community

  • 100% - Good
    Community health
  • 8 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 187,224
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 8h
    Median issue response
  • 8h
    Median PR merge time
  • 19,105
    Open issues
Repository files41 root entries
  • .agents
  • .config
  • .devcontainer
    Good: Environment pinned via .devcontainer/Dockerfile.
  • .eslint-plugin-local
    Good: Test files detected (.eslint-plugin-local/tests).
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/pr-darwin-test.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (github-actions, devcontainers). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .vscode
  • build
  • cli
  • extensions
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • remote
  • resources
  • scripts
  • src
  • test
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Linter or formatter configured (.editorconfig).
  • .eslint-allowed-javascript-files
  • .eslint-ignore
  • .git-blame-ignore-revs
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
  • .lsifrc.json
  • .mailmap
  • .mention-bot
  • .npmrc
  • .nvmrc
  • .vscode-test.js
  • AGENTS.md
  • cglicenses.json
  • cgmanifest.json
  • CodeQL.yml
  • 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.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a code style section (−8 pts).Fix: Describe your linting/formatting rules and how to run them.
    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.
  • eslint.config.js
  • gulpfile.mjs
  • LICENSE.txt
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • package-lock.json
    Good: Lockfile present (package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.
  • package.json
    Good: Dependency manifest found (package.json).
  • product.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.
    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.
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • ThirdPartyNotices.txt
  • tsfmt.json
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