microsoft/windows-rs
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91

/ 100

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A top-tier open source project. Docs, tests, and CI are all in excellent shape.

Top 11% of 5,156 graded repos

Rust for Windows

Documentation75
Engineering98
Health100
Rust12,539Apache-2.022d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

10 to address
  1. 1
    README12pt

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

  2. 2
    README12pt

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

  3. 3
    README12pt

    Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.

  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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Documentation

75

README12pt55

README is present.

Contributing guide5pt66

Contributing guide is too short for full depth credit (−6 pts). 400+ words earns the full +12 pts.

→ Add setup instructions, code style notes, and how to run tests.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

98

Reproducibility6pt80

No Cargo.lock committed (correct for Rust library crates; the ecosystem convention is to omit it for libraries).

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (crates/tests).

CI/CD14pt100

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

Linting and formatting5pt100

Rust linting configured (crates/libs/sys/rustfmt.toml, cargo clippy in CI, cargo fmt in CI).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

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

  • 93 / 362
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 641
    Forks
  • 52
    Releaseslatest 4y ago

Community

  • 100% - Good
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 12,539
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 3d 4h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 30
    Open issues
Repository files12 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/test.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (cargo, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • crates
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
    Good: Test files detected (crates/tests).
    Good: Rust linting configured (crates/libs/sys/rustfmt.toml, cargo clippy in CI, cargo fmt in CI).
    Good: Environment pinned via crates/libs/reactor-setup/assets/runtime.txt.
  • docs
    Issue: Contributing guide is too short for full depth credit (−6 pts). 400+ words earns the full +12 pts.Fix: Add setup instructions, code style notes, and how to run tests.
    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.
    Good: Code of conduct present.
    Good: Security policy present.
  • metadata
  • web
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • license-apache-2.0
  • license-mit
  • rustfmt.toml
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