open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust

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/ 100

Documentation88
Engineering88
Health100
Rust2,629Apache-2.0today
Grade a repo

A well-known project done right. Strong docs and solid engineering throughout.

The Rust OpenTelemetry implementation

Documentation

88

Contributing guide5pt80

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

README12pt85

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

88

Reproducibility6pt70

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

CI/CD14pt72

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (opentelemetry-appender-tracing/tests).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Rust linting configured (rustfmt.toml, 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

  • 17 / 74
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 675
    Forks
  • 42
    Releaseslatest 5y ago

Community

  • 87% - Good
    Community health
  • 3 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 2,629
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 4d 22h
    Median issue response
  • 3d 21h
    Median PR merge time
  • 266
    Open issues
Repository files33 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 3 ecosystems (cargo, docker, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • assets
  • docs
  • examples
  • opentelemetry
  • opentelemetry-appender-log
  • opentelemetry-appender-tracing
    Good: Test files detected (opentelemetry-appender-tracing/tests).
  • opentelemetry-http
  • opentelemetry-jaeger-propagator
  • opentelemetry-otlp
  • opentelemetry-prometheus
  • opentelemetry-proto
  • opentelemetry-sdk
  • opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
  • opentelemetry-stdout
  • opentelemetry-zipkin
  • scripts
  • stress
  • .clomonitor.yml
  • .cspell.json
  • .dockerignore
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitmodules
  • AGENTS.md
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • CLAUDE.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.
    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.
  • deny.toml
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • 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.
  • rustfmt.toml
    Good: Rust linting configured (rustfmt.toml, cargo fmt in CI).
  • VERSIONING.md