openconfig/ygot
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Polished and well engineered. Punching above its star count.

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A YANG-centric Go toolkit - Go/Protobuf Code Generation; Validation; Marshaling/Unmarshaling

Documentation91
Engineering83
Health100
Go326Apache-2.01mo ago

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
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a .env.example listing all required environment variables so contributors know what to set up.

  4. 4
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add a Dockerfile, .nvmrc, or .python-version to pin the runtime version and make the environment reproducible.

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Documentation

91

Contributing guide5pt61

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.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

83

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.

CI/CD14pt85

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

Reproducibility6pt95

Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (demo/bgp/main_test.go).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Formatting enforced (gofmt (built into Go toolchain)).

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (go.mod).

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)
  • 121
    Forks
  • 122
    Releaseslatest 6y ago

Community

  • -
    Community health
  • -
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 326
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 14d 23h
    Median issue response
  • 2d 1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 137
    Open issues
Repository files32 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (gomod, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
  • demo
    Good: Test files detected (demo/bgp/main_test.go).
  • docs
  • exampleoc
  • generator
  • genutil
  • gnmidiff
  • gogen
  • integration_tests
  • internal
  • proto
  • proto_generator
  • protogen
  • protomap
  • testcmp
  • testdata
  • testutil
  • uexampleoc
  • util
  • yangschema
  • ygen
  • ygot
  • ypathgen
  • ytypes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    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.
  • go.mod
    Good: Dependency manifest found (go.mod).
  • go.sum
    Good: Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • Makefile
  • 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.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • staticcheck.conf
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