telegramdesktop/tdesktop
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78

/ 100

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Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.

Top 35% of 5,156 graded repos

Telegram Desktop messaging app

Documentation87
Engineering64
Health100
C++32,286Other1mo ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

11 to address
  1. 1
    Tests18pt

    Wire your tests to a documented command (e.g. a test script in your build config) so the suite is reproducible.

  2. 2
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a step like `run: npm test`, `run: pytest`, or `run: tox` to your workflow file.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

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

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

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Scorecard

Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

87

Contributing guide5pt72

CONTRIBUTING guide found.

README12pt85

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Engineering

64

Linting and formatting5pt0

No linter or formatter config found.

→ Add a linter config such as .eslintrc.json, .prettierrc, ruff.toml, or .golangci.yml to enforce consistent code style.

CI/CD14pt40

CI is configured (.github/workflows/cant-reproduce.yml).

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (Telegram/SourceFiles/tests).

Reproducibility6pt92

Lockfile present (Telegram/build/docker/centos_env/poetry.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (Telegram/build/docker/centos_env/pyproject.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

  • 343 / 1246
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 6,893
    Forks
  • 852
    Releaseslatest 12y ago

Community

  • 50% - Fair
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 32,286
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 1d 5h
    Median issue response
  • -
    Median PR merge time
  • 1,018
    Open issues
Repository files21 root entries
  • .agents
  • .claude
  • .github
    Good: CONTRIBUTING guide found.
    Issue: CONTRIBUTING guide contents could not be read (−28 pts vs a readable file).Fix: Move the file to the repo root or docs/CONTRIBUTING.md so its setup, style, test, and PR sections can be graded.
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cant-reproduce.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for github-actions.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • docs
  • lib
  • snap
  • Telegram
    Good: Test files detected (Telegram/SourceFiles/tests).
    Good: Lockfile present (Telegram/build/docker/centos_env/poetry.lock). Installs are reproducible.
    Good: Environment pinned via Telegram/build/docker/centos_env/Dockerfile.
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Telegram/build/docker/centos_env/pyproject.toml).
  • .cursorignore
  • .devcontainer.json
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitmodules
  • AGENTS.md
  • changelog.txt
  • CLAUDE.md
  • cmake
  • CMakeLists.txt
  • LEGAL
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • 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.
  • REVIEW.md
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