70
/ 100
Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.
Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)
Top fixes
Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight
- 1Tests18pt
Wire your tests to a documented command (e.g. a test script in your build config) so the suite is reproducible.
- 2CI/CD14pt
Add a step like `run: npm test`, `run: pytest`, or `run: tox` to your workflow file.
- 3CI/CD14pt
Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.
- 4CI/CD14pt
Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.
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Scorecard
Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first
Documentation
86
Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
README is present.
README documents how to install the project.
Licensed under Apache-2.0.
Engineering
59
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.
No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).
→ Commit the lockfile for this project's package manager so installs produce the same dependency versions everywhere.
CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).
Test files detected (test).
Issue or PR templates present.
Project health
68
No dependency manifest detected at root.
→ Add a manifest (package.json, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, go.mod, etc.) so others can install dependencies in one command.
Repository has a description.
Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).
.gitignore present.
Repository health signals
Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time
Activity
- 51 / 54Commits (30d / 90d)
- 10,675Forks
- 35Releaseslatest 5y ago
Community
- 50% - FairCommunity health
- 1 bus factorlowauthor own >50% of commits
- 74,920Watchers
Responsiveness
- 2hMedian issue response
- 1d 9hMedian PR merge time
- 480Open issues
Repository files34 root entries
- .githubGood: CI is configured (.github/workflows/cifuzz.yml).Good: Dependabot configured for github-actions.Good: Issue or PR templates present.
- cmake
- doc
- include
- java
- m4
- nsis
- snap
- src
- tessdata
- unittest
- .clang-format
- .gitattributes
- .gitignoreGood: .gitignore present.
- .gitmodules
- .mailmap
- appveyor.yml
- AUTHORS
- autogen.sh
- ChangeLog
- CITATIONS.bib
- CMakeLists.txt
- configure.ac
- CONTRIBUTING.mdGood: 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.
- INSTALL
- INSTALL.GIT.md
- LICENSEGood: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
- Makefile.am
- README.mdGood: 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.
- sw.cpp
- tesseract.pc.cmake
- tesseract.pc.in
- testGood: Test files detected (test).
- VERSION
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