viamrobotics/rdk

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Documentation89
Engineering83
Health92
Go164AGPL-3.0today
Grade a repo

Polished and well engineered. Punching above its star count.

Viam Server - Robotic Development Kit

Documentation

89

Contributing guide5pt72

CONTRIBUTING guide found.

README12pt90

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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/check-approvals.yml).

Reproducibility6pt95

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

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (app/app_client_test.go).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Formatting enforced (etc/.golangci.yaml).

Project health

92

Dependency manifest6pt75

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

  • 71 / 202
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 133
    Forks
  • 357
    Releaseslatest 3y ago

Community

  • 37% - Weak
    Community health
  • 8 bus factor
    authors own >50% of commits
  • 164
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 26d 8h
    Median issue response
  • 2h
    Median PR merge time
  • 47
    Open issues
Repository files51 root entries
  • .artifact
  • .claude
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/check-approvals.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 3 ecosystems (gomod, github-actions, pip). Dependencies stay current.
  • app
    Good: Test files detected (app/app_client_test.go).
  • cli
    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.
  • cloud
  • components
  • config
  • control
  • data
  • doc
  • etc
    Good: Formatting enforced (etc/.golangci.yaml).
  • examples
  • ftdc
  • gostream
  • grpc
  • internal
  • logging
  • ml
  • module
  • motionplan
  • operation
  • pointcloud
  • protoutils
  • referenceframe
  • resource
  • rimage
  • robot
  • ros
  • services
  • session
  • spatialmath
  • testutils
  • tools
  • tunnel
  • utils
  • vision
  • web
  • .canon.yaml
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .htmltest.yml
  • android.make
  • CLAUDE.md
  • doc.go
  • go.mod
    Good: Dependency manifest found (go.mod).
  • go.sum
    Good: Lockfile present (go.sum). Installs are reproducible.
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
  • Makefile
  • packaging.make
  • 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.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • sync_jira_release.py