bkeepers/dotenv
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74

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Solid engineering. The biggest lever is linting.

Top 36% of 5,156 graded repos

A Ruby gem to load environment variables from `.env`.

Documentation78
Engineering68
Health100
Ruby6,768MIT3mo 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 lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

78

Contributing guide5pt25

Contributing guidance is in the README, not a dedicated CONTRIBUTING.md (−20 pts).

→ Moving it to a CONTRIBUTING.md makes it easier to find and keeps the README focused. A dedicated file earns +47 pts base.

README12pt80

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

68

Linting and formatting5pt0

No RuboCop config found.

→ Add a .rubocop.yml and run `rubocop` in CI to enforce consistent Ruby style.

Reproducibility6pt20

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Commit Gemfile.lock so Bundler installs are repeatable.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (spec).

CI/CD14pt85

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

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).

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

  • 0 / 0
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 512
    Forks
  • 24
    Releaseslatest 2y ago

Community

  • 42% - Weak
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 6,768
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 2d 17h
    Median issue response
  • 9h
    Median PR merge time
  • 15
    Open issues
Repository files17 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (bundler, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • benchmark
  • bin
  • lib
  • spec
    Good: Test files detected (spec).
  • test
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .standard.yml
  • Changelog.md
  • dotenv-rails.gemspec
  • dotenv.gemspec
  • Gemfile
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).
  • Guardfile
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • OWNERS
  • Rakefile
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Issue: No screenshots or images in the README (−20 pts).Fix: Add a GIF, screenshot, or logo image. It is the fastest way to show what your project does.
    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.
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