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A top-tier open source project. Docs, tests, and CI are all in excellent shape.

An ASGI web server, for Python. 🦄

Python10,760 starsBSD-3-Clauseupdated 4d ago

Outstanding work. A score of 95/100 puts this repo in a very small tier of truly well-engineered open source projects.

DocumentationREADME, setup, examples, license
94
EngineeringTests, CI, linting, lockfiles
93
Project healthDescription, activity, stars, deps
100

What to fix first

The highest-impact improvements for this repo.

  1. 1
    CI/CD
    EngineeringInfo

    Add a lint step (e.g. `npm run lint`, `ruff check .`, `cargo clippy`) to catch style issues automatically.

  2. 2
    CI/CD
    EngineeringInfo

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

  3. 3
    CI/CD
    EngineeringInfo

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

Detailed breakdown

Documentation

94
  • README100
    • README is present.
    • README is well structured with multiple sections.
    • README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    • README has code examples.
    • README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    • README includes status badges.
  • Install and run instructions90
    • README documents how to install the project.
    • README documents how to run the project.
    • If your project uses environment variables, add a .env.example listing them (+10 pts).Add a .env.example listing all required environment variables so contributors know what to set up.
  • License100
    • Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
  • Contributing guide78
    • Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    • Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.
    • Contributing guide lacks a code style section (−8 pts).Describe your linting/formatting rules and how to run them (e.g. npm run lint, ruff check .).
    • Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    • Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    • Contributing guide includes code examples.
    • Optional: add a Code of Conduct (+5 pts).A CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md signals that your project is welcoming. GitHub has a template you can add in one click.

Engineering

93
  • Tests100
    • Test files detected (scripts/test).
    • Pytest configured via [tool.pytest.ini_options] in pyproject.toml with test files present.
    • Coverage reporting is configured in pyproject.toml.
  • CI/CD85

    Not applicable?

    • CI is configured (.github/workflows/main.yml).
    • CI workflow runs tests.
    • CI runs on pull requests, not just on pushes to main.
    • CI does not appear to run a linter (−15 pts).Add a lint step (e.g. `npm run lint`, `ruff check .`, `cargo clippy`) to catch style issues automatically.
    • Optional: add type checking to CI.Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.
    • Optional: report test coverage in CI.Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.
    • CI tests across multiple environments or versions.
  • Linting and formatting100
    • pyproject.toml configures both a formatter/linter (ruff/black) and type checking (mypy).
  • Reproducibility90
    • Lockfile present (uv.lock). Installs are reproducible.
    • No Dockerfile or runtime version pin found. Adding one earns +10 pts.Add a Dockerfile, .nvmrc, or .python-version to pin the runtime version and make the environment reproducible.
    • Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (uv, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
  • Issue and PR templates90
    • Issue or PR templates present.
    • Optional: add a SECURITY.md.A SECURITY.md explains how to responsibly disclose vulnerabilities. Worth adding once the project has real users.

Project health

100
  • Dependency manifest100
    • Dependency manifest found (pyproject.toml).
    • pyproject.toml has a [project] table with package metadata.
    • pyproject.toml includes a description.
    • pyproject.toml specifies requires-python, preventing installs on incompatible versions.
    • pyproject.toml has a [build-system] table. The package can be built and published.
  • Repository metadata100
    • Repository has a description.
    • Primary language detected: Python.
    • pyproject.toml [project] metadata is complete (description, authors, urls).
  • Activity100
    • Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).
    • 10,760 stars.
  • Housekeeping100
    • .gitignore present.
Repository files14 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/main.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (uv, github-actions). Dependencies stay current.
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • docs
  • scripts
    Good: Test files detected (scripts/test).
  • tests
  • uvicorn
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • CHANGELOG.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Info: Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Fix: Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.
    Info: Contributing guide lacks a code style section (−8 pts).Fix: Describe your linting/formatting rules and how to run them (e.g. npm run lint, ruff check .).
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • CITATION.cff
  • LICENSE.md
    Good: Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
  • mkdocs.yml
  • pyproject.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (pyproject.toml).
  • 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.
  • uv.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (uv.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • wrangler.toml