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Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.
An HTTP library for Rust
Rust16,131 starsMITupdated 3d ago
DocumentationREADME, setup, examples, license
EngineeringTests, CI, linting, lockfiles
Project healthDescription, activity, stars, deps
What to fix first
The highest-impact improvements for this repo.
- 1CI/CDEngineeringInfo
Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.
- 2READMEDocumentationInfo
Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.
- 3Install and run instructionsDocumentationWarning
Add a section showing how to install dependencies.
Detailed breakdown
Documentation
73- README85
- README is present.
- README is well structured with multiple sections.
- README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
- README has no code examples (−15 pts).Show a quick-start snippet so contributors can see what using your project looks like.
- README links to a live demo or deployed app.
- README includes status badges.
- Install and run instructions45
- No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).Add a section showing how to install dependencies.
- 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 MIT.
- Contributing guide64
- Contributing guide is present (+6 pts for length); 400+ words earns the full +12 pts.
- 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 lacks a testing section (−8 pts).Show contributors how to run the test suite (e.g. npm test, pytest, cargo test).
- Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
- Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
- Code of conduct present.
Engineering
83- Tests90
- Test files detected (tests).
- Cargo.toml has dev-dependencies and test files are present.
- CI/CD100
Not applicable?
- CI is configured (.github/workflows/CI.yml).
- CI workflow runs tests.
- CI runs on pull requests, not just on pushes to main.
- CI workflow runs a lint or format check.
- CI runs type checking (tsc, mypy, cargo check, etc.).
- Optional: report test coverage in CI.Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.
- CI caches dependencies for faster runs.
- CI tests across multiple environments or versions.
- CI includes a build step.
- Linting and formatting80
- Rust linting enforced in CI: cargo clippy + cargo fmt.
- No rustfmt.toml found.Add a rustfmt.toml to enforce a consistent code style across contributors.
- Reproducibility5
- No Cargo.lock found (−70 pts). Rust binary/application crates should commit Cargo.lock.Run `cargo build` and commit the resulting Cargo.lock file.
- 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.
- No Dependabot config (adding it earns up to +20 pts).Add .github/dependabot.yml with at least one package-ecosystem entry so dependencies are updated automatically.
- Cargo.toml uses Rust edition 2021 (current best practice).
- Issue and PR templates100
- Issue or PR templates present.
- Security policy present.
Project health
100- Dependency manifest100
- Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
- Cargo.toml includes a description for crates.io.
- Cargo.toml declares a license.
- Cargo.toml links to the source repository.
- Repository metadata100
- Repository has a description.
- Primary language detected: Rust.
- Cargo.toml [package] metadata is complete (description, authors, repository).
- Activity100
- Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).
- 16,131 stars.
- Housekeeping100
- .gitignore present.
Repository files14 root entries
- .githubGood: CI is configured (.github/workflows/CI.yml).Good: Issue or PR templates present.
- benches
- capi
- docsGood: Code of conduct present.
- examples
- src
- testsGood: Test files detected (tests).
- .gitignoreGood: .gitignore present.
- Cargo.tomlGood: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
- CHANGELOG.mdGood: Contributing guide is present (+6 pts for length); 400+ words earns the full +12 pts.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 .).Info: 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.Info: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
- CONTRIBUTING.md
- LICENSEGood: Licensed under MIT.
- README.mdGood: README is present.Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.Info: 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.Warning: No install instructions found in the README (−45 pts).Fix: Add a section showing how to install dependencies.Good: README documents how to run the project.
- SECURITY.mdGood: Security policy present.