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Stethoscope

We all have criteria by which we judge a Github repo. This extension bundles that up into a quick and easy pulse check. Get it for your favorite browser now!

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Screenshot of Stethoscope in action on the expressjs repo page

It's quick and easy

Usage

Getting started is as easy as:

  1. Installing the plugin for your browser
  2. Going to a Github repo's root page
  3. Checking out Stethoscope's output in the popup action or in your toolbar
  4. Configure which criteria you care about in the popup (optional)

Criteria

The criteria below are how we determine a repo's score. You can toggle them off as you see fit. Eventually, you will be able to assign individual weight values as well.

Has License file or section in the README. It is an immediate fail if no license is found.
Most recent commit. Scaled to within a year. 1 year ago being a 0 and now being a 20.
Stars count being above 100.
Has Readme file.
Amount of contributors being greater than 5.
Total amount of commits.
Has a sponsors section.
Has a releases section.
Frequency of commits for root level files and folders.
Open issues relative to star count or commit count.
Has docs folder.

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