Popular and well-maintained. A little polish away from elite status.
Polly is a .NET resilience and transient-fault-handling library that allows developers to express policies such as Retry, Circuit Breaker, Timeout, Bulkhead Isolation, and Fallback in a fluent and thread-safe manner. From version 6.0.1, Polly targets .NET Standard 1.1 and 2.0+.
Documentation
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CONTRIBUTING guide is very brief (−12 pts for depth). 150+ words earns +6 pts; 400+ earns +12 pts.
→ Add setup instructions, code style notes, and how to run tests.
README documents how to install the project.
README is present.
Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
Engineering
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No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).
→ Enable and commit packages.lock.json so NuGet restores are repeatable.
CI is configured (.github/workflows/build.yml).
Test files detected (test).
.NET formatting configured (.editorconfig).
Issue or PR templates present.
Project health
100
Dependency manifest found (bench/Polly.Benchmarks/Polly.Benchmarks.csproj).
Repository has a description.
Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).
.gitignore present.
Repository files38 root entries
- .config
- .githubGood: CI is configured (.github/workflows/build.yml).Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (github-actions, nuget). Dependencies stay current.Good: Issue or PR templates present.
- .vscode
- benchGood: Dependency manifest found (bench/Polly.Benchmarks/Polly.Benchmarks.csproj).
- docs
- eng
- logos
- samples
- src
- testGood: Test files detected (test).
- .editorconfigGood: .NET formatting configured (.editorconfig).
- .git-blame-ignore-revs
- .gitattributes
- .gitignoreGood: .gitignore present.
- .markdownlint.json
- AGENTS.md
- build.bat
- build.ps1
- cake.cs
- CHANGELOG.md
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.mdGood: Code of conduct present.
- CONTRIBUTING.mdIssue: CONTRIBUTING guide is very brief (−12 pts for depth). 150+ words earns +6 pts; 400+ earns +12 pts.Fix: Add setup instructions, code style notes, and how to run tests.Issue: Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Fix: Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.Issue: Contributing guide lacks a code style section (−8 pts).Fix: Describe your linting/formatting rules and how to run them.Issue: 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.Issue: Contributing guide has no code examples (−5 pts).Fix: Add code blocks showing example commands for setup, running tests, and submitting a PR.
- Directory.Build.props
- Directory.Build.targets
- Directory.Packages.props
- exclusion.dic
- global.json
- LICENSEGood: Licensed under BSD-3-Clause.
- mdsnippets.json
- NuGet.config
- package-icon.png
- package-readme.mdGood: 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.
- Polly-Logo.jpg
- Polly-Logo.png
- Polly.slnx
- Polly.snk
- README.md
- SECURITY.mdGood: Security policy present.