Popular for its size, but the engineering basics lag behind the interest.

CanvasMC is a fork of the Folia Minecraft server software that fixes gameplay inconsistencies, bugs, and introduces further performance enhancements to the dedicated server

Documentation

93

Contributing guide5pt72

CONTRIBUTING guide found.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Other.

Engineering

10

Tests18pt0

No tests detected anywhere in the repository.

Add automated tests. They prove the code works and give contributors confidence to make changes.

CI/CD14pt0

No CI configuration detected in this repository.

If your CI lives elsewhere (a private repo that builds this one) or this project is itself a CI/CD tool, mark this check Not Applicable. Otherwise add a GitHub Actions workflow that runs tests on each push. It takes 15 minutes and reassures contributors their changes won't break things.

Reproducibility6pt0

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

Commit the lockfile for this project's package manager so installs produce the same dependency versions everywhere.

Issue and PR templates6pt0

No issue or PR templates found (−100 pts).

Add .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ with bug_report.md and feature_request.md to guide contributors. It dramatically improves issue quality.

Linting and formatting5pt100

Java/Kotlin linting configured (.editorconfig).

Project health

94

Housekeeping3pt60

.gitignore present.

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (build.gradle.kts).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 75
    Forks
  • 0
    Releases

Community

  • Community health
  • authors own >50% of commits
  • 309
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 6h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 3
    Open issues
Repository files22 root entries
  • .github
  • .idea
    Issue: Build artifacts or local files may be committed (.idea/icon.svg) (−40 pts).Fix: Remove them and add to .gitignore.
  • build-data
  • canvas-api
  • canvas-server
  • gradle
  • policies
    Good: CONTRIBUTING guide found.
    Issue: CONTRIBUTING guide contents could not be read (−28 pts vs a readable file).Fix: Move the file to the repo root or docs/CONTRIBUTING.md so its setup, style, test, and PR sections can be graded.
  • scripts
  • .editorconfig
    Good: Java/Kotlin linting configured (.editorconfig).
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • build.gradle.kts
    Good: Dependency manifest found (build.gradle.kts).
  • canvas_title.png
  • gradle.properties
  • gradlew
  • gradlew.bat
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Other.
  • pre_update.sh
  • prepare_for_patch_roulette.sh
  • rbp.sh
  • 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.
  • settings.gradle.kts