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Documentation76
Engineering29
Health100
C#173GPL-3.01d ago
Grade a repo

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

Ceres - an MCTS chess engine for research and recreation

Documentation

76

Contributing guide5pt25

Contributing guidance is in the README, not a dedicated CONTRIBUTING.md (−20 pts).

→ Moving it to a CONTRIBUTING.md makes it easier to find and keeps the README focused. A dedicated file earns +47 pts base.

README12pt75

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under GPL-3.0.

Engineering

29

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.

Linting and formatting5pt0

No .NET formatter configured.

→ Add an .editorconfig to define C# formatting rules and run `dotnet format` in CI.

Reproducibility6pt0

No dependency lockfile found (−70 pts).

→ Enable and commit packages.lock.json so NuGet restores are repeatable.

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.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (src/Ceres.Chess/MoveGen/MGMoveGenTest.cs).

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (src/Ceres.Base/Ceres.Base.csproj).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

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    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 33
    Forks
  • 12
    Releaseslatest 4y ago

Community

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    Community health
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    authors own >50% of commits
  • 173
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 1d 4h
    Median issue response
  • 1d 3h
    Median PR merge time
  • 25
    Open issues
Repository files11 root entries
  • images
  • markup
  • src
    Good: Test files detected (src/Ceres.Chess/MoveGen/MGMoveGenTest.cs).
    Good: Dependency manifest found (src/Ceres.Base/Ceres.Base.csproj).
  • text
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • AUTHORS.txt
  • COPYING
  • COPYRIGHT.txt
  • Directory.Build.props
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under GPL-3.0.
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Issue: 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.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.