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

A modern, lightweight Markdown editor for macOS.

Documentation

93

Contributing guide5pt72

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

A license file is present.

Engineering

35

Tests18pt0

No tests detected anywhere in the repository.

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

Linting and formatting5pt0

No RuboCop config found.

Add a .rubocop.yml and run `rubocop` in CI to enforce consistent Ruby style.

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.

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/build-release.yml).

Reproducibility6pt90

Lockfile present (Gemfile.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).

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

  • Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 34
    Forks
  • 12
    Releaseslatest 4mo ago

Community

  • Community health
  • authors own >50% of commits
  • 344
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 7d 13h
    Median issue response
  • <1h
    Median PR merge time
  • 89
    Open issues
Repository files31 root entries
  • .claude
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/build-release.yml).
    Good: Dependabot covers 2 ecosystems (bundler, npm). Dependencies stay current.
  • assets
  • Dependency
  • docs
  • LICENSE
    Good: A license file is present.
  • MacDown
  • MacDown 3000.xcodeproj
  • MacDown 3000.xcworkspace
  • macdown-cmd
  • MacDownCore
  • MacDownQuickLook
  • MacDownTests
  • notes
  • plans
  • scripts
  • Tools
  • .envrc.example
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .gitmodules
  • .markdownlint.json
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • CLAUDE.md
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    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.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • Gemfile
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Gemfile).
  • Gemfile.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Gemfile.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • PLAN.md
  • Podfile
  • Podfile.lock
  • 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.
  • setup.sh