Use this extension to get a quick pulse check on any repos you are considering using.
Get it for Chrome (and chrome based browsers): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stethoscope/gdkkpjagibimlpgmcbaajccgahfbojec
or
Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stethoscope/
Stethoscope is fairly easy to use. We use a set of criteria to judge the repo using only what is available on the repo's root page. There are plans to add further functionality using github login and the API.
- Navigate to a repo of your choice.
- Observe the icon change in your extension par if you have it pinned.
- Green is great. Red indicates failure.
- Use your extension manager button to open the popup modal for more details.
It is important to note that missing some of these is not a huge problem. They add up in total to more than 100% of a possible score. So, one missing can still allow a perfect grade.
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Has License file or section in the README. It is an immediate fail if no license is found.
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Stars count being above 100.
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Has Readme file.
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Most recent commit. Scaled to within a year. 1 year ago being a 0 and now being a 20.
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Amount of contributors being greater than 5.
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Amount of commits.
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Has a sponsors section.
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Has a releases section
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Has docs folder.
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Frequency of commits for root level files and folders. Checks amount of time between most recent and oldest. Also checks for varied dates between and ratio of unique commits.
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Open issues relative to star count or commit count, whichever is greater.
Ensure you have
Then run the following:
yarn install
to install dependencies.yarn run dev:chrome
to start the development server for chrome extensionyarn run dev:firefox
to start the development server for firefox addonyarn run dev:opera
to start the development server for opera extensionyarn run build:chrome
to build chrome extensionyarn run build:firefox
to build firefox addonyarn run build:opera
to build opera extensionyarn run build
builds and packs extensions all at once to extension/ directory
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yarn install
to install dependencies. -
To watch file changes in development
- Chrome
yarn run dev:chrome
- Firefox
yarn run dev:firefox
- Opera
yarn run dev:opera
- Chrome
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Load extension in browser
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- Go to the browser address bar and type
chrome://extensions
- Check the
Developer Mode
button to enable it. - Click on the
Load Unpacked Extension…
button. - Select your extension’s extracted directory.
- Go to the browser address bar and type
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- Navigate to
about:debugging
. - Select
This Firefox
- Click the
Load Temporary Add-on
button. - Choose the
manifest.json
file in the extracted directory (not the *.xpi file)
- Navigate to
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- Load the extension via
opera:extensions
- Check the
Developer Mode
and load as unpacked from extension’s extracted directory.
- Load the extension via
Please file an issue here for bugs, missing documentation, or unexpected behavior.
- Shared Eslint & Prettier Configuration -
@abhijithvijayan/eslint-config
- Shared TypeScript Configuration -
@abhijithvijayan/tsconfig
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