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Introducing Scoredash

Track how well a user or organization is following open-source best practices.

Ranted on Wed Apr 09 2025.

I'm excited to announce the release of ScoreDash — a powerful new tool that helps individuals and organizations assess how well they're following open source best practices.

Whether you're maintaining a single repository or overseeing dozens across GitHub or GitLab, ScoreDash provides a clear, actionable overview of where you stand — and how you can improve.

🧠 What Is ScoreDash?

ScoreDash is a lightweight, user-friendly tool designed to evaluate your public repositories against a checklist of open source best practices. From documentation quality to license compliance and contribution guidelines, ScoreDash generates a comprehensive adherence score and offers * tailored suggestions* for improvement.

Key features include:

  • ✅ GitHub and GitLab support
  • 🌗 Dark theme for low-light environments
  • 🚀 Fast performance via smart caching
  • 🔍 Searchable dashboards to quickly find projects or users
  • 📈 Score overviews with improvement tips
  • 📱 Progressive Web App (PWA) support — install it like a native app

⚙️ How It Works

Just enter a GitHub or GitLab username or organization, and ScoreDash will:

  1. Scan all public repositories associated with the account
  2. Evaluate each repo using a set of open source best practice metrics
  3. Generate a score summary and highlight areas for improvement
  4. Present everything in a clean, searchable, responsive dashboard

You can also revisit your results later — ScoreDash uses caching to speed up repeated lookups without sacrificing freshness.

🔍 Why ScoreDash?

Open source success isn't just about writing code — it's also about fostering collaboration, encouraging contributions, and maintaining a healthy, transparent development environment. ScoreDash was created to make those best practices measurable and accessible for everyone.

Whether you're an individual developer, an open source maintainer, or part of a larger dev team, ScoreDash can help you:

  • Quickly audit your public repositories
  • Improve visibility into project health
  • Benchmark your open source presence over time

🚀 Try It Now

ScoreDash is completely open source and available today on GitHub:

🔗 https://github.com/scottstraughan/openssf-scorecard-dashboard

Check your score at https://www.scoredash.xyz.