# pengwynn/flint

Check your project for common sources of contributor friction.

Repository: https://github.com/pengwynn/flint
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pengwynn-flint
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-02-28T21:24:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4621, "days_push": 2012, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1178, forks 96 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.090981+00:00)

## What it is
Flint is a Go CLI tool that checks a project for common sources of contributor friction, such as missing README, CONTRIBUTING guide, LICENSE, bootstrap, and test scripts. It can run against a local folder or a remote GitHub repository without cloning.

## Use cases
- check if my repo has a readme, license, and contributing guide
- audit a github repository for contributor friction without cloning it
- find missing bootstrap and test scripts in my project
- improve onboarding experience for open source contributors
- lint my project structure before open sourcing it

## When to choose
- you want a quick automated check of open-source project hygiene files
- you want to audit remote GitHub repos without cloning them
- you prefer a simple, fast, single-binary CLI

## When to avoid
- you need deep code-quality linting rather than repo structure checks
- you need CI-integrated or configurable policy enforcement beyond the built-in checks
- you need actively developed tooling with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, documentation
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: contributor-experience, repo-linting, open-source-health, go, open-source, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- pengwynn/flint (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.090981+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:26:07.765252+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pengwynn/flint (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.090981+00:00, sha dd90e5263316)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.