Quality Metrics
Slot uses a comprehensive set of quality metrics to evaluate templates and help you make informed decisions. Our analysis considers both automated metrics and manual review criteria to provide a holistic quality assessment.
Core Metrics
Maintenance Score
Evaluates how actively maintained the template is:
- Commit frequency (last 6 months)
- Time since last update
- Issue response time
- Pull request activity
- Number of contributors
Documentation Score
Assesses the quality and completeness of documentation:
- README completeness
- Setup instructions clarity
- API documentation (if applicable)
- Code comments
- Example coverage
Code Quality Score
Evaluates the technical quality of the codebase:
- Type safety coverage
- Linting configuration
- Code formatting
- Error handling
- Code organization
Testing Score
Measures the testing setup and coverage:
- Test framework setup
- Unit test coverage
- Integration tests
- E2E testing
- CI configuration
Scoring System
Each metric is scored on a scale of 1-5, with clear criteria for each level:
5 - Excellent
- Actively maintained with frequent updates
- Comprehensive documentation with examples
- Strong type safety and error handling
- Extensive test coverage
4 - Very Good
- Regular updates and maintenance
- Good documentation coverage
- Good type safety and practices
- Good test coverage
3 - Good
- Occasional updates
- Basic documentation
- Basic type safety
- Some tests
2 - Fair
- Infrequent updates
- Minimal documentation
- Limited type safety
- Few or no tests
1 - Poor
- No recent updates
- Poor or no documentation
- No type safety
- No tests
Overall Quality Score
The overall quality score is a weighted average of the core metrics:
Metric Weights
- Maintenance: 35%
- Documentation: 25%
- Code Quality: 25%
- Testing: 15%
Score Interpretation
- 4.5-5.0: Production-ready
- 3.5-4.4: Production-capable
- 2.5-3.4: Development-ready
- 1.5-2.4: Needs work
- 1.0-1.4: Not recommended
Next Steps
Now that you understand how we evaluate templates, learn how to search for templates that meet your quality requirements.