CodeHealth-AI Documentation

Complete Repository Analysis Methodology

This document provides a comprehensive explanation of how CodeHealth-AI evaluates GitHub repositories. It covers the theoretical foundations of each metric, the exact computational logic used in the analysis, and the practical implications for repository health assessment.

CodeHealth-AI evaluates repositories across four primary dimensions, each contributing to the overall assessment.

Dimensional Breakdown

Code Quality (45% weight)

  • Static analysis of file-level metrics
  • Maintainability assessment
  • Complexity evaluation
  • Technical debt quantification

Development Activity (25% weight)

  • Commit frequency and patterns
  • Development velocity trends
  • Contributor consistency
  • Recent development momentum

Bus Factor Risk (15% weight)

  • Contributor concentration analysis
  • Knowledge distribution assessment
  • Project sustainability evaluation

Community Engagement (15% weight)

  • External visibility metrics
  • Community interest indicators
  • Project popularity signals