Free Stack Grader: audit your app on 10 production categories in 3 minutes
Answer 10 plain-English scenarios covering authentication, secrets, backups, rate limiting, payment webhooks, error monitoring, HTTPS, input validation, access control, and dependencies. Get an honest A-F letter grade with a prioritized fix plan naming specific tools and step-by-step how-to.
- 10 production categories: auth, secrets, backups, rate limiting, payments, monitoring, HTTPS, validation, access control, dependencies
- Tiered scenarios (None / Basic / Standard / Pro), pick the one closest to your setup
- Prioritized fix plan with best practices, tools, and step-by-step how-to per category
- Shareable A-F grade card + optional progress tracking
Grade my stack.
Ten yes/no questions on the fundamentals: auth, secrets, backups, rate limiting. The boring stuff that saves you at 2 a.m.
What the Stack Grader actually checks.
The grader is a guided self-assessment, not a code scan. It asks ten questions covering the production concerns that most often break small teams: authentication, secrets management, database backups, rate limiting, payment webhooks, error monitoring, HTTPS and transport security, input validation, access control, and dependency hygiene.
Each question offers four tiers with a plain-English scenario attached, so you pick the one that matches what you actually have rather than what you intended to build. Weighting reflects blast radius: a category where the failure mode is a data breach carries more than one where it is an inconvenience. Questions you mark not applicable are removed from both sides of the calculation, so not taking payments neither helps nor hurts your grade.
The output is a letter grade, a per-category breakdown, and a prioritised fix list where every item explains why it matters, what to do, and how to verify it worked, with named tools and links. Nothing is gated behind an account.
Common questions
How long does the Stack Grader take?
Between 2 and 3 minutes. Ten questions, each with tiered options (None / Basic / Standard / Pro) and a real-world scenario per tier so you pick the one closest to your current setup.
Which categories does it cover?
Authentication, secrets management, database backups, rate limiting, payment webhooks, error monitoring, HTTPS and transport security, input validation, access control, and dependency hygiene. Together they cover the 20% of concerns that cause 80% of small-team production incidents.
How is my grade calculated?
Each category is weighted 8 to 12 points. Each tier earns a fraction of the weight: None = 0, Basic = 0.4, Standard = 0.75, Pro = 1.0. Grades: A ≥ 90, B ≥ 75, C ≥ 60, D ≥ 40, F < 40.
Does the Stack Grader scan my code?
No. It is a guided self-assessment, not an automated code scan. You answer plain-English scenarios; we return a personalized remediation plan with concrete tools and steps.
Can I share my grade?
Yes. Every grade generates a shareable grade card (1200x630 PNG) with your letter grade, score, and a link back to the tool.
Can I recheck my grade later?
Yes. Any time. Recheck resets your answers; your previous grade is snapshotted to your history.