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Author: fcollonval

index.rst

@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ extension is stored in a independent GitHub repository.
 Those repositories are maintained independently by a group of users and developers and not officially
 related to the JupyterLab development team.
 
-The maturity of the provided extensions varies. So please create an issue in the relevant extension github
-repository if you encounter any problems or want to suggest a feature or an improvement.
+The maturity of the provided extensions varies. And hint on the status is provided through badge in
+extension readme's:
+
+- |draft| The extension is in construction mode and not ready yet
+- |ready| The extension is ready to be used
+- |archived| The extension is not maintain any longer
+
+So please create an issue in the relevant extension github
+repository if you encounter any problems, want to suggest a feature or an improvement or would like to help.
 
 If you want to transfer your extension within this organization, `open an issue <https://github.com/jupyterlab-contrib/jupyterlab-contrib.github.io/issues/new?labels=transfer&template=transfer-repository-to-this-organization.md>`_.
 If you want to help supporting the extensions in this organization, propose PRs and/or answer issues on the
@@ -23,3 +30,7 @@ relevant repositories. If the extension has been **archived**, you can `request
    extensions
    migrate_from_classical
    contributing
+
+.. |draft| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/status-draft-critical
+.. |ready| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/status-ready-success
+.. |archived| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/status-archived-yellow