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"2 Things to Measure and Improve Open Source Community Sustainability"
Haven't written on @COSSMedia for a while, but this topic has been in my head for many months.
Some snippets of thoughts...(thread) https://coss.media/2-things-to-measure-and-improve-open-source-community-sustainability/
Haven't written on @COSSMedia for a while, but this topic has been in my head for many months.
Some snippets of thoughts...(thread) https://coss.media/2-things-to-measure-and-improve-open-source-community-sustainability/
There are plenty of metrics you can track--stars, forks, PRs/MRs, etc--but more data doesn’t necessarily mean clearer insight.
I propose two second-order metrics to track to build a sustainable OSS community:
-PRs/MRs reviewer breakdown
-Leaderboard of different interactions
I propose two second-order metrics to track to build a sustainable OSS community:
-PRs/MRs reviewer breakdown
-Leaderboard of different interactions
Why? Because...
PRs/MRs reviewers breakdown speaks to Ownership.
Leaderboard of different community interactions speaks to Incentive.
Both are important elements that drive sustainability.
PRs/MRs reviewers breakdown speaks to Ownership.
Leaderboard of different community interactions speaks to Incentive.
Both are important elements that drive sustainability.
Here's an example comparison between @thekonginc & @apache_pulsar of reviewers breakdown.
Key takeaway: @sonicaghi & @subnetmarco (who created Kong) aren't doing much reviews any more; that's good thing! Pulsar, a younger project, is on its way to gaining that balance.
Key takeaway: @sonicaghi & @subnetmarco (who created Kong) aren't doing much reviews any more; that's good thing! Pulsar, a younger project, is on its way to gaining that balance.
Here's an example comparison between @thekonginc & @apache_pulsar of 90-day interactions leaderboard.
This view helps visualize interactions frequency and who's doing what -- useful for both internal management & external community building, if you are building a COSS company.
This view helps visualize interactions frequency and who's doing what -- useful for both internal management & external community building, if you are building a COSS company.
I hope you found this thread useful.
I used #ApacheSuperset and a tutorial written by @mistercrunch to crawl & visualize this data.
Please check out the full post for my complete thinking.
https://coss.media/2-things-to-measure-and-improve-open-source-community-sustainability/
I used #ApacheSuperset and a tutorial written by @mistercrunch to crawl & visualize this data.
Please check out the full post for my complete thinking.
https://coss.media/2-things-to-measure-and-improve-open-source-community-sustainability/
