BoF: What’s Interesting about OSS Developer Communities to You? A...
summary
Project OSS Aspen builds a public visualization web app called eightnot backed by auger’s relational Postgres developer events database and a research arm called repel; it is Python-first, adding network science tooling and message/issue analysis over the next 3–6 months. Current uses are concrete: affiliation mapping from email aliases, pull-request/review edge weights, and simple alerts like early warning "yellow" signals for drops in contributor activity—aimed at measuring risk, sustainability, project potential and avoiding common GitHub analysis anti-patterns.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00OSS community analysis intro
- 3:12OSS Aspen components
- 6:33Risk signals in communities
- 14:40Affiliation and sustainability metrics
- 17:50People metrics focus
- 26:12Defining active members
- 32:55Business on community health
- 40:34Closing remarks
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