pombredanne / healthindicators

Baseline Set of OSS Project Health Indicators

Purpose of this repository

This repository supports the project management of a research project on Open Source Health and Sustainability Indicators.

• Co-PI: Sean Goggins, University of Missouri
• Co-PI: Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska at Omaha

The project is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Health Indicators

For more information on health indicators, check out the Linux Foundation Working Group: OSS Health Metrics.

Document Descriptions

• Roadmap contains milestones and next steps
• Papers outlines the papers we are working on
• DescriptiveStarters are first ideas that we started implementation on
• GitHubAPINeeds are some initial thoughts on where we might get data from
• CCCIndicators moved to the OSS Health Metrics - Working Group

How do we work?

We follow a dual approach for collecting and testing health indicators.

1. We interviews industry experts about the indicators they use or would like to use.
2. We survey the literature for health indicators.
3. We implement health indicators and bring them back to industry experts.
4. We engage in the Linux Foundation Working Group: OSS Health Metrics.

How can I contribute?

Feel free to open an issue and let us know what you think.