Have you heard of OSSInsight.io by PingCAP? This site provides insights into open source software based on GitHub events, and the project itself is open source on GitHub. It offers analytics similar to Google Analytics or Trends, but for open source projects.
OSSInsight.io provides several types of insights, including:
- Comparing historical star trends of GitHub repositories
- Developer geographic distribution
- Developer contribution heatmaps over time
- Coding activity, such as monthly PR counts and code changes
- Category trend rankings
Website Screenshots
The following images, from the OSSInsight blog, showcase some of the site’s features.
This image shows the geographic distribution of users who starred Kubernetes and Moby repositories.
Here you can see the monthly push and commit activity for Kubernetes (top) and Moby (bottom).
This screenshot displays the trend rankings by category.
On the homepage, you can enter any GitHub repository to view its insights. For example, after checking my rootsongjc/kubernetes-handbook, I found that it even provides information about the companies of followers, as shown below.
OSSInsight.io is somewhat similar to DevStats by CNCF, but DevStats only analyzes CNCF-hosted projects.
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OSSInsight can also be considered a type of CHAOSS software. For example, the Linux Foundation’s CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics Open Source Software) working group has an open source project called GrimoireLab for software development analytics.
If you’re interested in open source and technology trends, there are several similar GitHub trend sites available online. You can choose the one that best fits your needs.
Summary
OSSInsight.io is a powerful tool for exploring and analyzing open source projects on GitHub. Whether you’re tracking trends, analyzing developer activity, or comparing repositories, it offers valuable insights for the open source community.
