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Project of the Week

Featured open source project with exceptional collaboration metrics

Alpine.js

alpinejs/alpine

2025-09-26

The minimalist JavaScript framework with maximum community impact. Alpine.js achieves 70% community contributions with selective 21% review coverage, 0-second instant response times, 100% human activity with zero automation, proving minimalist collaboration can be more effective than maximum process overhead.

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Dify

langgenius/dify

2025-09-19

The LLMOps platform revolutionizing how teams build and deploy AI applications. Dify achieves remarkable 84% community contributions with 96% review coverage, lightning-fast 10-second reviewer response times, and 3-hour balanced approval cycles, demonstrating genuine community-powered development in the AI space.

Chainguard

chainguard-images/images

2025-09-12

Security-first container images with lightning-fast development cycles. Chainguard achieves exceptional 6-second overall wait time, 100% review coverage with perfect approval rates, 2-minute security decision cycles, and 35% strategic automation, proving security and velocity aren't mutually exclusive.

Emotion-js

emotion-js/emotion

2025-09-05

The CSS-in-JS library balancing developer experience with strategic review practices. Emotion demonstrates 56% strategic review coverage, perfectly balanced community engagement (38% vs 39% core team), and measured 14-hour approval times for production stability.

PyTorch

pytorch/pytorch

2025-08-29

The dynamic deep learning framework that's reshaping AI development with automation-first workflows. PyTorch achieves 56% bot-generated PRs with 97% review coverage, 16-hour efficient turnaround times, and strategic core team oversight, demonstrating how automation can amplify human intelligence at massive scale.

n8n

n8n-io/n8n

2025-08-22

The fair-code workflow automation platform that's democratizing integration development. n8n achieves remarkable 78% community contributions with 100% review coverage, 3-hour efficient processing times, and minimal automation overhead, demonstrating genuine community-powered development in commercial open source.

Chart.js

chartjs/Chart.js

2025-08-15

Perfect review coverage and balanced community collaboration showcase how mature open source projects maintain reliability at scale.

Appwrite

appwrite/appwrite

2025-08-08

Lightning-fast 5-minute review turnaround and 28-minute overall processing demonstrate how open source backends can achieve startup-like agility at scale.

freeCodeCamp

freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

2025-08-01

The world's largest coding curriculum mastering community-driven education through collaborative development. freeCodeCamp achieves 100% review coverage, 68% community contributions transforming students into maintainers, and 3-hour responsive review cycles while serving 400+ million learners worldwide.

Supabase

supabase/supabase

2025-07-29

The open source Firebase alternative that's mastering community-driven development at scale. Supabase achieves remarkable 71% community contributions with 100% review coverage, deliberate 3-hour review cycles, and minimal automation, demonstrating how to build sustainable community engagement over rapid development velocity.

Clerk

clerkinc/javascript

2025-07-25

11-minute median review turnaround with 96% coverage demonstrates how security-critical projects can achieve lightning speed without compromising quality.

Excalidraw

excalidraw/excalidraw

2025-07-11

Efficient workflows and solid core team leadership power this popular virtual whiteboard tool. Excalidraw achieves lightning-fast 4m 30s wait times, 71% strategic review coverage, and 78% core team leadership, demonstrating how focused maintainer-led development creates both efficiency and quality.

Deno

denoland/deno

2025-06-27

Lightning-fast 4-hour wait times with 100% review coverage showcase how modern runtimes can achieve efficiency without sacrificing quality standards.

Windmill

windmill-labs/windmill

2025-06-20

Perfect review coverage and instant response times showcase the power of human-first development.

MapLibre

maplibre/maplibre-gl-js

2025-06-13

Ultra-fast merge times and bot-powered automation in this leading open-source mapping library.

TensorFlow

tensorflow/tensorflow

2025-06-05

97% community contributions power the world's largest ML framework.

Ghost

TryGhost/Ghost

2025-05-30

Strong contributor guidelines and balanced team contributions power this modern open-source publishing platform.

Grafana

grafana/grafana

2025-05-23

Strong community contributions and efficient review processes power this popular open-source observability platform.

HedgeDoc

hedgedoc/hedgedoc

2025-05-16

Lightning-fast reviews and exceptional bot integration in this real-time markdown collaboration platform.

TanStack Query

TanStack/query

2025-05-09

Setting the gold standard for review efficiency in open source.

Prisma

prisma/prisma

2025-05-02

Lightning-fast reviews: the ORM that's winning the collaboration game.

Introducing Project of the Week

2025-04-25

Diving deep into collaboration metrics of your favorite open source projects.

Articles

Insights, tips, and stories about collaboration in open source

I Tried 5 Rising GitHub Tools for 2025 (Here's What Stood Out)

Alissa Vuillier 2025-08-05

Beyond the hype of trending GitHub projects: a practical deep-dive into 5 tools that actually improve your daily dev workflow, with collaboration insights that reveal why they're built to last.

The Documentation Strategy Behind Every Successful Open Source Project

Riyana Patel 2025-07-29

Simple changes that help new contributors get started faster and reduce maintainer overhead. Discover the documentation strategies behind thriving open source projects.

Open Source Collaboration Report: What 250+ Projects Reveal

Riyana Patel 2025-07-15

collab.dev analyzes 250+ top GitHub repositories to reveal collaboration metrics - from instant feedback to 4-week wait times. See how your project compares to industry standards.

How We Built collab.dev: Measuring What Really Matters in Open Source

Alissa Vuillier 2025-06-05

This is the story of how collab.dev went from a hackathon prototype to a living resource used by hundreds of developers and maintainers - and what we learned about measuring what truly matters in open source collaboration.

From DORA to collab.dev: Evolving Development Metrics for the AI Age

Riyana Patel 2025-05-08

As AI reshapes software development, traditional DORA metrics need to evolve. collab.dev introduces comprehensive metrics designed for the collaborative nature of modern human-AI development workflows.

Beyond DORA: Redefining DevOps Metrics in the Age of AI

Riyana Patel 2025-05-06

For the past decade, DORA metrics have been the gold standard for measuring software delivery performance. But as AI agents take on more of the development work, are these metrics still enough?

AI Agents in Open Source: Evolving the Contribution Model

Amna Anwar 2025-04-29

AI agents are reshaping how we contribute to open source, moving from manual coding to guiding AI. Explore the challenges, opportunities, and best practices for maintaining the human element in collaborative development.

Can We Measure Software Collaboration? Introducing Collab.dev

Riyana Patel 2025-03-25

Traditional DORA metrics miss the mark when it comes to capturing the real impact of software projects and their communities. Collab.dev offers a new way to measure and improve collaboration in open source.