by jpeterson on 4/10/12, 5:19 PM
Ever wondered what projects are developed by the best kick ass hackers?Reads more like a list of the most well-known brogrammers to me.
by tedunangst on 4/10/12, 5:54 PM
Fun fact: open source projects that host their own repos are categorically not awesome.
by aidenn0 on 4/10/12, 10:20 PM
Linux just barely squeaks by in the top 100 at 99.
Other well known open source projects and their ranks:
asterisk: 16286
nginx: 13540
emacs: 2447
vim: 2618
a github page with somebody's vim configuration: 2068
clang: 2315
busybox: 11186
gcc: Not listed except for some ps3 ports aroynd 12k
Well we now know that emacs is more awesome than vim, but vim's configuration format is more awesome than either.
by drewda on 4/10/12, 7:17 PM
ohloh.net has been at this for a number of years. I've found it a useful way to make sure an open source project has enough lasting momentum before I start to rely on it.
See also:
https://github.com/mmcgrana/gitcred
by dfc on 4/10/12, 7:08 PM
In order to be awesome you have to register, wtf? I think this is proof that RMS is the awesomest.
by juanramon on 4/10/12, 5:12 PM
It's curious to see ruby on top of the leaderbord. I guess it's because your main source it's github, am I right? Anyway, It's a nice way to find newer projects.
by toenail on 4/10/12, 7:08 PM
A very nice list of projects to avoid. Well done.
by arrakeen on 4/10/12, 7:26 PM
the rails documentation branch at #1? apache maven? i think their algorithm needs a bit more tuning
by picsoung on 4/10/12, 5:11 PM
It's a very interesting way to rank open source projects and see who are the contributors :)
Good way to find new projects to contribute too
by bitwize on 4/10/12, 8:38 PM
Any list which doesn't have Linux, Apache, and Asterisk near the top = automatic fail.
by njyx on 4/10/12, 5:19 PM
Looks very cool - do you normalize based on the number of developers per project?
by znq on 4/10/12, 8:27 PM
Great idea. I develop many projects that are non-public and this is a nice way to get publicly credit for them as well. I guess that there are many people out there who don't actively contribute to open-source, but are still great developers.
by inakie on 4/10/12, 5:07 PM
very cool!