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In this episode, the hosts discuss how CHAOSS metrics can assess the health of open source projects with guest Elshad Humbatli, creator of Repo-Health.

Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 131 In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Georg Link sits down with guest, Elshad Humbatli, and panelists, Alice Sowerby and Adrian Edwards, to answer the question "How can CHAOSS metrics help you quickly assess the health of an open source project that you might want to use or join?" Elshad, creator of Repo-Health, explains why he created the tool, and how he used the CHAOSS metrics to produce high-level insights on the health of an open source repo. The conversation goes further, to discuss breaking down project activity to navigating the rise of AI-generated contributions, and dives deep into the human and technical sides of open source. Hit download now to hear more! [00:00:00] – The hosts introduce the episode and welcome the panelists and guest [00:01:41] – Elshad shares how he discovered CHAOSS metrics and got inspired to build Repo Health. [00:03:10] – A deep dive into the four pillars: activity, maintenance, community, and documentation. [00:06:15] – The group debates how different metrics reflect project health and what “community” really means. [00:10:07] – Elshad…

People in this episode

Host: Georg Link

Guest: Elshad Humbatli

Topics covered

• CHAOSS metrics
• open source project health
• Repo-Health tool
• AI-generated contributions
• project activity
• community metrics

Keywords

• CHAOSS metrics
• Repo-Health
• open source
• project health
• AI contributions
• community
• metrics

Sponsors

Sustain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CHAOSS Project

Products: Repo-Health

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