Goal: Understand how active a community exists around/to support a given software package.
Driving question: How likely am I to be stuck with this project and no community?
| Metric | Question |
|---|---|
| Average issue Resolution Time | How long does it take for an issue to be resolved? |
| Bus Factor | How high is the risk to a project should the most active people leave? |
| Committers | How robust are the contributors to a community? |
| Elephant Factor | What is the distribution of work in the community across companies? |
| Issues Open Age | How long is an issue open for before it is closed? |
| Issues Volume | What is the volume of open issues? |
| Lines of Code | How many lines of code have been contributed? |