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Ask HN: What is the best metrics for open-source startups
A large and engaged developer community can be instrumental in building a successful open-source startups. Thanks to Github, it is possible to assess the popularity of repositories (by stars &forks). One the most interesting developments in that field is ROSS Index: the top open-source startups by their star growth. https://runacap.com/ross-index/
What other battle-tested metrics for open-source startups can be valuable?
- tarunmuvvala 4y agoI am curious if there is way to identify the numbers of companies leveraging open source project. That can a very good metric to understand the ease of use and the OSS potential impact. The other metric, I am keen is know if developers in these companies giving back to these OSS. Apache software are very good example for this.
- politelemon 4y agoWhat about issues, pull requests and contributions from developers outside the org? So I'm thinking in terms of any kind of engagement, since stars and forks are a single point in time but you can have many stars and forks on a dead project too.
- altdataseller 4y agoTheir ability to attract talented developers to work for them. So maybe tracking the engineers they are hiring on Linkedin.