Linux and LLVM have no merged pull requests on Github. And a lot of these "Awesome x" (Node.js, Rust, Go, React, etc) will merge just about anything. Also, I

Linux and LLVM have no merged pull requests on Github. And a lot of these "Awesome x" (Node.js, Rust, Go, React, etc) will merge just about anything. Also, I know of several project that fix tons of issues, but are relatively unpopular (perhaps because they have so many issues?). I think the bottom line is there are no perfect indicators of open source project popularity.