Community management

The success of an open source project is strongly tied to the community that supports and contributes to it. Our community management articles explore common problems, solutions, and tactics to create vital, productive open source communities.

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A data scientist's guide to open source community analysis

Consider this framework for establishing data analysis of your own open source project.

8 ideas for measuring your open source software usage

Wondering how to collect usage metrics for your open source software project? Consider the pros and cons of using these alternatives.

How to address challenges with community metrics

Consider this advice for addressing the organizational and technical challenges of implementing community health metrics for your own community.

Teamwork starts with communication across silos

What do you do with community metrics?

The data about your community will never stop changing, and that's to be expected. It's important to keep asking questions, iterate, and take action.

5 metrics to track in your open source community

The CHAOSS community has defined more than 70 metrics and maintains software to get the insights you need. Here are the five focus areas you should pay attention to.

10 universal steps for open source code review

Code review doesn't have to be scary when you follow this universal process.

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