by Jordi Cabot | Jan 11, 2026 | Community, Process, research
Now that we see an explosion in the number of software projects being launched every day, it’s more important than ever to clarify who did what on the project. At all levels (coding, testing, user validation…). And not only clarifying whether the author...
by Adem Ait Fonollà | May 7, 2025 | research
As part of our ongoing research, we periodically monitor GitHub to understand what is gaining traction and popularity within the community, using stars as a proxy. In May 2022, our analysis of the top 25 starred repositories revealed some surprising trends,...
by Marcos Gomez | Feb 4, 2025 | AI, Programming, research, Tool
The world of AI is evolving fast. Not long ago, chatbots were at the center of innovation, powering virtual assistants, customer support, and automation. But things have changed. The rise of AI agents (more autonomous, adaptive, and goal-driven systems) has redefined...
by Adem Ait Fonollà | Jan 21, 2025 | AI, Community, research
The development of empirical studies in Open-Source Software (OSS) requires large amounts of data regarding software development events and developer actions, which are typically collected from code hosting platforms. Code hosting platforms are built on top of a...
by Adem Ait Fonollà | Oct 2, 2024 | research, Tool
In the field of empirical software engineering, the ability to analyze vast amounts of data from software repositories is crucial. With platforms like GitHub providing access to millions of repositories, researchers face the challenge of creating manageable and...
by Jordi Cabot | Jul 7, 2024 | AI, research, Tool
Tabular data, consisting of samples (rows) and features (columns), is a prevalent data type in digital technology, increasingly used in open data published by public administrations. Despite its wide use, there’s a significant lack of tools that allow non-technical...
