How to Evaluate Open Source Software The widespread use of open source software presents a unique set of challenges to software development because of its openness and distributed nature. Within the vast collection of projects in the open source ecosystem, many projects are well-maintained, secure, and up to date; however, there are also many projects that lack the human resources required to ensure they’re well managed.
There’s very rarely a path to putting food on the table with open source.. Sadly.. So yea. no surprise here. Mostly 1 maintainer. Last seen 4 years ago.
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Quote Citation: Katherine Druckman, “The Careful Consumption of Open Source Software”, 2025-11-22, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/the-careful-consumption-of-open-source-software.html