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There are many metrics to pass over the preponderance of open source factor , such as GitHub stars and downloads , but they do n’t paint the full picture of how they ’re being used in production codebases .
Census III of spare and Open Source Software : software Librariesleans on more than 12 million data point tip from computer software make-up analysis ( SCA ) and coating certificate tool such asBlack Duck , FOSSA , Snyk , andSonatype , which have been deploy at more than 10,000 company .
The extensive reputation highlight the chemise toward store - safe programming , with Rust adoption surging . And from a security department concern perspective , it point to the continued trust on Python 2 , as well as a want of exchangeable naming for constituent — this can increase the risk of dependency mental confusion and malicious parcel shot .
raise byThe Linux Foundationin partnership with the Open Source Security Foundation ( OpenSSF ) andHarvard University , the report follows two previous installments in2015and2020 , respectively . The latest one is available fordownload now .
