Contribution activity and bus factor of microsoft/vscode

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Barely warm 〽️

Contribution activity is decreasing

Why microsoft/vscode is barely warm?

The result is based on ratio of number of commits from initial and final time ranges.

Initial time range – from 5 Jul, 2023 to 5 Oct, 2023

Final time range – from 5 Apr, 2024 to 5 Jul, 2024

Additions and deletions stats are not available for this repository due to GitHub API limitations.

Data calculated on 5 Jul, 2024

Bus factor of microsoft/vscode

What is Bus factor?

It is basically a number of most active contributors responsible for 80% of contributions.

Bus factor tries to assess "What happens if a key member of the team is hit by a bus?". The more there are key members, the lower the risk.

The microsoft/vscode repository has a bus factor of 14.

Low risk, knowledge is well distributed among the team members

Bus factor was measured on 14 Aug 2024

Repository summary

The Microsoft/VSCode GitHub repository is the home of Visual Studio Code, a popular source-code editor developed by Microsoft. This repository hosts all the source code for VSCode. It is open to contributions from all developers globally.

The repository includes a detailed README file that showcases the main features of Visual Studio Code, explains how to build and run it from source code, and how to contribute to this project. You'll also find helpful guidelines for submitting issues and a roadmap for the future development of the product.

The repository also includes detailed documentation for developers, such as architecture overviews, coding guidelines, and a list of extension APIs.

The codebase for Visual Studio Code is largely written in TypeScript and uses Electron as a cross-platform development framework.

Some key details of the repository:

Repository Link: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
License: MIT License
Programming Language: TypeScript
Contributions: The project encourages and guides first-time contributors, as well as provides an extensive guide for creating extensions for VS Code.

The Microsoft/vscode repository is a clear demonstration of Microsoft's commitment to open-source development. It is a large and active community of developers that regularly contribute to Visual Studio Code's constant improvement.