Activity of nodejs/node repository

Stable ✅

Constant contribution activity

Why nodejs/node is stable?

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

Initial time range – from 14 Aug, 2023 to 14 Nov, 2023

Final time range – from 15 May, 2024 to 14 Aug, 2024

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

Data calculated on 14 Aug, 2024

Bus factor

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 nodejs/node repository has a bus factor of 59.

Low risk, knowledge is well distributed among the team members

Bus factor was measured on 14 Aug 2024

Summary of nodejs/node

The nodejs/node repository is the main repository of the Node.js project, an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment. Node.js runs the V8 JavaScript engine, the core of Google Chrome, outside of the browser. This allows Node.js to be very efficient and lightweight, making it perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

The repository contains the source code for Node.js, as well as documentation, various scripts needed to build the project from source and test it. The repo is maintained by the Node.js team, which include both employees of various companies like IBM, Microsoft, and others, as well as independent open source contributors.

Here are some other important points:

Node.js uses a non-blocking event-driven I/O model, which makes it efficient and lightweight—an ideal solution for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Highly criticized in the beginning due to the callback hell problem, but now with the introduction of async-await, this problem has been completely solved.
The project's development and release process is laid out in their README, along with instructions for building it from source and how to contribute.
Furthermore, the repository operates based on a Code of Conduct to ensure respect and safety within the community.

Here is the link to the repository: Node.js GitHub Repository

Also note that anyone interested in contributing to the project should read and follow their contributing guide. They have a good number of issues labeled good first issue which can be a good start for beginners.