The result is based on ratio of number of commits and code additions 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
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 pallets/flask 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
The GitHub repository named "pallets/flask" is the official repository for Flask, a lightweight and versatile Python web framework for web development. Flask was created by Armin Ronacher of Pocoo, an international group of Python enthusiasts. The repository is currently managed by the Pallets Project.
Flask is based on the Werkzeug WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface) toolkit and Jinja2 template engine. It is known for its simplicity and minimalistic approach with the ability of scaling up to complex applications.
The "pallets/flask" repository provides all the necessary resources to learn, use, and contribute to the Flask web framework, including project files, documentation, issue tracking, and version history. It also hosts the source code of the project, which is written in Python.
Key features of Flask are:
Despite being a micro framework, Flask is more than capable for building robust web applications. It can also be extended through a variety of plugins available.
This repository follows standard open-source conventions for contributions, including having a detailed CONTRIBUTING.md
guide and using pull requests for code changes.
The Flask project is open to contributions from anyone willing to participate in open-source development, and is an excellent repository to start contributing to larger projects.