Open-Source Project Documentation: 'Contributing' Section Link Rot
Tracking the health of links in open-source project 'Contributing' guides.
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Contributing Link Health Count
The count of links found in open-source project 'Contributing' guides, categorized by their health status.
Contributing Guide Link Presence
Whether a 'Contributing' guide was found for a given open-source project.
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About this data
This page monitors the stability of external links found within the 'Contributing' sections of popular open-source projects. We analyse these pages to identify broken links, which can frustrate potential new contributors and hinder project growth. Our analysis focuses on this critical area because it's the first point of contact for many wishing to get involved.
The data presented here is gathered by regularly crawling the 'Contributing' pages of selected open-source projects. We measure the percentage of links that lead to a 'not found' error or are otherwise inaccessible. Additionally, for links that are working, we record their average response time to gauge performance. This metric provides an objective view of how well these important community-facing resources are maintained.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
While general link rot and open-source project health are tracked, there are no readily available public datasets or recurring reports specifically measuring link stability within the 'Contributing' sections of open-source projects.
Uniqueness score 0.90 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.