Mapping the open-source ecosystem

Unlike private data, which is not traceable, open-source software is traceable and the dependencies between different libraries and modules of open-source software can best be described as a network Similarly to academic papers in a field of research, projects in an open-source ecosystem use the work of others and are subsequently used by others as research advances. This dissertation uses tools from citation networks and applies them to dependencies in open-source networks taken from the dataset provided by Libraries.io in order to understand the structure and prevailing patterns inherent to open source ecosystems.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Economics

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Davies, Ryan

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Davids, Allan

• open-source ecosystem

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40861

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/40861