Open Source Software for Social Good

In this project, we explore OSS for Social Good (OSS4SG) from the perspective of the builders. We investigate how the scale of project impact can influence how the projects contributors select what to work on, their contribution patterns, and how they contribute to general OSS projects overall.

Here is a quick 10 minute video explaining what we found:

The hallmark paper can be found here (opens in new tab):

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Related Resources:

• GitHub Social Impact Website (opens in new tab)
  • GitHub Social Impact Report (opens in new tab)
• GitHub State of the Octoverse Report – Empowering Healthy Communities feature (opens in new tab)
• Supplemental Materials for this project can be found  at (opens in new tab)