IoT Projects in FLOSS Foundations, a report based on community data

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IoT Projects in FLOSS Foundations A report based on community data https://iotﬂoss.biterg.io Matt Cantu Snell, Communications and DEI Expert 1

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Effect of the pandemic on IoT open source projects 2

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Two-year snapshots 2018 - 2020 2020 - 2022 3 ↘13% 4,837 # Authors 4,216 # Authors

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IoT Open Source Projects are Staying Strong 4

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Categories Categories ● OS & virtualization ● Protocol ● Integration/Gateway ● Processing ● Persistence ● Framework ● Platform ● Application ● Fog ● Ecosystem 5

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Category Context 6 OS & Virtualization Processing Framework Platform Protocol Application Integration Fog Ecosystem Persistence Catalogue Categories ● Every project provides unique value ● The categories help us understand the value Top Projects by Category

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Foundations 7

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Foundation niches Category Leading Foundation OS & Virtualization Linux Foundation Framework Linux Foundation Processing Apache Software Foundation Persistence Apache Software Foundation Ecosystem Fiware Integration/gateway Fiware & Eclipse Foundation Platform Eclipse Foundation Application Eclipse Foundation Protocol Eclipse Foundation Fog Eclipse Foundation 8

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Foundations and organizations Summarized Findings ● Organizations focus on one foundation at a time ● This practice causes strong bonds between partners ● It can also hinder cross-collaboration 9

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Cross-collaboration Summarized Findings ● Silos built from strong business relationships ● Little cross-collaboration between foundations in git contributions ● This could be improved 10

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Foundation-Supported IoT Open Source is Stronger 11

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Contribution Trends with Foundations 12 Projects with Foundation Support ● More stable and resilient Other projects ● Hit harder by lockdown

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Summarized Findings ● Zephyr is the leader ● Apache Camel is growing ● New player: NuttX Projects 13

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Summarized Findings ● Leading its category (OS) ● Many organizations are active ● Steady stream of commits ● Substantial growth over 2 years The Zephyr Project 14

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Zephyr is strong despite the pandemic 15 Zephyr Global

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Two-year snapshots 2018 - 2020 2020 - 2022 16 Global Zephyr ↗49% ↘13% 4,837 # Authors 610 # Authors 908 # Authors 4,216 # Authors

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How was it done? ● Dashboard made with Bitergia Analytics ○ GrimorieLab FLOSS toolset for software development analytics. ○ Part of CHAOSS, a Linux Foundation project: ■ https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab It’s no secret! 17

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Acknowledgement The metrics and categories stay the same, but the data is refreshed Valerio Cosentino Álvaro del Castillo 18

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Explore the data 19 ● Ask Bitergia as needed ● Access dashboard: iotﬂoss.biterg.io

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Hopeful for the future We have already overcome! ● The work is still happening ● The projects are still growing ● The future looks bright for open source IoT 20

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Questions Gut check - does the data make sense? ● Gut check - does the data make sense? ● How can we make cross-connections? ● Can data help you with these issues? 21

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Matt Cantu Snell mcantu@bitergia.com www.linkedin.com/in/matt-cantu-snell Thank You! 22