Using pagerank-like algorithms can we use the links between projects and their dependencies to map out what 'civic tech' actually is, how much open source software supports it and how much the civic tech community contributes back? (The answer is yes). Licensed under CC-BY-SA.

1. Beneath The Surface
The State of Civic Tech
TICTec 2017, Firenze

2. Open Source on Civic Tech
The Impact of

3. Civic Tech On Open Source
The Impact of

4. Benjamin Nickolls
Hello
@BenJam (pretty much everywhere)

5. Andrew Nesbitt
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6. Helping you make more informed decisions about the software you
depend upon.Helping you make more informed decisions about the
software you use.
The Open Source Discovery Service
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7. PageRank
We’re really unimaginative
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Image © Clusteric

9. Image © Me (Licensed CC)

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11. 33 Package Managers
23m Repositories
85.6m Dependencies
2.24m Projects
8.44m Versions
Gobble Gobble

13. Discoverability
Maintainability
Sustainability
Why?

14. Discoverability
Recommendations based on what people use

15. Maintainability
Updates monitored, user base reflected back to maintainers

16. Sustainability
Wait? What?

18. Nadia
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19. Roads and Bridges
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20. Roads & Bridges
Shared, public code makes up the digital infrastructure of our society today. In the face of
unprecedented demand, the costs of not supporting our digital infrastructure are numerous.
No individual company or organisation is incentivised to address the public good problem
alone. In order to support our digital infrastructure, we must find ways to work together.
Abridged
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21. What is Digital Infrastructure?
Warning! Assumptions follow

22. 1,000 most depended upon
38,262 contributors
1,061,393
What is ‘Digital Infrastructure’?

24. What is Civic Tech?
Warning, more assumptions follow (forgive me)

26. 4,834 Projects
6,705 Contributors
1,118,039 Commits
What is Civic Tech?

27. Open Source on Civic Tech
The Impact of
Value extracted from the commons

28. 6,355 Projects
81,187 People
2,682,407 Commits
PLUS!

29. 910/1,000 Projects
Impact of Open Source on Civic Tech
Essential to Civic Tech and Open Source

30. Civic Tech on Open Source
The Impact of
Value contributed back to the commons

31. 2,977 contributors
410,625 commits
15% of total
Civic Tech Contribution to Dependencies

32. Civic Tech Contributions
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33. 1,177 contributors
151,415 commits
5.6% of total
Civic Tech Contribution to Digital Infrastructure

34. How healthy are those foundations?
BUT!
Let’s take a peek…

35. 212/1,000 Projects
Unseen Infrastructure
With fewer than 100 ‘stars’, not enough attention

36. 152/1,000 Projects
Bus Factor
With five or fewer contributors

37. 134/1,000 Projects
Unseen+Bus Factor
Really need more attention

38. 60/1,000 Projects
Licence Conflicts
Are incompatibly licenced

39. 5.6% of Digital Infrastructure
Impact of Civic Tech on Open Source
Think more about the software we depended upon
Consider and support maintainers
Focus efforts on projects in need

40. @BenJam
P.S This was a crap coffee
Thanks
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