A look at GNOME Census
· β 2 min read · βοΈ Sathyajith Bhat
Here are our key findings:
GNOME has a rhythm β there is a measurable increase in activity before release time, and after the annual GNOME conference GUADEC
While over 70% of GNOME developers identify themselves as volunteers, over 70% of the commits to the GNOME releases are made by paid contributors Red Hat are the biggest contributor to the GNOME project and its core dependencies. Red Hat employees have made almost 17% of all commits we measured, and 11 of the top 20 GNOME committers of all time are current or past Red Hat employees.