Bus factor (BF) is a metric that tracks knowledge distribution in a project. It is the minimal number of engineers that have to leave for a project to stall. Despite the fact that there are several algorithms for calculating the bus factor, only a few tools allow easy calculation of bus factor and convenient analysis of results for projects hosted on Git-based providers.
We introduce Bus Factor Explorer, a web application that provides an interface and an API to compute, export, and explore the Bus Factor metric via treemap visualization, simulation mode, and chart editor. It supports repositories hosted on GitHub and enables functionality to search repositories in the interface and process many repositories at the same time. Our tool allows users to identify the files and subsystems at risk of stalling in the event of developer turnover by analyzing the VCS history.
The application and its source code are publicly available on GitHub at https://github.com/JetBrains-Research/bus-factor-explorer. The demonstration video can be found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uIoV79N14z8
Tue 12 SepDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
10:30 - 12:00 | Open Source and Software Ecosystems 1Research Papers / Tool Demonstrations at Room E Chair(s): Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary | ||
10:30 12mTalk | An Empirical Study of Malicious Code In PyPI Ecosystem Research Papers Wenbo Guo School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Zhengzi Xu Nanyang Technological University, Chengwei Liu Nanyang Technological University, Cheng Huang School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Yong Fang School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University Pre-print | ||
10:42 12mTalk | Understanding and Remediating Open-Source License Incompatibilities in the PyPI Ecosystem Research Papers Weiwei Xu Peking University, Hao He Carnegie Mellon University, Kai Gao University of Science and Technology Beijing, Minghui Zhou Peking University Pre-print | ||
10:54 12mTalk | Mitigating Persistence of Open-Source Vulnerabilities in Maven Ecosystem Research Papers Lyuye Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Chengwei Liu Nanyang Technological University, Sen Chen Tianjin University, Zhengzi Xu Nanyang Technological University, Lingling Fan Nankai University, Lida Zhao Nanyang Technological University, Yiran Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University | ||
11:06 12mTalk | Bus Factor Explorer Tool Demonstrations Egor Klimov JetBrains Research, Muhammad Umair Ahmed Bilkent University, Nikolai Sviridov JetBrains Research, Pouria Derakhshanfar JetBrains Research, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University, Vladimir Kovalenko JetBrains Research Media Attached | ||
11:30 12mTalk | EALink: An Efficient and Accurate Pre-Trained Framework for Issue-Commit Link Recovery Research Papers Chenyuan Zhang Xiamen University, Yanlin Wang Sun Yat-sen University, Zhao Wei Tencent, Yong Xu Tencent, Juhong Wang Tencent, Hui Li Xiamen University, Rongrong Ji Xiamen University Pre-print Media Attached | ||
11:42 12mTalk | Fork Entropy: Assessing the Diversity of Open Source Software Projects' ForksRecorded talk Research Papers Liang Wang Nanjing University, Zhiwen Zheng State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Xiangchen Wu State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Baihui Sang State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Jierui Zhang Nanjing University, Xianping Tao Nanjing University Media Attached | ||