ITHome: 11 of 23 core open-source projects rely on 1-2 maintainers
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ITHome reports 11 of 23 critical open-source projects had only one or two regular contributors in the past year.
ITHome reports that 11 of 23 widely used open-source projects received regular contributions from only one or two developers between 7 October 2025 and 7 October 2026. [1]
xz saw 97 % of its commits from a single developer; sudo had 5,408 of 5,409 changes by Todd Miller; tz database had 218 of 251 changes by Paul Eggert. [1]
Projects with funding showed higher contributor counts: curl gained 11 regular contributors after receiving about $89,700 annually, and OpenSSL grew from 6 to 32 contributors after a $5.4 million grant. [1]
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- 报告称过去 1 年 23 个互联网开源“地基”项目中，11 个只靠 1~2 人支撑维护
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