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AI-based coding tools are thriving, and maintainers have some valid concerns about the impact on their work

In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...
Chris Grams
by Chris Grams
on October 17, 2024

In the wake of the xz utils hack, two-thirds of maintainers are less trusting of contributors

By Chris Grams on October 15, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Almost half of maintainers feel underappreciated and like the work is thankless

By Chris Grams on October 10, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Paid maintainers do more maintenance and documentation work than unpaid maintainers

By Chris Grams on October 8, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Paid maintainers are significantly more likely to implement critical security practices than unpaid maintainers

By Chris Grams on October 3, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Maintainers are much more likely to align with the OpenSSF Scorecard when they are paid for their work

By Chris Grams on October 1, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Maintainers are spending 3× more time on security than they did a few years ago

By Chris Grams on September 26, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

Who’s paying the maintainers? Donation programs, employers, and Tidelift

By Chris Grams on September 24, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

The more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects

By Chris Grams on September 19, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

60% of maintainers are (still) not paid for their work

By Chris Grams on September 17, 2024
In mid-2024, Tidelift fielded its third survey of open source maintainers. More than 400 maintainers responded and shared details about their work, ...

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