Empirical study of 1,932 GitHub projects finds 16% abandonment rate with 41% survival via new core developers, supported by survey of maintainers on motivations and barriers.
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On the abandonment and survival of open source projects: An empirical investigation
Empirical study of 1,932 GitHub projects finds 16% abandonment rate with 41% survival via new core developers, supported by survey of maintainers on motivations and barriers.