Open Source Project Usage Statistics Number of Firefox downloads Number of Firefox users GitHub Stars Forks Commits Choosing an OSS License Doesn't Need to be Scary http://choosealicense.com/ https://www.blackducksoftware.com/resources/data/ FOSSology http://www.fossology.org/projects/fossology FOSSology is a community built to facilitate the study of Free and Open Source Software by providing free and open source data analysis tools. FLOSSmole - Collaborative Collection and Analysis of Free/Libre/Open Source Project Data http://flossmole.org/ Papers - FLOSShub http://flosshub.org/biblio FLOSShub http://flosshub.org/ Portal for Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) Research Resources and Discussion. FEED FLOSShub Recently Added Publications http://flosshub.org/biblio/recent/rss.xml https://github.com/fossology/fossology/ The FOSSology software is a system for analyzing and studying FOSS � Free and Open Source Software. Today people use FOSSology as part of their open source governance activities. Specifically to scan files for licenses and copyrights. http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2013/04/open-source-softwares-opportunity-to-reform-government.html https://www.acquia.com/blog/measuring-community-participation-open-source-projects-data-drupalorg Open Source Shakespeare http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Open_Source_Shakespeare http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/201276/why-is-it-rare-to-collect-analytics-usage-data-in-open-source-software http://www.networkworld.com/article/2228277/opensource-subnet/open-source-status-report-reveals-good-health-and-profits.html https://www.openhub.net/ http://www.opensourcecms.com/general/cms-marketshare.php http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/open-source Surveying Open Source Licenses https://lwn.net/Articles/547400/