Open Source Software

Virtual BoF: Resilient data, software, science, and culture

A panel discussion on how the scientific Python community can build resilience into data, software, science and culture, crowdsourcing ideas for how SciPy (including future conferences) can serve as a vehicle for bolstering scientific open ecosystems.

Community Management for Sustainable Software

Sustainable software depends as much on people and practices as it does on code. In this talk, I’ll draw on my experience leading and supporting R communities to show how intentional community management contributes to long-term software sustainability.

🎙️ Podcast de R - Episodio 2 - Estación R

En este segundo episodio repasamos los mejores paquetes nuevos de R que llegaron a CRAN en enero de 2026. De 243 paquetes nuevos, seleccionamos los 10 más destacados usando un proceso con tres LLMs. Lo analizamos junto a Yanina Bellini Saibene.

R-Multiverse

R-multiverse es un nuevo repositorio dual gestionado por la comunidad que funciona con la infraestructura de código abierto R-universe.

Implementing Software Peer Review. Tips and Examples

Peer review is a helpful tool for ensuring high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software. In this document, we share insights discussed in the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative’s Essential Open Source Software program community call held on January 29, 2025, featuring rOpenSci’s Noam Ross.

The stories behind your community numbers

In this keynote I invite you to reflect on how to measure the impact of our work in our communities. I share two frameworks we use at rOpenSci and severals tool to measure different aspects of our work and our impact, not only with numbers, but with stories

Measuring and Assessing Open Source Project Impact and Community Health. A CZI EOSS Community Call Resource

Open source software (OSS) projects are increasingly interested in tracking the impact of their packages and the health of their communities. The motivation to measure these attributes comes from both internal needs and external demands: Internally, project leaders use these measurements to set development roadmaps, make strategic decisions about resource allocation, and ensure that they are providing a welcoming, productive environment for contributors and users. Externally, projects use impact and health measurements to raise funds, report to funders, market their tools, and support career development for people who have contributed.