New research indicates that the majority of today’s apps are built with open source software (OSS), which once again demonstrates its importance
according to Octoverse 2022 Report from GitHub (Opens in a new tab) In the case of open source software, 90% of Fortune 100 companies use OSS for some capacity, compared to the results of the company’s first report in 2012 where companies were only using OSS to power their web servers.
This year alone, there were 413 million contributions from OSS to GitHub from 94 million users of the platform, the company indicated.
Open source software in 2022
Commercially backed open source software projects are on the rise, the report added, indicating that about a third of Fortune 100 companies now have an Open Source Software Office (OSPO) to coordinate their OSS strategies.
Commercially backed projects have proven particularly popular among first-time shareholders, who make up about half of their business.
Not all news is good, though Summary of the Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) Report (Opens in a new tab) For 2022, it found that despite a steady 3% year-over-year decrease in vulnerabilities, more than 80% of the analyzed code bases still contain at least one vulnerability.
The results showed a promising reduction in high-risk vulnerabilities, showing a reduction of 11%.
This may in part be due to a lack of maintenance, as 88% of the code bases investigated have not shown any signs of updating in the past 24 months.
According to GitHub VP of Developer Relations, Martin Woodward, who claims that OSS is the foundation of 99% of the world’s software, “there are a number of benefits to open source, from providing an environment to work quickly and flexibly, to enabling collaboration from developers around the world.”
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