Episode 96: What's new with GrimoireLab, the open-source community analytics platform

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Oct 31, 2024

Courtney Robertson, a seasoned WordPress contributor and Developer Advocate at GoDaddy, joins Santiago Dueñas, the GrimoireLab project leader and CTO of Bitergia, to discuss community analytics. They explore GrimoireLab's evolution from university research to a key tool for tracking community health. Courtney shares how WordPress leverages the platform for contributor recognition, while Santi delves into technical enhancements like transitioning to OpenSearch. They also touch on the importance of user feedback and automation in tracking community contributions.

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INSIGHT

GrimoireLab's Integrated Platform Evolution

GrimoireLab is an integrated analytics platform building upon earlier tools known as Metrics Grimoire.
It centralizes data collection, enrichment, and visualization across multiple sources into one system.

ANECDOTE

Courtney's CHAOSSCon Inspiration

Courtney Robertson shared how CHAOSSCon inspired her to improve WordPress community sustainability using data tools like GrimoireLab.
She credited the event for connecting her with experts and boosting her efforts in measuring project health.

ADVICE

Automate Community Data Integration

Automate data collection across all community tools like GitHub, Track, Slack, and Help Scout to fully represent contribution.
Collaborate on open source solutions for data integration to ease tracking and reporting workloads.

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CHAOSScast – Episode 96

In this episode, host Georg Link is joined by guests Courtney Robertson and Santiago (Santi) Dueñas to discuss the latest updates and future directions of GrimoireLab, an open-source tool designed to analyze community health metrics. They dive into how GrimoireLab originated, its current usage, and how organizations like WordPress and Bitergia are utilizing it for community contribution tracking. They explore the challenges of scaling the tool and the needs for further automation and data source integration. Courtney shares insights on how WordPress uses GrimoireLab to track contributors, improve sustainability, and automate reporting, while Santi explains the technical evolution of GrimoireLab, including moving to OpenSearch and improving database performance. Hit download now to hear more!

[00:00:57] Courtney shares her background in Word Press and contributions to the community since 2005.

[00:02:07] Santi introduces himself and talks about the origins of GrimoireLab as a spinoff from Bitergia.

[00:03:34] Georg explains his role as co-founder of the CHAOSS project and its connection to GrimoireLab.

[00:05:04] Santi discusses the history and name origins of GrimoireLab.

[00:09:21] Courtney talks about her journey using GrimoireLab for WordPress metrics and how it helps improve contributor recognition and shares a story how she met Georg for the first time at a CHAOSScon.

[00:16:38] Courtney shares her “Wish list” for WordPress community data tracking, including new data sources and scaling challenges.

[00:25:04] Santi explains the current focus on improving GrimoireLab’s scalability and performance.

[00:27:55] Georg shares final thoughts on future developments.

[00:29:47] Find out where you can follow Courtney and Santi online.

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