C001 — CI Adoption Rate in Open Source Projects — Input¶
Contents¶
Original Text¶
Only approximately 40% of open source projects use continuous integration at all.
Clarified for Testability¶
Approximately 40% of open source projects (on platforms such as GitHub) have any form of continuous integration (CI) configured, meaning roughly 60% of open source projects do not use CI. The qualifier 'approximately' implies a range around 40% (e.g., 35-45%). 'Use CI at all' means any CI system (GitHub Actions, Travis CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.) is configured, regardless of what it runs.
Embedded Assumptions Surfaced¶
- Assumes a specific population of 'open source projects' — likely GitHub-hosted projects, but the claim does not specify the population or sampling methodology.
- Assumes 'use continuous integration' means having any CI configuration present, not necessarily that CI is actively maintained or running successfully.
- Assumes a specific point in time for measurement, but the claim does not specify when this 40% figure was measured — CI adoption rates have changed significantly over time.
- The word 'only' frames 40% as low, embedding the assumption that higher adoption would be expected or desirable.
Scope¶
| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Domain | Software engineering — CI/CD adoption in open source ecosystems |
| Timeframe | Not specified in the claim; likely refers to studies conducted 2020-2025 based on candidate evidence dates |
| Testability | Testable via empirical studies measuring CI configuration presence across sampled open source repositories. Multiple academic studies and industry surveys have attempted this measurement. |
Vocabulary Map¶
Primary Terms: continuous integration, CI adoption, open source projects, CI/CD
Domain Variants: CI pipeline, build automation, automated builds, CI configuration, CI tooling adoption, GitHub Actions adoption, Travis CI adoption
Related Concepts: continuous delivery, continuous deployment, DevOps adoption, build systems, CI/CD maturity, software development practices survey