C001 — CI Adoption Rate: 40% Figure Is Outdated — Input¶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 hosted on major platforms (primarily GitHub) have adopted any form of continuous integration (CI), meaning roughly 60% of open source projects do not use CI at all. This claim asserts a specific adoption rate as of recent measurement (2020-2025 era studies).
Embedded Assumptions Surfaced¶
- Assumes a specific definition of 'open source projects' — it is unclear whether this means all public repositories, repositories with a minimum activity threshold, or repositories meeting some other criterion.
- Assumes 'use continuous integration' means having any CI configuration present, but does not specify whether CI must be active, passing, or merely configured.
- Assumes a particular time window for measurement — CI adoption rates have been changing over time, and the 40% figure may reflect a specific snapshot.
- The word 'approximately' introduces a tolerance band but does not define it — does 35% or 45% still count as approximately 40%?
Scope¶
| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Domain | Software engineering — CI/CD adoption in open source ecosystems |
| Timeframe | 2020-2025 (era of GitHub Actions mainstream adoption) |
| Testability | Testable via empirical studies of CI adoption rates across large samples of open source repositories, mining GitHub/GitLab for CI configuration files, and published surveys of OSS maintainers. |
Vocabulary Map¶
Primary Terms: continuous integration, CI adoption, open source projects, CI/CD
Domain Variants: automated builds, build automation, CI pipeline, CI configuration, CI service, GitHub Actions adoption, Travis CI, CircleCI, Jenkins
Related Concepts: DevOps adoption, software engineering practices, CI/CD maturity, build system, automated testing, CI provider market share