Real-time Open Source Indexes: Databases, Headless CMSs and Static Site Generators

Hi DEV Community!

Here at Runa Capital every quarter we publish ROSS Index - the fastest-growing open-source startups by Github stars ⭐. ROSS index appeared to be a decent predictor for future rounds as around 40% of early-stage startups raised $750M+ totally after being mentioned in the index. But it has some inevitable flaws. Github stars are barely a community strength metric and manual quarterly updates are hardly scalable. So we decided to take a step forward and create a few more OSS indexes, which will be updated automatically and based on the most important metrics for open-source projects — contributors.

Now we present the first three open-source indexes — databases, headless CMSs and static site generators.

Open-Source Database Index

We have published Open-Source Database Index with daily updated metrics, and there are 3 clear leaders with the highest number of active contributors:

1. ClickHouse (349 active contributors). Originated in 2009 at Yandex and now developed by ClickHouse, Inc. (valued at $2B in 2021).
2. Spark SQL (302 active contributors). Founded in 2009 at UC Berkeley and commercialized by Databricks (valued at $38B in 2021).
3. ElasticSearch (257 active contributors). Founded in 2010, developed and commercialized by Elastic (NYSE: ESTC, $7.2 market cap).

Open-Source Headless CMS Index

The index of open-source headless CMSs with all important metrics is updated daily on our website, and it has 4 clear leaders by the number of active contributors:

1. Directus (161 active contributors). Founded in 2004 in Brooklyn and raised $1M.
2. Pimcore (134 active contributors). Founded in 2010 in Salzburg and raised $3.5M.
3. Netlify CMS (101 active contributors). Founded in 2016 in San Francisco and developed by Netlify (valued at $2B in 2021).
4. Strapi (100 active contributors). Founded in 2016 in Paris and raised $14M.

Open-Source Static Site Generator Index

Open-Source Static Site Generator Index with all crucial metrics is updated on a daily basis on our website, and there are 3 clear leaders with the highest number of active contributors:

1. Next.js (495 active contributors). Founded in 2016 and developed by Vercel (valued at $2.5B in 2021).
2. Gatsby (322 active contributors). Founded in 2015 in Berkeley and raised $47M.
3. Docusaurus (279 active contributors). Founded in 2017 and developed by Facebook (NASDAQ: FB, $542.5 market cap).

Conclusion

Read more interesting insights of open-source databases, headless CMSs and static site generators on our blog.

What are other OS areas that need to be covered? Don’t hesitate to share your ideas with me.