GeeXboX

I Use This!

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Analyzed 1 day ago. based on code collected 1 day ago.

Project Summary

GeeXboX is a free embedded Linux distribution which aims at turning your computer into a so called HTPC (Home Theater PC) or Media Center. It targets multiple devices, from regular x86 or PowerPC based computers to ARM and MIPS embedded devices.

Despite his tiny size, the distribution comes with a complete and automatic hardware detection, not requiring any driver to be added. It supports playback of nearly any kind of audio/video and image files and all known codecs and containers are shipped in, allowing playing them through various physical supports, either being CD, DVD, Blu-ray HDD, LAN or Internet.

In a Nutshell, GeeXboX...

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has had 16,211 commits made by 47 contributors
representing 37,171 lines of code
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is mostly written in shell script
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by nobody
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 9 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in August, 2003
ending with its most recent commit over 9 years ago

Quick Reference

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Code Locations:

https://github.com/GeeXboX/geexbox

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Managers:

Guillaume Lecerf, Benjamin Zores, Mathieu Schroeter, and Davide Cavalca

Licenses

GNU General Public License v2.0 or later

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This Project has No vulnerabilities Reported Against it

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