GNOME Shell

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Analyzed 5 days ago. based on code collected 5 days ago.

Project Summary

The GNOME Shell handles the parts "around" the applications in GNOME. It replaces functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME.

In a Nutshell, GNOME Shell...

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has had 20,100 commits made by 912 contributors
representing 128,834 lines of code
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is mostly written in JavaScript
with a low number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 33 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2008
ending with its most recent commit 8 days ago

Quick Reference

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Code Locations:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/g...

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Managers:

Colin Walters

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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