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Moderate Activity
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2 days
ago.
Project Summary
C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats
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In a Nutshell, htslib...
...
has had
3,644 commits
made by
107 contributors
representing
82,277 lines of code
...
is
mostly written in C
with
an average number of source code comments
...
has
a well established, mature codebase
maintained by
a large development team
with
increasing Y-O-Y commits
...
took an estimated
21 years of effort
(COCOMO model)
starting with its
first commit in April, 2012
ending with its
most recent commit 7 days
ago
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Code
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Commits per Month
Community
Contributors per Month
Languages
C
90%
6 Other
10%
30 Day Summary
Aug 1 2026 — Aug 31 2026
39
Commits
4
Contributors
12 Month Summary
Aug 31 2025 — Aug 31 2026
208
Commits
Up
+ 76 (57%)
from previous 12 months
12
Contributors
Down
-4 (25%)
from previous 12 months
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Rob Davies
James Bonfield
Andrew Whitwham
Peter Dowdy
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