metacity

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Analyzed about 23 hours ago. based on code collected about 23 hours ago.

Project Summary

Metacity was the default window manager for the GNOME 2 desktop environment. Its focus is on simplicity and usability rather than novelties or gimmicks. Its author has characterized it as a "boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios."

In a Nutshell, metacity...

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has had 5,505 commits made by 519 contributors
representing 59,578 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
with increasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 15 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in May, 2001
ending with its most recent commit 26 days ago

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Thomas Thurman

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Project Security

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