Assessing open source software health in organizations’ intake processes: A qualitative study on the practitioners’ perspective

The increasing reliance on Open Source Software (OSS) in organizations’ software supply chains necessitates robust mechanisms in the intake process to ensure sourced components’ long-term viability and maintenance. Assessing OSS project health in the intake process is complex due to the wide range of socio-technical factors involved. This study aims to explore how the health of OSS projects may be assessed by practitioners from organizations’ intake perspective. We conducted a qualitative interv