Visualizing Open Source Contributions

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An anonymous reader writes "A student at UC Davis has created some stunning visualizations of open source software contributions, including Eclipse, Python, Apache httpd and Postgres. From the website: 'This visualization, called code_swarm, shows the history of commits in a software project. A commit happens when a developer makes changes to the code or documents and transfers them into the central project repository. Both developers and files are represented as moving elements. When a developer commits a file, it lights up and flies towards that developer. Files are colored according to their purpose, such as whether they are source code or a document. If files or developers have not been active for a while, they will fade away. A histogram at the bottom keeps a reminder of what has come before.'"http://developers.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/06/16/1855209 (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/16/1855209&from=rss)
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