2023 State of Open Source Report ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[openlogic.com]] - Full Title: 2023 State of Open Source Report - Category: #articles - Document Note: • Security and Compliance: - Maintaining security policies and compliance is the top support challenge for organizations using open source. • Other Challenges: - Other challenges include ensuring compliance with open source licenses, managing open source dependencies, and troubleshooting and resolving open source issues. • Benefits of Open Source: - Benefits include cost savings, faster development cycles, access to a larger talent pool, and greater innovation. : • Security and Compliance: - Maintaining security policies or compliance is the top support challenge for organizations using open source. 1. What are the most popular open source technologies being used today? 2. What are the main support challenges with open source software? 3. What industries are actively sponsoring open source organizations? This year's State of Open Source Report reveals that open source software usage has increased significantly, with 80.04% affirming that they have increased their open source usage and 41.28% noting a significant increase. The report also shows that maintaining security policies or compliance is the top support challenge for organizations using open source. In terms of open source investments, open source databases and data technologies come in third. Additionally, the report shows that organizations of all sizes are using open source, with responses from every major region in the world. Finally, the report demonstrates that firms in the Technology, Manufacturing, Consulting or Professional Services, Banking, Insurance or Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Media or Gaming industries all sponsor open source projects. This year's report shows a clear trend of increasing adoption of open source software. 80.04% of respondents reported an increase in their use of open source, and 41.28% reported a significant increase. The survey results indicate that open source software is being used in organizations of all sizes and in all major regions of the world. The most invested-in categories of open source software are infrastructure, programming languages/runtimes, and databases/data technologies. The main support challenges reported are maintaining security policies or compliance. Popular open source infrastructure tools and Linux distributions include Navy Linux, Other Infrastructure Software, and Linux Distributions. Additionally, the survey results show that personnel experience and proficiency is a greater support challenge than installations, upgrades, and configuration issues. Open source maturity is highest in the technology industry, and Firmware or Embedded Systems Developers seem to be particularly involved in sponsoring open source organizations. This year's State of Open Source Report surveyed organizations across the world and found that open source software usage is steadily rising, with 80.04% of respondents affirming that they have increased their open source usage compared to 77% the year before. The report also found that open source software is being used across a wide spectrum of technology types, with open source databases and data technologies being the most invested in terms of projects, budget, and resources. Security, personnel experience, and proficiency were identified as the top support challenges with open source software, and the report showed that organizations of all sizes are working with open source. The 2023 State of Open Source Report shows that the use of open source software is on the rise, with 80.04% affirming that they have increased their open source use and 41.28% noting a significant increase. The survey results showed that organizations of all sizes, from all regions, are using open source software, with particular investment in databases and data technologies, infrastructure tools, cloud-native open source technologies, programming languages/runtimes, frameworks, data technologies, SDLC and build technologies, infrastructure automation and configuration technologies, and continuous integration/continuous delivery tools. The survey also revealed that maintaining security policies or compliance is the top support challenge for organizations using open source. Additionally, the report showed that the technology industry is the most active sponsor of open source, followed by Manufacturing, Consulting or Professional Services, Banking, Insurance or Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Media or Gaming. 1. What are the top open source infrastructure technologies? 2. What are the most common support challenges while using open source software? 3. What industries are most actively sponsoring open source organizations? - Document Tags: [[open source]] [[shortlist]] - URL: https://www.openlogic.com/system/files/ebook-openlogic-the-2023-state-of-open-source-report_0.pdf Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/29989026), 2023 State of Open Source Report, openlogic.com, 01gqsmz6xby7me0x8ryyf7856j.