Andrew Nesbitt

Maintainer of poodles, also on

[Aura @SecurityAura]

I can't breathe 😂

Credits: @teabass

https://t.co/fJ56inVajZ

[Changelog @changelog]

🎙️ new episode with @teabass! 👏

Andrew builds tools and open datasets to support, sustain, and secure critical digital infrastructure.

He’s been exploring the world of open source metadata for over a decade. First with @librariesio and now with @ecosyste_ms , which tracks over 12 million packages, 287 million repos, 24.5 billion dependencies, and 1.9 million maintainers.

What has Andrew learned from all this, who is using this open dataset, and how does he hope others can build on top of it all? Tune in to find out. 👇

[Michael @mischeiwiller]

🚀 We're launching https://t.co/YNrJmLfLsS, a community-driven initiative to support open source projects that address climate change and biodiversity loss. These are among the most pressing challenges of our time, yet open source efforts in these areas remain alarmingly underfunded. While significant resources are being spent on areas such as artificial intelligence and security, the environmental sector is largely left empty-handed when it comes to open source solutions. It's time to change that.

🌉 https://t.co/YNrJmLfLsS aims to bridge this gap by funding an ecosystem built on transparency, trust, and collaboration to advance climate-friendly technologies and measurable environmental impact.

🤔 What can you do?
In our first funding round, we’re introducing a “positive snowball system" to empower the community and drive meaningful change. Here’s what you can do:
1️⃣ Identify a high impact project missing in the OpenSustaintech directory.
2️⃣ Submit it through our review process using the Contributing Guide on opensustaintech, which outlines the steps for nominating impactful open source initiatives.
3️⃣ Nominate another project from the opensustaintech funding directory to receive a 100€ funding.

💰 The first funding round distributes 10,000€ in this manner.

👉 Preparing for Round 2
We believe that investing in the right open source projects creates a cascading effect accelerating sustainable transformation. We can not rely on black-box knowledge, because the decisions we make today are so critical. That’s why this first funding round is just the beginning. Our goal is to evaluate and maximize the impact of individual projects.

🫴 Join Us in Disrupting the Status Quo
Visit https://t.co/YNrJmLfLsS today to learn more, nominate projects and spread the word with Hashtag
Hashtag#openclimatefund

🙏 Thanks to @teabass from @ecosyste_ms, Benjamin Nickolls from @OpenSourceColl , Tobias Augspurger from @protontypes and @richlitt from @SustainOSS to make this project happen!
🌐 Read the full blog post on OpenSustainTech: https://t.co/4GNFhpAOsV

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@bcomnes I believe there was, a lot have been removed since but quite a few remain, all depending upon each other too

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

Just noticed a huge bump in packages published to npm yesterday, one user published over 43,000 new packages! https://t.co/C3wOmrNvD1

Looks like just spam, they are just readmes with telegram links, but kinda wild that there's no limits on the npm registry to that kind of spam.

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@GreyNoiseIO Thanks for the @ecosyste_ms shout out!

[Funding the Commons @FundingCommons]

How can we gauge the real-world impact of open-source software? 💻🌍

Join @teabass from @Ecosyste_ms at #FtCBerkeley for a deep dive into assessing and enhancing the value and influence of open-source projects.

👉 Register for Apr 13-14, SF: https://t.co/90NkMAm9VO

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@momack28 @FundingCommons @ecosyste_ms Yay, it's been too long!!

[Octobox @octoboxio]

https://t.co/OiZci7AZrl is down right now for a quick bit of emergency maintainence, won't be long, sorry for the inconvenience!

[Ecosyste.ms @ecosyste_ms]

Here's our 2023 End of Year Update: https://t.co/ROqURZsC6T

[Open Sustainable Technology @protontypes]

We just launched https://t.co/VgAIHxdid1, a platform helping you to contribute to #opensource projects focused on climate technology and sustainability. Start making your first meaningful contribution to #climatechange, #sustainable #energy, #biodiversity and natural resources.

[24 Pull Requests @24PullRequests]

We're moving to Mastodon: https://t.co/F7xLDDbojt

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@wwwjim @EricVicenti @peterpme @IPFS I’ve got millions of npm and go packages stored on ipfs and filecoin via https://t.co/AahcpdRn81: https://t.co/bk4sgqgv9j

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@avi_press @scarf_oss Are the slides or video from your talk online anywhere?

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

Network failure at the @octoboxio host this morning, so may be down for an hour or so, sorry!

[Open Sustainable Technology @protontypes]

Thanks to https://t.co/ZN4ftj9Cug and @teabass 's outstanding support, we've seen a massive increase in new projects discoved in environmental sustainability. Instead of stars, we have found better criteria for identifying high-impact projects. #opensource #Sustainability

[Ecosyste.ms @ecosyste_ms]

Last week we published a huge batch of open data releases: https://t.co/oTHidDUeOm

[Ecosyste.ms @ecosyste_ms]

We're on Mastodon as well now: https://t.co/6nOvRqi1kQ

[PackagingCon @packagingcon]

We're excited to be back!
And the CFP is finally open.

Check out our new website at https://t.co/rpNgseLF1y with all the details – we can't wait to welcome software package management aficionados in Berlin in October.

[Andrew Nesbitt @teabass]

@chadfowler @momack28 Happy to help, I’m also working on https://t.co/bTzENo44p1 that has a lot of data and tools for those kind of tasks, feel free to open issues or drop me a DM for more feature requests

[BenJam @BenJam]

After a year of work, @ecosyste_ms now indexes more packages than @librariesio

It's been a long journey for @teabass and I since our work on Libraries but Ecosystems is already powering the next generation of researchers, policymakers and application developers in open source ✌️