This post was originally published on Codacy blog by me: I believe the Open Source movement is the biggest breakthrough in software development. Open Source has allowed many projects to increase the number of contributors (and contributions) to unreachable standards for any enterprise. Just take a look at the Linux kernel, which counts with 500,000+ commits and 5,600+ contributors. In this evolution, platforms such as SourceForge, Google Code, Bitbucket, and especially GitHub played a fundame...