Description: Source code for the “project type” badges site
Nadia Eghbal's acclaimed book, Working in Public , introduces a novel way of classifying different types of open source projects. By examining the rate of user growth and contributor growth for any given project, Nadia arrives at four different classifications: toys , clubs , stadiums , and federations .
The graphic below from Working in Public (used with permission from Nadia) provides a quick overview of the differences between these classifications, but more specific information about each classification is further below.
Like the name suggests, toys are small projects with low (or no) contributor growth and low (or no) user growth. This includes the one-off projects you put on GitHub and never expect anyone else to use (like this code from a JS fractal tutorial). Esoteric programming languages like Piet likely also fit in this category.