Black Duck Software KnowledgeBase Reports Surge in Mobile Open Source Projects

"Black Duck metrics highlight momentum and possibility in the market, both for open source software and for enterprise developers and organizations as then," said Jay Lyman, Senior Analyst, 451 Innovation. "Such as we see in cloud computing, open source software is prominent in the mobile space where vibrant mobile operating systems, applications and communities require sufficient knowledge of codebases and proactive approach with policy for efficiency and technology."

The surge in new projects can be attributed to the open source Android platform. There has been an increase in Android shipments and the platform's installed base, fuelling interest in OSS platforms and galvanized community support for Android – all of which drive new project data.

Analysis of the platform trends of those OSS projects which specified a platform revealed that more than 70 percent of new mobile OSS projects are Android-based; iOS projects have gone up since 2011, however overall iOS share of new projects saw a 20-percent dip in the current year.

Surge in demand for security applications

There is as well a surge in demand for security applications, just as OATH.net, which use HOTP and TOTP algorithms to ensure two-factor authentication. Cloud applications just as Cumulus and an Android version of iCloud are as well seeing a surge.