Abstract
There is no denying the fact that large amounts of data is generated in almost all our daily activities. With the increased volumes of data there is an acute need for new tools that can help make sense of these large volumes of data and provide useful actionable pointers. As the saying goes, a picture is worth thousand words. So visualizing the data makes it easier to grasp the salient aspects of the data and possibly opens the doors for greater insights. What better way to do it than in the most cost effective way or simply free of cost, at least in terms of purchase or usage costs. Open source software provides such cost free options to process and visualize data. This study analyses the availability and accessibility of Data Visualization software on the Source Forge website, undeniably, a large repository of open source software resources. Limiting the search to Business & Enterprise category, and using “Data Visualization” key word, a total of 42 applications are identified and their data is downloaded and analyzed. It is hoped that the results will help users to be aware of various Data Visualization Open-source software options currently available for use. It is also intended that the results will help users understand the current state of Open Source Data Visualization Software development.
Highlights
What is Open Source? The term Open source originated in the context of software development to designate a specific approach to creating computer programs [1]
Not much attention is given in academic literature to the availability of and characteristics of open source software (OSS) in Data Visualization. This study explores these issues with an analysis of Data Visualization related Open sources software (OSS) projects on Source-Forge, a large repository of open source projects
United States is at the forefront being the host country for three or more of the top ten projects followed by Germany with two projects and China, Indian, Russia and Saudi Arabia as source countries for one each of the top eight ten data Visualization projects
Summary
What is Open Source? The term Open source originated in the context of software development to designate a specific approach to creating computer programs [1]. Metrics recorded and date of collected For each of the 42 Data Visualization software in the business & enterprise field, the following data was collected: software name, date registered, date last updated, intended audience, programming language, languages, OS versions available, review & rating (on a scale of 5.0), total downloads, top download country, top downloaded OS, license type.
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