What are examples of widely-used open source software that started life in the last five years?
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I'd venture not on the desktop. But I'd guess it's moved to dependency components like ruby gems and packages, the nuts and bolts
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I see it's harder than I thought quick googling later: bower, react
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but also may things are already invented and alive there is no need to reinvent the wheel
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oh and maybe
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Does open source hardware count? LulzBot is doing quite well.
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I can't think of any period in open source history where widely-used tools were under 5 years old.
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PHP had explosive & measurable growth, and from 1995-2000 it got to <10% of websites http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/ … https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/01/31/php-just-grows-grows.html …
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Depends on what you mean by life, but I'd argue by number of devs producing it that it's never been stronger.
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And further that the fact that there are fewer overnight explosions (if there ever were) is a sign of open source's growth and maturity.
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