OSS PESTO: An Open Source Software Project Evaluation and Selection TOol

Open source software (OSS), playing an increasingly critical role nowadays, has been commonly adopted and integrated in various products. For many practitioners, selecting adopting suitable OSS can help them greatly. Though studies have conducted on proposing evaluation selection models, a limited number are followed used the industry. Meanwhile, existing tools, though providing valuable details, fall short offering intuitive suggestions terms of framework-supported factors. Towards filling gap, we propose Source Software Project Evaluation Selection TOol (OSS PESTO). Targeting Github, largest code host, it facilitates practice by enabling practitioners to compare candidates therein selected models. It also allows in-time Github data collection customized that enriches its effectiveness ease use.