Daniel Stenberg, the creator of curl, describes his journey creating 100 custom graphs to visualize the curl project's development metrics over time. He built a static SVG-based visualization system using gnuplot to track code growth, contributor activity, and other project health indicators beyond GitHub's limited graphs. This provides developers with a comprehensive dashboard-like view of curl's evolution.
Background
curl is a widely-used command-line tool and library for transferring data with URLs, supporting numerous protocols. Monitoring the health and growth of such a long-lived, critical open-source project is important for its maintainers and the broader community.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Mar 15, 2026 at 07:44 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10