[mdehaan]

Yep, this is a pretty lame ranking system. Projects are given more points the more people are registered in them with accounts on the system.

Compare this with what Ohloh does, where someone can be ranked in the top #10 of contributors (or projects) without even signing up.

Ohloh doesn't offer very interesting stats, so I was expecting something more for stats junkies, but this is considerably worse in most all respects.

It will result in Flickr-like interestingness numbers, where people who play in the social network have more ratings, rather than a system that identifies the most important projects or the most widely active developers.

[plunchete]

What kind of stats would you like to view?

We don't feel confortable ranking projects and people based on info from not registered people, just our choice.

One of the things that really differentiates our ranking from Ohloh's is the way we calculate the DevScore. The DevScore it's not a popularity rank and it's not based on the amount of lines. The DevScore tries to measure the impact of your contributions (measure the amount of code, the reputation of the project and the reputation of the people that you work with) and of course we are continuously improving it and open to heard feedback.