In January, we wanted to learn more about if and how QGIS users contribute back to the project. We received 299 responses from all over the world:
55% of responders have contributed to the project in the past:
Responders who stated that they had contributed to QGIS were asked to specify what kind of contributions they had provided. This question was multiple-choice. Time contributions are generally more common than financial contributions. 30% of responders helped by creating reproducible bug reports and 24% implemented improvements themselves. The most common financial contribution are personal donations to QGIS.ORG at 17%.
Membership in user groups, contracting developers / documentation writers / translators, or having a support contract with a QGIS support provider are less common amongst responders:
Responders who stated that they had not contributed to QGIS most commonly stated that they didn’t know how to contribute (26%), while lacking financial resources were only raised by 10% of responders:
New question
This month, we’d like to know which plugins you think should be advertised as “featured” on the official QGIS plugin repository.
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