How to apply evaluate opensource project?

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Question:

Just want to ask how would you read / learn / evaluate an open source project to see whether it is suitable to apply to your current system? Like what steps you guys taking, etc?

Answer:

• Github stars/how old the open source/latest stable release
• does it come from trustworthy organization (apache, good company..)
• does its well-documented and well-maintained
• Features/documents and community.
• is it actively developing (latest commit …)
• read through its document & samples
• try answer question: does it solve our problems?
• Github issues & code.
• Run small demo see how it works.
• make plan to apply it into internal system / execute plan