ABSTRACT
This work presents a comparative study of gender diversity on
GitHub issue tracking based on metrics such as thematic relevance
of comments, developer reputation, plataform participation time
and number of reported issues. Data were extracted and mined from
5 open source and 5 dedicated to women communities. The results
show that, on average, the relevance of comments made by women
is similar to those made by men. In connection with previous work
from literature, the study also shows under-representation and
low participation of women in software projects, with only 22% of
comments posted by women and 16% of issues reported by them.
Finally, the data showed a discrepancy between women and men
platform participation time, being 2 to 9 years to the former, and
4 to 10 years or more to the latter, with a direct impact on the
women’s reputation.