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Project Summary

Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more.

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alpha amd64 arm distribution distro gentoo gnu_linux hardened hppa ia64 linux live-cd mips operating operating_system os portage ppc ppc64 s390 sparc system x86

In a Nutshell, Gentoo Linux...

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has had 1,945,454 commits made by 4,372 contributors
representing 4,664,970 lines of code
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is mostly written in Ebuild
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 1,391 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 2000
ending with its most recent commit 3 days ago

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Gentoo Foundation

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(81 Locations)

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Robin H. Johnson and Matt Turner

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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Languages

Ebuild	75%
XML	9%
41 Other	16%

30 Day Summary

Jul 28 2026 — Aug 27 2026

6765 Commits
124 Contributors
including 10 new contributors

12 Month Summary

Aug 27 2025 — Aug 27 2026

102245 Commits
Down -20197 (16%) from previous 12 months
500 Contributors
Down -37 (6%) from previous 12 months

Most Recent Contributors

	Sam James		Mike Pagano
	Pacho Ramos		...s Sturmlechner
	Arthur Zamarin		...ar W. Pogatzki

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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for gentoo/portage-utils )

Repository URL: https://github.com/gentoo/portage-utils

Version: 507038c7ef46fb8169dcf3d2c4fb33ad217ac282

2026-08-25
Last Analyzed

65,319
Lines of Code Analyze

0.21
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

250
Total defects

14
Outstanding

222
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID	CWE-Name	Number of Defects
190	Integer Overflow or Wraparound	1