

Contributors is my favorite metric. It shows that there are lots of eyes on the code. Makes it less likely of a single bad actor being able to do bad things.
That said, the supply chain and sometimes packaging is very opaque. So it almost renders all of that moot.
Maybe better to link the source article on this one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html