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Open-Source Project README Emoji Sentiment Drift
The page measures the average emoji sentiment score for each project's README file. Scores are derived by mapping each emoji present in the README to a sentiment value from a standard emoji sentiment lexicon and then averaging those values per project at regular intervals. The data comes from automated scraping of publicly available READMEs in active open-source repositories.
Observing how this average shifts over time can reveal changes in community tone, project communication style, or broader cultural trends within the open-source ecosystem. Because the analysis is broken down by project and updated continuously, it offers a granular view of sentiment drift that is not otherwise published.