At a Glance
- Why
- Open source and collaborative projects struggle with managing change proposals, ensuring quality review, and maintaining consistent governance processes across contributors.
- Benefit
- Provides a structured framework for proposing, reviewing, and approving changes, with configurable workflows that adapt to different project governance models.
- For
- Open source maintainers, community managers, and teams building collaborative systems that need formal or semi-formal governance for code and configuration changes.
- Use
- Configure CrowdCode governance rules for your project, integrate with your development workflow, and let contributors submit proposals that flow through your defined review process.
Architecture
Context Diagram
CrowdCode in the collaborative development workflow:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Contributors │
│ (propose & review changes) │
└───────────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┘
│ │
│ submit │ review
▼ ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CrowdCode │
│ (governance framework) │
│ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
│ │ Proposal │ │ Review │ │ Approval │ │
│ │ Tracking │ │ Workflow │ │ Rules │ │
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ │
└───────────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┘
│ │
│ integrates │ notifies
▼ ▼
┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ Git / VCS │ │ Messaging │
│ (GitHub) │ │ (Slack, etc)│
└──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
Internal Architecture
Core components of CrowdCode:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CrowdCode Core │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Governance Engine │ │ │ │ • Rule evaluation │ │ │ │ • Policy enforcement │ │ │ │ • Custom workflow support │ │ │ └───────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ ▼ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Proposal System │ │ │ │ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ Proposal │ │ Review │ │ Voting │ │ │ │ │ │ Store │ │ Queue │ │ Logic │ │ │ │ │ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ │ │ │ └───────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ ▼ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Integration Layer │ │ │ │ • VCS connectors │ │ │ │ • Notification handlers │ │ │ │ • Webhook endpoints │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
How to Use
-
Install CrowdCode
Set up the framework:
npm install @gitbrainlab/crowdcode - Define governance rules Create a governance configuration file specifying approval requirements, review workflows, and voting rules for your project.
- Integrate with your repository Connect CrowdCode to your VCS (e.g., GitHub) to automatically track proposals and enforce governance rules on pull requests.
- Enable contributor workflows Contributors submit proposals through standard mechanisms (PRs, issues), and CrowdCode manages the review and approval process according to your rules.
- Monitor and refine Track proposal metrics, identify bottlenecks, and adjust governance rules to improve collaboration efficiency.