Balancing Quality Assurance and Scalability in Modern Open-Source Software: A Review

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Year : 2026 | Volume : 13 | 01 | Page :
    By

    Jajimoggala Snehitha,

  • Manas Kumar Yogi,

  1. Undergraduate Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Surampalem, A.P., India
  2. Assistant Professor, Pragati Engineering College (A), Surampalem, A.P., Surampalem, A.P., India

Abstract

The Modern Open-Source software development has increased rapidly and now is being used as critical infrastructure across the world. As the software expands maintaining high quality while supporting large scale has become the major challenge and tension globally. Traditional quality assurance methods are no longer sufficient when open-source software(oss) projects are handling with millions of users, developers and downloads. This review discusses four main issues: sustainability of package registers when used excessively; security challenges in software supply chains and SBOM adoption; the impact of AI based tools on software quality; human factors such as maintainer burnout. This study shows that the increasing scalability tends to new quality risks. Due to the rapid rise in open-source software, the process of its development, sharing, and maintenance has undergone significant transformation. This is the greatest challenge as the company needs to strike the proper balance between quality assurance and expansion. Testing, security checks, and review of code are all still largely a human burden and community support.

Keywords: Open-Source Software (OSS), AI-assisted software development, Technical Debt, Code Quality, Maintainer Burnout, Software Bill of Materials(SBOM)

How to cite this article:
Jajimoggala Snehitha, Manas Kumar Yogi. Balancing Quality Assurance and Scalability in Modern Open-Source Software: A Review. Journal of Open Source Developments. 2026; 13(01):-.
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Volume 13
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Received 09/03/2026
Accepted 18/04/2026
Published 30/04/2026
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