Explore the power of metrics in open source projects through this conference talk on Snoot, an analytics suite for Apache projects. Learn how to assess project health, track diversity, and measure community engagement using various metrics including commit volumes, issue resolution, and communication patterns. Dive into advanced features like diversity charts, cross-project relationships, and foundation-wide comparisons. Gain insights on community oversight expectations for Apache projects and discover how to leverage Snoot's capabilities for project management, trend analysis, and data visualization. Follow along with a live demo and explore topics such as code composition, mailing list activity, contributor analytics, and API documentation to enhance your understanding of open source project dynamics.