a summary of community statistics from <a href="https://github.com/apache/flink" target="_blank">GitHub</a>. At the time of writing:</p>
<ul>
  <li><b>Contributors</b> have increased from 150 in December 2015 to 258 in December 2016 (up <b>72%</b>)</li>
  <li><b>Stars</b> have increased from 813 in December 2015 to 1830 in December 2016 (up <b>125%</b>)</li>
  <li><b>Forks</b> have increased from 544 in December 2015 to 1255 in December 2016 (up <b>130%</b>)</li>
</ul>
<p>The community also welcomed <b>3 ne