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Your source for annual insights into the state of open source and public software projects on GitHub. From the most popular programming languages and repositories to emerging technologies and community engagement patterns, we offer data-driven reports that highlight key metrics, success stories, and the overall health of the open-source ecosystem.
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What 986 million code pushes say about the developer workflow in 2025
Nearly a billion commits later, the way we ship code has changed for good. Here’s what the 2025 Octoverse data says about how devs really work now.
Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1
In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.
Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges
In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how public and open source activity on GitHub shows how AI is expanding as the global developer community surges in size.
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The 2021 State of the Octoverse
The State of the Octoverse analyzes data from millions of developers & repos to share trends across working habits, productivity, and career satisfaction.
Octoverse spotlight: Exploring the people and stories behind GitHub data
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a state of emergency. Even before the novel coronavirus had an official name, it set off global travel restrictions, widespread closures,…
The State of the Octoverse 2020
Change is inevitable, and this year, it has been inescapable. We’ve had to find new ways to relate, learn, and balance both work and life at home. One thing has…
Octoverse spotlight: An analysis of developer productivity, work cadence, and collaboration in the early days of COVID-19
Following the 2019 Octoverse report, this latest article provides trends and insights into developer activity on GitHub in the early days of COVID-19.
The State of the Octoverse 2019
To celebrate 365 days of achievements, let’s look back at the code and communities built on GitHub this year.
The State of the Octoverse: machine learning
We decided to dig a little deeper into the state of machine learning and data science on GitHub. Read on to learn more about what we found.
The State of the Octoverse: new open source projects in 2018
As the year comes to a close, we’re sharing our final Octoverse report of 2018 to look back and highlight some of your most active, new open source projects of the year.
The State of the Octoverse: top programming languages of 2018
Take a closer look into why—and where—top programming languages are popular.
The State of the Octoverse 2018
How much can the GitHub community accomplish in a year? 1.1 billion contributions and so much more in The State of the Octoverse 2018.
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