Linux

The Linux Kernel is the main component of a Linux operating system (OS) and is the core interface between a computer's hardware and its processes

started in 1996
1,352,121 commits
28,952 contributors

Rank

1

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,576 days ago

Open Core Products

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) RedHat (IBM)
Rocky Linux Rocky Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) SUSE

GitHub Stars

187,750 #16

Weekly commits since inception

1996 2010 2025

Weekly contributors since inception

1996 2010 2025

Recent Project Activity

Time Period Commits Contributors
Past 30 days 1,265 commits #27 386 contributors #7
Past 90 days 14,210 commits #9 1,892 contributors #1
Past 365 days 74,135 commits #8 5,024 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 249,332 commits #8 9,621 contributors #2
All time 1,352,121 commits 28,952 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
218 674 2,897 8,077 42,798
3 164 658 2,639 11,678
1 10 116 981 14,806
49 294 1,103 3,194 5,921
5 73 434 1,903 10,536
8 68 538 1,942 9,961
3 82 802 3,851 4,026
3 122 490 1,080 9,529
0 0 24 3,614 5,472
6 136 598 2,073 5,914
39 209 1,018 2,579 2,579
0 93 459 1,465 5,779
3 56 295 1,293 6,421
2 33 291 1,140 6,655
4 40 241 929 7,035
16 Al Viro
1 6 141 484 7,767
0 51 69 157 8,390
0 95 693 1,563 3,446
2 88 285 1,104 5,404
11 61 352 1,023 5,383
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Contributing Companies

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