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
1,338,298 commits
28,657 contributors

Rank

2

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,574 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 935 commits #36 296 contributors #9
Past 90 days 2,932 commits #43 792 contributors #6
Past 365 days 60,874 commits #9 4,574 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 236,602 commits #8 9,328 contributors #2
All time 1,338,298 commits 28,657 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
154 465 2,674 7,850 42,545
2 15 554 2,496 11,524
1 1 112 979 14,797
53 127 938 3,051 5,746
2 14 375 1,857 10,477
2 18 463 1,858 9,875
2 5 694 3,760 3,911
0 0 26 3,627 5,472
1 18 386 975 9,424
4 19 477 1,945 5,785
35 117 894 2,451 2,451
3 10 257 1,108 6,621
2 3 242 1,240 6,368
4 5 206 895 6,999
0 3 315 1,321 5,635
16 Al Viro
0 2 142 477 7,760
0 0 20 106 8,339
3 36 243 1,054 5,350
9 17 306 978 5,335
1 4 598 1,458 3,339
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