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
1,368,285 commits
29,379 contributors

Rank

2 1

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,643 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 992 commits #35 338 contributors #8
Past 90 days 13,127 commits #9 1,861 contributors #1
Past 365 days 74,224 commits #7 5,063 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 248,644 commits #8 9,703 contributors #1
All time 1,368,285 commits 29,379 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
162 610 2,851 8,065 43,280
10 149 719 2,645 11,838
38 298 1,200 3,260 6,190
0 8 80 893 14,813
4 79 420 1,774 10,612
4 97 470 1,908 10,050
63 371 1,146 2,962 2,962
3 91 708 3,708 4,193
5 27 396 1,070 9,555
0 0 3 3,511 5,475
1 52 540 2,025 6,000
12 161 320 1,323 6,583
0 54 260 956 7,116
0 47 266 1,108 6,704
0 7 334 1,426 5,828
0 48 117 157 8,438
17 Al Viro
4 19 135 438 7,787
9 69 347 1,030 5,455
0 66 566 1,573 3,551
10 33 261 1,034 5,438
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Contributing Companies

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