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
1,352,756 commits
28,986 contributors

Rank

2 1

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,594 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 811 commits #38 306 contributors #10
Past 90 days 10,706 commits #11 1,626 contributors #2
Past 365 days 70,657 commits #8 4,929 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 245,492 commits #8 9,566 contributors #2
All time 1,352,756 commits 28,986 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
149 627 2,792 8,085 42,875
3 161 631 2,553 11,681
1 9 112 942 14,807
33 235 1,079 3,143 5,948
4 50 414 1,851 10,539
7 40 523 1,916 9,962
0 62 765 3,779 4,026
7 127 412 1,083 9,536
0 0 5 3,590 5,472
53 209 965 2,618 2,618
0 55 534 2,042 5,914
5 44 256 1,275 6,427
0 35 369 1,429 5,779
1 19 283 1,113 6,656
0 39 232 904 7,035
16 Al Viro
1 5 138 476 7,767
0 6 69 155 8,390
5 52 330 1,006 5,386
0 46 254 1,070 5,404
0 43 618 1,508 3,446
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