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
1,352,352 commits
28,967 contributors

Rank

1

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,582 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 1,039 commits #31 374 contributors #7
Past 90 days 13,540 commits #9 1,854 contributors #2
Past 365 days 72,684 commits #8 4,990 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 248,068 commits #8 9,609 contributors #2
All time 1,352,352 commits 28,967 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
164 652 2,901 8,085 42,821
2 163 645 2,609 11,679
2 11 116 974 14,807
39 287 1,098 3,179 5,931
6 73 427 1,887 10,539
8 63 528 1,932 9,961
2 82 780 3,816 4,026
6 126 492 1,085 9,534
0 0 19 3,609 5,472
2 129 580 2,064 5,914
51 224 968 2,600 2,600
0 93 415 1,444 5,779
5 59 298 1,294 6,424
2 31 291 1,125 6,655
1 40 240 926 7,035
16 Al Viro
1 5 139 484 7,767
0 51 69 157 8,390
0 79 674 1,541 3,446
0 86 271 1,102 5,404
12 62 348 1,012 5,386
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Contributing Companies

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