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
1,352,130 commits
28,952 contributors

Rank

1

Git Repositories

Started

1996-05-15 10,577 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 1,225 commits #27 378 contributors #7
Past 90 days 14,052 commits #9 1,879 contributors #1
Past 365 days 73,748 commits #8 5,008 contributors #1
Past 1095 days 249,194 commits #8 9,616 contributors #2
All time 1,352,130 commits 28,952 contributors

Contributing Individuals

Contributor 30 days 90 days 365 days 1095 days All time
301 Shawn Guo
0 0 1 10 1,149
0 6 18 134 822
302 Bard Liao
0 19 77 179 503
4 7 51 258 450
305 Gao Xiang
2 17 75 181 499
306 Ted Ts'o
0 2 3 41 1,064
0 0 29 214 639
0 0 0 1 1,152
0 0 2 24 1,098
1 7 35 172 665
311 Alan Cox
0 0 0 0 1,144
0 1 2 12 1,109
0 0 21 232 606
5 40 68 202 336
0 14 100 255 262
3 13 24 109 769
0 8 123 239 239
1 1 8 30 1,022
0 0 0 0 1,115
0 0 87 284 285
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