History

The project's life, one year at a time, told from the commit record: how activity rose and fell against the project's own baseline, who arrived when, and what was released.

Span
2005 – 2026
22 years
Peak Year
2013
3,187 commits
Releases
8
latest in 2014
2005BIRTHfirst commits

1,277 commits (3.6%) · +141,505 / −57,180 lines · 4 authors

Led by Adrian Holovaty (1,015 commits)

First commits: Adrian Holovaty, Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Georg Bauer, Wilson Miner

2006STEADY

1,320 commits (3.8%) · +116,771 / −64,841 lines · 7 authors

Led by Adrian Holovaty (854 commits)

First commits: Malcolm Tredinnick, Russell Keith-Magee, Luke Plant

2007STEADY

1,877 commits (5.4%) · +207,800 / −106,323 lines · 12 authors

Led by Malcolm Tredinnick (810 commits)

First commits: Gary Wilson Jr, James Bennett, Erin Kelly, Matt Boersma, Joseph Kocherhans, Simon Willison

2008STEADY

1,992 commits (5.7%) · +291,769 / −161,979 lines · 23 authors

Led by Malcolm Tredinnick (666 commits)

First commits: Brian Rosner, Marc Fargas, Karen Tracey, Justin Bronn, Nicola Larosa, Jarek Zgoda (+5 more)

Released: 1.0

2009STEADY

1,167 commits (3.3%) · +103,848 / −48,109 lines · 23 authors

Led by Russell Keith-Magee (322 commits)

First commits: James Tauber

Released: 1.1

2010STEADY

1,926 commits (5.5%) · +228,604 / −87,188 lines · 26 authors

Led by Russell Keith-Magee (619 commits)

First commits: Alex Gaynor, Gabriel Hurley, Tim Graham, Chris Beaven, Honza Král, Carl Meyer (+2 more)

Released: 1.2, 1.2.1

2011STEADY

1,774 commits (5.1%) · +499,122 / −379,831 lines · 25 authors

Led by Jannis Leidel (403 commits)

First commits: Aymeric Augustin, Julien Phalip, Paul McMillan, Idan Gazit, Graham Dumpleton

Released: 1.3

2012SURGEwell above the usual pace

2,307 commits (6.6%) · +316,647 / −420,504 lines · 187 authors

Led by Claude Paroz (464 commits)

First commits: Claude Paroz, Anssi Kääriäinen, Florian Apolloner, Preston Holmes, Ian Clelland, Marc Tamlyn (+160 more)

Released: 1.4

2013PEAKbusiest year

3,187 commits (9.1%) · +208,991 / −120,116 lines · 367 authors

Led by Aymeric Augustin (467 commits)

First commits: Loïc Bistuer, Bouke Haarsma, Preston Timmons, Unai Zalakain, Shai Berger, Donald Stufft (+304 more)

2014SURGEwell above the usual pace

2,792 commits (8.0%) · +268,126 / −196,385 lines · 415 authors

Led by Tim Graham (621 commits)

First commits: Thomas Chaumeny, Moayad Mardini, wrwrwr, areski, Greg Chapple, Diego Guimarães (+294 more)

Released: 1.7a1, 1.7a2

2015SURGEwell above the usual pace

2,346 commits (6.7%) · +171,391 / −174,475 lines · 482 authors

Led by Tim Graham (743 commits)

First commits: Marten Kenbeek, I am Clinton, Adam Johnson, elky, Ville Skyttä, AK (+343 more)

2016STEADY

1,833 commits (5.2%) · +119,168 / −86,254 lines · 444 authors

Led by Tim Graham (541 commits)

First commits: Ed Morley, François Freitag, Andrew Nester, eltronix, Jarek Glowacki, Vytis Banaitis (+298 more)

2017STEADY

1,563 commits (4.5%) · +79,671 / −49,626 lines · 314 authors

Led by Tim Graham (393 commits)

First commits: Srinivas Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ తాటిపర్తి), Chillar Anand, Дилян Палаузов, shanghui, Ran Benita, Ingo Klöcker (+199 more)

2018STEADY

1,154 commits (3.3%) · +46,312 / −21,850 lines · 314 authors

Led by Tim Graham (267 commits)

First commits: oliver, Rodrigo, Sanyam Khurana, priyanshsaxena, ovalseven8, aspalding (+195 more)

2019STEADY

1,309 commits (3.7%) · +68,652 / −35,434 lines · 280 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (203 commits)

First commits: can, Min ho Kim, daniel a rios, Hannes Ljungberg, Zeynel Özdemir, Nasir Hussain (+180 more)

2020STEADY

1,327 commits (3.8%) · +71,415 / −30,246 lines · 266 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (254 commits)

First commits: manav014, 007gzs, Valz, Tim Park, Thibaud Colas, Kevin Michel (+180 more)

2021STEADY

1,264 commits (3.6%) · +58,771 / −30,879 lines · 256 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (282 commits)

First commits: Abhyudai, Mateo Radman, Marcelo Galigniana, Timothy McCurrach, tim-mccurrach, saeedblanchette (+160 more)

2022STEADY

963 commits (2.7%) · +187,076 / −117,670 lines · 263 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (234 commits)

First commits: Hrushikesh, sarahboyce, DevilsAutumn, Francesco Panico, Alokik Vijay, nabil-rady (+176 more)

2023STEADY

952 commits (2.7%) · +70,635 / −35,556 lines · 248 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (286 commits)

First commits: Natalia, Akash Kumar Sen, Bakdolot, Nina Menezes, Nicolas Lupien, Alexerson (+163 more)

2024STEADY

939 commits (2.7%) · +48,462 / −20,085 lines · 233 authors

Led by Mariusz Felisiak (121 commits)

First commits: Bendeguz Csirmaz, SiHyunLee, Clifford Gama, Alexander Lazarević, Marijke Luttekes, Jake Howard (+156 more)

2025STEADY

954 commits (2.7%) · +59,126 / −26,691 lines · 195 authors

Led by Jacob Walls (109 commits)

First commits: Ahmed Nassar, Varun Kasyap, VIZZARD-X, Kasyap Pentamaraju, hesham942, Skyiesac (+121 more)

2026STEADY

855 commits (2.4%) · +56,050 / −26,373 lines · 185 authors

Led by Jacob Walls (236 commits)

First commits: SnippyCodes, Yassin Bahri, Amar, Vishy, Rodrigo Vieira, zhengkangyang (+116 more)