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
2015 – 2026
12 years
Peak Year
2016
2,248 commits
Releases
43
latest in 2026
2015BIRTHfirst commits

237 commits (2.4%) · +18,219 / −4,717 lines · 15 authors

Led by Ville Aikas (82 commits)

First commits: Ville Aikas, Brendan Melville, Jack Greenfield, jackgr, runseb, goltermann (+9 more)

2016PEAKbusiest year

2,248 commits (22.4%) · +83,953 / −54,101 lines · 96 authors

Led by Matt Butcher (841 commits)

First commits: Matt Butcher, Adam Reese, Michelle Noorali, fibonacci1729, Brian, Dave Cunningham (+84 more)

Released: v1.0, v1.1, v1.2, 1.999.0, v2.0.0-alpha.1 (+9 more)

2017SURGEwell above the usual pace

1,254 commits (12.5%) · +49,843 / −18,395 lines · 193 authors

Led by Matt Butcher (246 commits)

First commits: Justin Scott, Sushil Kumar, Maciej Kwiek, Steven E. Harris, Sam Leavens, Tony Hsu (+157 more)

Released: v2.2.0, v2.3.0, v2.4.0, v2.5.0, v2.6.0 (+2 more)

2018STEADY

487 commits (4.9%) · +19,595 / −33,149 lines · 97 authors

Led by Matthew Fisher (157 commits)

First commits: AdamDang, lihuang, Erik Sundell, scriptonist, oilbeater, Jonathan Hall (+67 more)

Released: v2.8.0-rc.1

2019STEADY

926 commits (9.2%) · +39,909 / −43,934 lines · 106 authors

Led by Matthew Fisher (246 commits)

First commits: Marc Khouzam, Jacob LeGrone, Vibhav Bobade, Aaron Mell, Karuppiah Natarajan, Abhilash Gnan (+86 more)

Released: v3.0.0-alpha.1, v3.0.0-alpha.2, v3.0.0-beta.1, v3.0.0-beta.2, v3.0.0-beta.3 (+2 more)

2020STEADY

853 commits (8.5%) · +20,911 / −7,885 lines · 157 authors

Led by Matthew Fisher (157 commits)

First commits: Liu Ming, Zhou Hao, Bridget Kromhout, Dong Gang, Scaat Feng, Li Zhijian (+112 more)

Released: v3.1.0-rc.1

2021STEADY

447 commits (4.5%) · +8,303 / −4,669 lines · 99 authors

Led by Matt Farina (73 commits)

First commits: Shoubhik Bose, Aram Zegerius, cndoit18, Simon Croome, longkai, Mathieu Parent (+65 more)

Released: v3.6.0, v3.6.0-rc.1

2022STEADY

409 commits (4.1%) · +5,147 / −2,974 lines · 90 authors

Led by Matt Farina (69 commits)

First commits: Soujanya Mangipudi, Graham Reed, Laszlo Uveges, wujunwei, CI, Matthias Fehr (+63 more)

Released: v3.8.0-rc.1, v3.9.0-rc.1

2023STEADY

439 commits (4.4%) · +9,867 / −5,423 lines · 76 authors

Led by Matt Farina (117 commits)

First commits: Jeff van Dam, muang0, ithrael, Maxim Trofimov, Ian Zink, Adam Korczynski (+47 more)

Released: v3.12.0-dev.1

2024STEADY

618 commits (6.2%) · +7,245 / −3,190 lines · 80 authors

Led by Matt Farina (166 commits)

First commits: Robert Sirchia, Evans Mungai, Austin Abro, Mayank Shah, Jesse Simpson, Justen Stall (+51 more)

2025SURGEwell above the usual pace

1,342 commits (13.4%) · +52,176 / −15,937 lines · 132 authors

Led by Matt Farina (183 commits)

First commits: Benoit Tigeot, Mohammadreza Asadollahifard, Bhargavkonidena, Carlos Lima, Mujib Ahasan, Matthieu MOREL (+92 more)

Released: v4.0.0-alpha.1, v4.0.0-beta.1, v4.0.0-beta.2, v4.0.0, v4.0.0-rc.1

2026STEADY

757 commits (7.6%) · +29,566 / −16,350 lines · 68 authors

Led by Terry Howe (168 commits)

First commits: kimsm28, Sumit Solanki, Sebastien Tardif, Johannes Lohmer, Ilya Kiselev, Solomon Wakhungu (+43 more)

Released: v4.1.0, v4.1.0-rc.1, v4.3.0-rc.1