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
2016 – 2026
11 years
Peak Year
2019
2,284 commits
Releases
1,015
latest in 2026
2016BIRTHfirst commits

408 commits (3.6%) · +27,346 / −16,577 lines · 13 authors

Led by Rich Harris (348 commits)

First commits: Rich Harris, Arpad Borsos, Fabrice Weinberg, Conduitry, mrkishi, Shinnosuke Watanabe (+7 more)

Released: v0.0.2, v0.1.0, v0.1.1, v0.2.0, v0.2.1 (+26 more)

2017SURGEwell above the usual pace

1,558 commits (13.6%) · +78,328 / −39,497 lines · 31 authors

Led by Rich Harris (1,379 commits)

First commits: Jacob Mischka, Taylor Zane Glaeser, Johnny Hauser, Efthymis Sarmpanis, Pat Cavit, Tim Hall (+21 more)

Released: v1.6.2, v1.6.3, v1.6.4, v1.6.5, v1.6.6 (+111 more)

2018STEADY

1,284 commits (11.2%) · +107,585 / −80,893 lines · 43 authors

Led by Rich Harris (1,040 commits)

First commits: ekhaled, Jacob Wright, Admin, James Birtles, pk, Christian Kaisermann (+27 more)

Released: v1.50.1, v1.51.0, v1.51.1, v1.52.0, v1.53.0 (+88 more)

2019PEAKbusiest year

2,284 commits (19.9%) · +45,479 / −33,600 lines · 217 authors

Led by Rich Harris (1,422 commits)

First commits: Tan Li Hau, Luca Bonavita, John Chesley, Bryan Terce, Bogdan Savluk, pngwn (+192 more)

Released: v3.0.0-beta.24, v3.0.0, v3.0.1, v3.1.0, v3.2.0 (+49 more)

2020STEADY

520 commits (4.5%) · +58,547 / −29,524 lines · 121 authors

Led by Conduitry (159 commits)

First commits: Ben McCann, pushkine, Bassam Ismail, Daniel Imfeld, Simon H, Andreas Ehrencrona (+91 more)

Released: v3.17.0, v3.17.1, v3.17.2, v3.17.3, v3.18.0 (+33 more)

2021STEADY

517 commits (4.5%) · +47,120 / −39,901 lines · 150 authors

Led by Conduitry (135 commits)

First commits: Ignatius Bagus, Yuichiro Yamashita, Bjorn Lu, Stephane, Maxime LUCE, gtmnayan (+115 more)

Released: v3.31.1, v3.31.2, v3.32.0, v3.32.1, v3.32.2 (+30 more)

2022STEADY

355 commits (3.1%) · +21,799 / −9,799 lines · 105 authors

Led by Tan Li Hau (61 commits)

First commits: Eric Liu, tanhauhau, Yosuke Ota, Willow (GHOST), qinmu, Maximiliano Ruani (+66 more)

Released: v3.45.0, v3.46.0, v3.46.1, v3.46.2, v3.46.3 (+14 more)

2023STEADY

860 commits (7.5%) · +351,709 / −309,008 lines · 153 authors

Led by Puru Vijay (117 commits)

First commits: Puru Vijay, Dominic Gannaway, Simon Holthausen, Nguyen Tran, James Scott-Brown, xxkl1 (+116 more)

Released: v3.55.1, v3.56.0, v3.57.0, v3.58.0, v3.59.0 (+45 more)

2024SURGEwell above the usual pace

2,054 commits (17.9%) · +175,854 / −143,110 lines · 134 authors

Led by Rich Harris (528 commits)

First commits: Frédéric Crozatier, FoHoOV, Jeremiasz Major, ottomated, Caique Torres, miunau (+86 more)

Released: svelte@5.0.0-next.28, svelte@5.0.0-next.29, svelte@5.0.0-next.30, svelte@5.0.0-next.31, svelte@5.0.0-next.32 (+302 more)

2025STEADY

955 commits (8.3%) · +68,573 / −27,749 lines · 108 authors

Led by Rich Harris (278 commits)

First commits: 7nik, Yuki Ishii, Trevor N. Suarez, Ray Thurn Void, Manuel, realguse (+69 more)

Released: svelte@5.16.1, svelte@5.16.2, svelte@5.16.3, svelte@5.16.4, svelte@5.16.5 (+202 more)

2026STEADY

659 commits (5.8%) · +50,012 / −14,610 lines · 136 authors

Led by Rich Harris (165 commits)

First commits: Nic Polumeyv, Artyom Alekseevich, Bao Nguyen, jyc.dev, JY Wey, subotac (+101 more)

Released: svelte@5.46.3, svelte@5.46.4, svelte@5.47.0, svelte@5.47.1, svelte@5.48.0 (+60 more)