Octoverse 2023: annual report about OSS from GitHub

In yet another annual Octoverse survey, GitHub takes stock of the largest software repository.

Big trends

• Developers are building with generative AI in big numbers. We’re seeing more developers experiment with foundation models from OpenAI and other AI players, with open source generative AI projects even entering the top 10 most popular open source projects by contributor count in 2023. With almost all developers (92%) using or experimenting with AI coding tools, we expect open source developers to drive the next wave of AI innovation on GitHub.²
• Developers are operating cloud-native applications at scale. We’re seeing an increase in declarative languages using Git-based infrastructure as code (IaC) workflows, greater standardization in cloud deployments, and a sharp increase in the rate at which developers were using Dockerfiles and containers, IaC, and other cloud-native technologies.
• 2023 saw the largest number of first-time open source contributors. We continue to see commercially backed open source projects capture the largest share of first-time contributors and overall contributions—but this year, we also saw generative AI projects enter the top 10 most popular projects for first-time contributors. We’re also seeing notable growth in private projects on GitHub, which increased 38% year over year and account for more than 80% of all activity on GitHub.

Interesting facts

Developer Map – Around 20.2 million people in the world use GitHub: 

Top 10 countries: 

Forecast for the coming years – India will take 1st place, Brazil will overtake China, and Russia will drop to 9th:

In just half of this year, more than twice as many generative AI projects have been implemented as in all of 2022. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. As more developers experiment with these new technologies, they are expected to become a driving force of innovation in software development. 

Top 10 programming languages ​​on GitHub – JavaScript continues to maintain its leadership: 

Top open projects by number of contributors: 

You can read more about all this data on the website .