Over 17M developers now building on GitHub in India, fastest growing developer community in the world
crn.inGitHub today revealed that there are over 17 million developers in India building on GitHub, representing an increase of 28% in 2024, and making India the fast-growing developer community in the world. India also has the second-highest number of GitHub Education users, second-highest number of contributors to public generative AI projects, and the second-highest number of contributions to open source projects—underscoring India’s rise as a global technology leader.
The 2024 edition of GitHub’s Octoverse report shows a surge in generative AI activity in India, signalling that AI has moved beyond the hype of 2023 as Indian developers and organisations prioritise results over experimentation. India is the second largest developer community contributing to public generative AI projects on GitHub, just behind the US, with a 79% increase from last year. India also saw a 95% year-over-year (YoY) growth in contributions to these projects, placing third globally, after the ...
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