Record growth: Over 21.9M developers now building on GitHub in India – fastest growing dev community in the world

GitHub announced that over 21.9 million developers are  building on GitHub in India, making it the second largest developer community in the world after the United States.

The 2025 GitHub Octoverse report revealed that India added more than 5.2 million new developers in the last 12 months, a 31% annual growth rate, accounting for 14% of all new GitHub developers globally. This makes India the fastest-growing developer community in the world, and marks a record breaking year with the highest number of developers ever joining from India.

India’s open source leadership also continues to grow. The country now has the world’s largest open source contributor base, surpassing the United States, and ranks second globally in open source contributions, AI repository contributions, and GitHub Education users — cementing its role as a global hub for developer growth and innovation.

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