Developer ecosystems · Public GitHub activity aggregated as research data
Study trends in public GitHub activity across included economies at an aggregate level.
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Study trends in public GitHub activity across included economies at an aggregate level.
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What it covers
Geography: Economies included in the dataset
Granularity: Quarterly economy-level aggregates from 2020 onward
Source type: Public GitHub activity aggregated as research data
Access and cost
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Cost: Public repository data; follow the repository license and attribution terms.
Update cadence: Quarterly series, with coverage described in the repository.
Before you use it
Measures public activity on GitHub, aggregated by economy and quarter. It excludes private activity and is not a count of all developers or software spend.