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comfyanonymous
null
18
2
11.72
11
comfyanonymous/ComfyUI
Comfy-Org
null
2,025
2
emilk
Emil Ernerfeldt
12
1
8.17
6
emilk/egui, emilk/eon
Rerun.io, egui
null
2,025
3
sxyazi
δΈ‰ε’²ι›… misaki masa
12
1
8.5
6
sxyazi/yazi
null
sxyazi
2,025
4
elie222
Elie Steinbock
9
1
3.33
2
elie222/inbox-zero
inbox-zero
elie2222
2,025
5
yetone
yetone
15
3
12.87
14
yetone/avante.nvim
Isoform
yetone
2,025
6
hiyouga
Yaowei Zheng
11
1
9.09
10
hiyouga/LLaMA-Factory
Millennium Science School
llamafactory_ai
2,025
7
hrydgard
Henrik RydgΓ₯rd
9
2
8.33
7
hrydgard/ppsspp
Millionth Line AB
henrikrydgard
2,025
8
jlowin
Jeremiah Lowin
10
1
10.5
10
jlowin/fastmcp
PrefectHQ
jlowin
2,025
9
azure-sdk
Azure SDK Bot
12
1
14
16
azure-sdk/github-event-processor-test, azure-sdk/mcp, azure-sdk/azure-docs-sdk-java
Microsoft
null
2,025
10
VikParuchuri
Vik Paruchuri
9
3
10.67
9
VikParuchuri/marker
null
VikParuchuri
2,025
11
zeux
Arseny Kapoulkine
7
3
7.57
6
zeux/meshoptimizer
null
zeuxcg
2,025
12
lukasmasuch
Lukas Masuch
6
1
5.83
3
lukasmasuch/best-of-ml-python, lukasmasuch/best-of-crypto
Snowflake
lukasmasuch
2,025
13
dalathegreat
Daniel Γ–ster
7
3
9.14
8
dalathegreat/Battery-Emulator
Dala's EV Repair
null
2,025
14
amir1376
AmirHossein Abdolmotallebi
6
3
6.33
3
amir1376/ab-download-manager
Home
null
2,025
15
Cyan4973
Yann Collet
6
2
7
7
Cyan4973/xxHash
facebook
null
2,025
16
mattt
Mattt
7
2
10.29
8
mattt/Ono, mattt/iMCP, mattt/Euler
null
mattt
2,025
17
ayangweb
ayangweb
5
1
4.2
3
ayangweb/BongoCat
null
null
2,025
18
miurla
Yoshiki Miura
5
1
5.8
4
miurla/morphic
null
miiura
2,025
19
EricLBuehler
Eric Buehler
7
1
11.86
8
EricLBuehler/mistral.rs
null
null
2,025
20
rasbt
Sebastian Raschka
7
1
12.57
14
rasbt/LLMs-from-scratch
null
rasbt
2,025
21
mxsm
mxsm
6
2
10.5
6
mxsm/rocketmq-rust
apache
RocketMQRust
2,025
22
LmeSzinc
null
6
4
10.83
10
LmeSzinc/AzurLaneAutoScript
null
null
2,025
23
idosal
Ido Salomon
5
2
8.6
4
idosal/git-mcp, idosal/mcp-ui
null
idosal1
2,025
24
mldangelo
Michael
5
5
9
9
mldangelo/personal-site
Promptfoo
dangelosaurus
2,025
25
DaniPopes
null
5
1
9.4
8
DaniPopes/keccak-asm, DaniPopes/const-hex, DaniPopes/optimism
tempoxyz
danipopes
2,025
26
dgtlmoon
dgtlmoon
6
1
12.17
10
dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
null
null
2,025
27
DHowett
Dustin L. Howett
4
2
6
4
DHowett/go-plist, DHowett/FrameworkWindowsUtils
Microsoft
DHowett
2,025
28
78
Xiaoxia
5
2
10.2
2
78/xiaozhi-esp32
null
null
2,025
29
mistercrunch
Maxime Beauchemin
4
4
6.5
4
mistercrunch/superset, mistercrunch/awesome-data-engineering
preset-io
null
2,025
30
randombit
Jack Lloyd
5
2
11.2
9
randombit/botan
null
null
2,025
31
lgallard
Luis M. Gallardo D.
4
3
7.75
7
lgallard/terraform-aws-backup
null
null
2,025
32
bracesproul
Brace Sproul
5
4
11.6
11
bracesproul/awesome-langgraphjs, bracesproul/gen-ui-python, bracesproul/typescript-template
langchain-ai
bracesproul
2,025
33
MervinPraison
Mervin Praison
3
1
3
3
MervinPraison/PraisonAI
null
null
2,025
34
zhaochenyang20
θ΅΅ζ™¨ι˜³
5
5
12.4
8
zhaochenyang20/Awesome-ML-SYS-Tutorial
University of California, Los Angeles
GenAI_is_real
2,025
35
mitchellh
Mitchell Hashimoto
6
6
15
17
mitchellh/nixos-config, mitchellh/libxev
null
mitchellh
2,025
36
LaurentMazare
Laurent Mazare
4
4
10
10
LaurentMazare/tch-rs
null
lmazare
2,025
37
hathach
Ha Thach
4
2
10.5
11
hathach/tinyusb
adafruit
tinyusb
2,025
38
seveibar
Severin Ibarluzea
3
4
6
4
seveibar/cloudflare-cors-proxy
seamapi tscircuit CollegeAI
seveibar
2,025
39
a-r-r-o-w
Aryan V S
4
2
11
10
a-r-r-o-w/finetrainers
null
null
2,025
40
steipete
Peter Steinberger
4
1
11
12
steipete/agent-rules, steipete/macos-automator-mcp
Full-Time Open-Sourcerer
steipete
2,025
41
JamesNK
James Newton-King
4
8
11.25
12
JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json
Microsoft
null
2,025
42
buger
Leonid Bugaev
4
5
11.25
9
buger/goreplay, buger/probe
Tyk.io
buger
2,025
43
bolinfest
Michael Bolin
4
3
11.5
12
bolinfest/monaco-tm
Meta
null
2,025
44
monkeyWie
Levi
3
5
7
5
monkeyWie/gopeed-extension-baiduwp
null
JayPlayDota
2,025
45
Jarred-Sumner
Jarred Sumner
4
1
12
11
Jarred-Sumner/hop
null
jarredsumner
2,025
46
schrockn
Nick Schrock
3
6
7.33
6
null
Dagster Labs
schrockn
2,025
47
arvinxx
Arvin Xu
4
1
12.25
13
arvinxx/gitmoji-commit-workflow, arvinxx/npm-template, arvinxx/zotero-engine-list
null
null
2,025
48
sairon
Jan ČermÑk
3
7
8
7
sairon/esphome-nspanel-lovelace-ui
OpenHomeFoundation home-assistant
null
2,025
49
hyochan
Hyo
4
6
12.75
13
hyochan/expo-iap, hyochan/react-native-audio-recorder-player
Hyo Dev
hyodotdev
2,025
50
qgallouedec
Quentin GallouΓ©dec
3
1
8.67
7
qgallouedec/panda-gym
huggingface
QGallouedec
2,025
51
AlexCheema
Alex Cheema
3
6
9.33
10
AlexCheema/mlx
University of Oxford
null
2,025
52
arsenm
Matt Arsenault
4
3
13.75
16
arsenm/sanitizers-cmake, arsenm/llvm-reduce-tutorial
null
null
2,025
53
MichaIng
null
3
6
9.67
10
MichaIng/DietPi
DietPi
DietPi_
2,025
54
Yeuoly
null
4
12
14.25
13
Yeuoly/0xUBypass, Yeuoly/Dress, Yeuoly/Yeuoly
YeuolyWorks
yeuoly1
2,025
55
weblate
Weblate (bot)
4
11
14.5
12
weblate/texworks, weblate/ytify, weblate/keystore-explorer
WeblateOrg
WeblateOrg
2,025
56
roblourens
Rob Lourens
3
5
11
12
null
Microsoft
roblourens
2,025
57
dqbd
David Duong
2
4
4
4
dqbd/tiktokenizer
null
__dqbd
2,025
58
mattsse
Matthias Seitz
3
7
11.67
14
mattsse/chromiumoxide
null
mattsse_
2,025
59
baconpaul
Paul
2
4
5
5
baconpaul/six-sines
null
null
2,025
60
blampe
Bryce Lampe
2
3
5
5
blampe/rreading-glasses
Pulumi
null
2,025
61
sethvargo
Seth Vargo
3
7
12.33
14
sethvargo/go-githubactions, sethvargo/go-envconfig, sethvargo/go-limiter
LinkedIn
sethvargo
2,025
62
LalitMaganti
Lalit Maganti
2
2
5.5
5
null
google UK
null
2,025
63
OrKoN
Alex Rudenko
2
1
5.5
5
null
null
null
2,025
64
logan-markewich
Logan
3
3
12.67
12
logan-markewich/llama_index_starter_pack
LlamaIndex
LoganMarkewich
2,025
65
bghira
bagheera
2
2
6
6
bghira/SimpleTuner
null
null
2,025
66
alexey-milovidov
Alexey Milovidov
3
12
12.67
12
null
ClickHouse
null
2,025
67
JarbasAl
JarbasAI
3
1
13
13
null
OpenVoiceOS
null
2,025
68
mikavilpas
Mika Vilpas
3
7
13
7
mikavilpas/yazi.nvim
null
null
2,025
69
RobinMalfait
Robin Malfait
3
4
13
16
RobinMalfait/advent-of-code
tailwindlabs
malfaitrobin
2,025
70
geohot
George Hotz
2
5
6.5
6
geohot/fromthetransistor
commaai tinygrad
null
2,025
71
sissbruecker
Sascha Ißbrücker
2
6
6.5
6
sissbruecker/linkding
vaadin
null
2,025
72
HenryHengZJ
Henry Heng
6
9
19.5
21
HenryHengZJ/flowise-streamlit
null
null
2,025
73
DefTruth
DefTruth
3
3
13.33
12
DefTruth/CUDA-Learn-Notes
xlite-dev, vipshop
null
2,025
74
michalsnik
MichaΕ‚ SajnΓ³g
2
7
7
7
michalsnik/aos
Busright
null
2,025
75
lirantal
Liran Tal
2
7
7
7
lirantal/npq
snyk
liran_tal
2,025
76
bpasero
Benjamin Pasero
3
11
13.67
15
bpasero/vscode-deviceid
Microsoft
BenjaminPasero
2,025
77
wendigo
Mateusz "Serafin" Gajewski
4
3
16.75
20
null
trinodb starburstdata
wendigo
2,025
78
AliSoftware
Olivier Halligon
3
7
13.67
12
AliSoftware/OHHTTPStubs, AliSoftware/SourceryTemplates
Freelance on iOS Tooling and DX
null
2,025
79
holtskinner
Holt Skinner
3
5
13.67
14
null
google
null
2,025
80
maxdeviant
Marshall Bowers
2
5
7.5
7
maxdeviant/peacock, maxdeviant/aragorn2
zed-industries
null
2,025
81
threepointone
Sunil Pai
3
12
13.67
14
threepointone/durable-chat, threepointone/emojico, threepointone/dynos
null
threepointone
2,025
82
pschatzmann
Phil Schatzmann
2
6
7.5
7
pschatzmann/arduino-audio-tools
Phil Schatzmann
null
2,025
83
brophdawg11
Matt Brophy
4
8
17
19
brophdawg11/minimal-rrv7-template, brophdawg11/react-router-auth0-example
Staff Developer - remix-run Shopify
brophdawg11
2,025
84
mwaskom
Michael Waskom
2
4
8.5
8
mwaskom/seaborn
modal-labs
null
2,025
85
zerosnacks
zerosnacks
2
4
8.5
8
null
null
zerosnacks
2,025
86
Myriad-Dreamin
null
3
5
14.67
17
Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist
null
null
2,025
87
martinothamar
Martin Othamar
2
6
9
9
martinothamar/Mediator
Forse
null
2,025
88
dsnet
Joe Tsai
2
9
9
9
dsnet/matrix-transpose
tailscale
null
2,025
89
leestott
Lee Stott
2
9
9
9
leestott/ai-agents-for-beginners
Microsoft
lee_stott
2,025
90
HansKristian-Work
Hans-Kristian Arntzen
2
5
9.5
9
HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton
Arntzen Software AS
null
2,025
91
ripienaar
R.I.Pienaar
2
3
9.5
9
ripienaar/free-for-dev
null
ripienaar
2,025
92
mylinuxforwork
Stephan Raabe
3
2
15
20
mylinuxforwork/dotfiles
ML4W
null
2,025
93
me-no-dev
Me No Dev
2
5
9.5
9
me-no-dev/ESPAsyncWebServer, me-no-dev/arduino-esp32fs-plugin
espressif
null
2,025
94
danielchalef
Daniel Chalef
2
2
9.5
9
null
getzep
null
2,025
95
bdraco
J. Nick Koston
2
10
10
10
null
null
bdraco
2,025
96
Narsil
Nicolas Patry
2
6
11
11
Narsil/rdev
huggingface
null
2,025
97
joshhanley
Josh Hanley
2
1
11
11
null
null
_joshhanley
2,025
98
dcramer
David Cramer
2
10
11
11
dcramer/peated
getsentry
zeeg
2,025
99
nickfrosty
Nick Frostbutter
2
11
11
11
null
null
nickfrosty
2,025
100
hartwork
Sebastian Pipping
2
11
11
11
hartwork/grub2-theme-preview
null
null
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GitHub Top Developers by Year (2015-2025)

A derived dataset showing the top-ranked GitHub trending developers for each year, based on weighted scoring of their trending appearances across 41,841 raw data points from the Wayback Machine.

πŸ“Š Dataset Overview

  • Total Entries: 8,125 ranked developers
  • Years Covered: 2015 - 2025 (11 years)
  • Unique Developers: 4,763
  • Source: Derived from Wayback Machine snapshots of GitHub trending developers
  • Data Order: Sorted by year (descending: 2025 β†’ 2015) and rank within each year

πŸ”§ Dataset Configurations

This dataset has two configurations defined in the YAML header:

Configuration: yearly (Default)

Top-ranked developers by year with 8,125 entries

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset('ronantakizawa/github-top-developers', 'yearly')

Columns:

  • year (int): Year (2015-2025)
  • rank (int): Overall rank for that year (1 = highest score)
  • username (string): Developer/organization GitHub username
  • name (string): Real name of developer/organization (enriched)
  • times_trended (int): Number of times appeared on trending
  • best_rank (int): Highest rank achieved (lowest number)
  • avg_rank (float): Average rank across all appearances
  • median_rank (int): Median rank
  • popular_repos (string): Top repositories (comma-separated)
  • recent_company (string): Company/organization affiliation (as of Dec 2025)
  • twitter_username (string): Twitter/X handle (as of Dec 2025)

Configuration: full

Complete daily trending data with 41,841 entries (sorted by date: most recent first)

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset('ronantakizawa/github-top-developers', 'full')

Columns:

  • name (string): Developer/organization GitHub username
  • rank (int): Position in trending (1-25)
  • popular_repo (string): Associated repository at the time
  • date (string): Snapshot date (YYYY-MM-DD, sorted descending)

πŸ† Scoring Methodology

Each developer's yearly score is calculated using:

Score = Ξ£ (26 - rank) for each trending appearance

Where:
- Rank 1 = 25 points
- Rank 2 = 24 points
- ...
- Rank 25 = 1 point

Why this works:

  • βœ… Rewards frequent appearances (more days trending = more points)
  • βœ… Rewards high rankings (rank 1 is worth more than rank 25. We use 25 because github ranks the top 25 developers on their page)
  • βœ… Balances consistency with peak performance

🌟 Key Insights

1. Year Winners (Highest Score Each Year)

Year Winner Score Appearances Notable Project
2025 comfyanonymous 257 18 ComfyUI
2024 emilk 2,052 124 egui (Rust GUI)
2023 hrydgard 1,858 111 PPSSPP emulator
2022 emilk 1,958 107 egui
2021 PySimpleGUI 1,993 120 PySimpleGUI
2020 stefanprodan 1,033 64 Flux CD
2019 Microsoft 308 15 Various
2018 google 325 15 Various
2017 facebook / Microsoft 77 4 (tie)
2016 facebook 485 23 React ecosystem
2015 facebook 48 2 React

Notable: emilk appeared on trending 124 times in 2024 alone (nearly every 3 days!)

2. All-Time Top 10 (Total Score Across All Years)

Rank Developer Total Score Total Appearances Years Active
1 emilk 6,311 370 2020-2025
2 hrydgard 5,181 324 2018-2024
3 stefanprodan 4,910 306 2018-2022
4 stephencelis 4,870 301 2016-2024
5 a8m 4,649 323 2016-2024
6 hathach 3,629 264 2018-2024
7 azure-sdk 3,621 251 2020-2024
8 twpayne 3,124 196 2017-2024
9 PySimpleGUI 3,059 185 2019-2023
10 arvidn 2,737 164 2017-2022

3. Trend Shifts Over Time

2015-2017: Organization Era

  • Big tech dominated: Facebook, Google, Microsoft
  • Individual developers rarely broke top 3
  • React ecosystem (Facebook) was the dominant force

2018-2019: Transition Period

  • Mix of organizations and influential individuals
  • Rise of open-source foundations (Apache, Linux Foundation)
  • Container/cloud technologies gained traction

2020-2025: Individual Developer Era

  • Individuals dominate top ranks consistently
  • emilk (egui) becomes most successful developer ever
  • Specialized tool creators rise (PySimpleGUI, hrydgard's PPSSPP)
  • AI/ML researchers become more prominent (rasbt, 2024-2025)

5. Notable Patterns

  • Extreme Consistency: emilk appeared 370 times across 6 years (average 62 times/year)
  • 2021 Peak: PySimpleGUI set record with 120 appearances in a single year
  • Developer Longevity: sindresorhus maintained relevance from 2015-2021 (7 years)
  • Organization Decline: Big tech companies dropped from top spots after 2019
  • Ecosystem Impact: Most top developers maintain influential open-source libraries
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