5 Biggest Open Source Contributors

Yahoo!Finance has ranked the largest open source software contributors, based on the number of active GitHub contributors. The survey included contributions from employees with official corporate email addresses, explains Ramish Cheema.

The top 5 companies, in terms of active GitHub contributors, are:

  • Microsoft — 5,708 active contributors
  • Alphabet — 5,182 
  • Red Hat — 3,334 
  • IBM — 2,259 
  • Intel — 2,048 

See more companies at Yahoo!Finance.

See also:
7 Steps to Get started with Git
The State of Open Source Is Strong, Says GitHub Report

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