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Life & fun · April 12, 2025

Epic Dev Battles of History

Challenge top dev in an epic GitHub contribution showdown!

Epic Dev Battles of History launched on April 12, 2025 with 124 votes, #369 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Take on famous developers in an exciting battle of GitHub contributions! Play a retro arcade-style game with multiplayer mode and compete against coding legends from around the world.

Challenge famous developers in an epic battle of GitHub contributions! A retro arcade-style game with worldwide multiplayer that pits you against the coding legends.

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