The Most Influential Developers on GitHub

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This is a GitHub repository created for the 2014 GitHub Data Challenge that analyzes and identifies the most influential developers on GitHub. It is designed for developers and data enthusiasts interested in GitHub metrics and developer rankings. The project invites community contributions through GitHub's standard collaboration workflow.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  GitHiredDec 2025 · githired.tech · ▲360

  Hey HN - today I’m launching GitHired. A hiring platform that ranks developers based on what they actually build — not what they claim on a PDF. It’s called GitHired, and here’s the core idea: GitHub > Resumes Instead of trusting “proficient in React” bullet points, we analyze a candidate’s actual GitHub: their real tech stack their most complex projects how active they are what kinds of contributions they make which skills match your job description and yes, we detect fake “green square farming.” Why we built this Because engineering hiring is broken. Resumes are inflated. Activity charts…

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  "Git who" – A new CLI tool for industrial-scale Git blaming2025 · github.com · ▲252

  I've always wanted a better way to explore the authorship data embedded in a Git commit log. I'm having fun building a CLI tool to do this. It's a bit like the "Contributors" tab on Github that shows you how many commits each contributor has made but much faster and with many more options. If you get a chance to try it out, please let me know. I'd love to hear feedback and suggestions. Thank you!

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  Find alternatives to almost any popular GitHub repo2022 · ▲120

  Several months ago, I built a "stealth" feature that I could use. It hasn't been advertised, and I've been the only user. As I find it useful for myself, I believe others (software developers) may like it too. So, this is the first public post about it, and if it gets any positive feedback, I may put some time into promoting it more. In essence, given that you've opened a GitHub repo (there are ~225k of the more popular ones indexed as of now), you can replace "github" with "libhunt" within the URL, and you will find the top alternatives and related projects. For example, here are three…

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  Scores by Hyperlog2022 · ▲70

  Rank GitHub profiles of over 70 Million+ developers

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  GitRanks2025 · gitranks.com · ▲127

  Hi HN, I built GitRanks because I’ve always wanted a clear, fun way to see how my open-source work compares - both globally and right here at home. The app pulls in GitHub data to give every developer an at-a-glance “scorecard”, then rolls those into live leaderboards so you can: - Track rankings by stars, contributions and followers - Filter worldwide vs. your own country - Refresh daily - no waiting weeks to see your progress - Discover rising devs you’ve never heard of and follow their work Tech Stack: - Back: MongoDB | NestJS | BullMQ | GraphQL - Front: Next.js | Tailwind | Shadcn Data:…

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  Octohunt2016 · octohunt.com · ▲106

  find developers on github

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  /dev/null▲482

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 3d ago · dev-null.sh

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  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

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  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 25d ago · github.com

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 23d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲346

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

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  CoreSpeed▲332

  One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

  Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

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  Periscope▲1,049

  Explore the world through someone else's eyes

  Life & fun · 2015 · periscope.tv

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  Product Hunt for Chrome▲898

  The best new products, every day, in your browser

  Life & fun · 2015

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  Amazon Dash Button▲772

  Place it. Press it. Get it.

  Commerce · 2015 · amazon.com

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  $Cashtags by Square▲722

  Get paid via $cashtags for things you do online or in person

  Commerce · 2015 · t.co

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  Gyroscope▲713

  A new OS for the human body

  Growth · 2015 · gyrosco.pe

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  Freebie.Supply▲669

  Awesome free things for entrepreneurs & startups

  Growth · 2015 · growth.supply