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denoland/deno contributors, 2018 to 2026

Contributors for denoland/deno on GitHub. · updated Jul 2026

About this statistic

denoland/deno contributors stood at 499 in 2026, up 0.6% on the previous period.

denoland/deno recorded 500 contributors as of 2026-07-01, within a window from 7 (2018-05-01) to 500 (2026-07-01).

How it is measured

The count comes from GitHub's API: the number of distinct authors whose commits appear in the repository. It accumulates over a project's life, so the slope, how fast new names arrive, matters more than the level.

What the curve shows

Contributor growth is the health metric open-source maintainers actually watch: code can be written by one person, but longevity requires a bench. Flattening slope precedes stagnation by years, and inflections often date governance or sponsorship changes. denoland/deno is one of the ecosystem's landmark repositories, which is why its curve doubles as a barometer for its whole corner of the stack.

Frequently asked questions
Does this cover all development on the project?
It covers the public repository on GitHub. Work in private forks, downstream distributions, or mirrors elsewhere is invisible to it, so the line is a floor on activity, not a ceiling.
Who counts as a contributor?
Any distinct author with at least one commit in the repository's history. Drive-by contributors and core maintainers count the same, so pairing this with commit cadence gives the fuller picture.
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