community report about github

The changing GitHub community

  • Developers remain the largest category of users, though it is descreasing from a high of 60% in 2016 to 54% in 2020.
  • Profiles that include education. up from 17% in 2016 to 23% in 2020.
  • The third largest category is data, with 7% of users in 2016 and 10% of users in 2020.

GitHub in education: serving the next generrattiion

TensorFlow and COVID communities

  • developers are the most common users in the TensorFlow and COVID communities

Community actions, patterns, and insights

The Future of open source

  • 56M developers

《Finding balance between work and play》

Executive summary

  • 34% more pull requests when teams automate workflows
  • 18% faster pull request merges when teams automate

Key findings

  • Samll pusll requests drive innovation and productivity.
  • Automation drives productivity gains and imporoves developer experience.
  • Open source is a greate escape when everyone s stuck at home
  • Developer activity highlights the importance of flexibility and personal solutions

Take action

  • Manage your energy.(working from home)
  • Be flexible to find unique solutions for the best outcomes.
  • Use automation and small pull requests to ship better code faster.
  • Embrace and support collaboration and open source.

Developer activity

  • China’s Golden Week
  • US Thanksgiving
  • Lunar New Year
  • Chinese Labour Day


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