Gauging the future of open source, GitHub this week said it expects the number of software developers using its platform, currently 56 million, to grow to 100 million developers within five years.
In GitHub’s 2020 State of the Octoverse report, released December 2, the popular code sharing site also noted that more than 60 million repositories and more than 1.9 billion contributions were added in the past year. GitHub noted that much of the growth is happening outside of the United States, with 66% of active users now based outside of North America.
The percentage of open source contributors from the United States has dropped to 22.7%, down from 30.4% in 2015. Contributions are coming from a broader range of countries, the report indicates, with China accounting for 9.76% and India 5.2%. The report goes on to note: