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The median developer merges 2 PRs per week

TL;DR

  • The median active developer merges a median of 2 PRs a week*

    • We exclude popular end-of-year weeks when code freezes are common.

    • By taking the median of medians, we hope to reflect the most common developer experience.

  • Expectedly, there is a long tail for very active committers.

PRs merged by active developers

  • 48% of active developers are responsible for 80% of PRs merged since 2023*

Distribution of developer merges

*data limited to PRs merged by active developers from 1/2023-now

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