Marina Lyubimova
⬤ Claude Code has quietly become a major player on GitHub, now responsible for roughly 4% of all public repository commits. That's a massive footprint for a tool that only recently entered the scene.
⬤ The numbers tell a compelling story. Daily commits have surged to around 134,646 at peak levels, with growth accelerating sharply through early 2026. What started as a trickle after the research preview has turned into a flood of AI-generated code.
⬤ If current trends hold, Claude Code could power more than 20% of all daily GitHub commits by the end of 2026. That's one in five commits written by AI - a stunning shift in how code gets created.
⬤ This surge reflects a fundamental change in development workflows. Developers are increasingly turning to automated coding tools, and the composition of contributions on public repositories is evolving fast. AI isn't just assisting anymore - it's becoming a primary contributor.
Marina Lyubimova
