GitHub Reports India Surpasses 57 Million Developers, Fastest Growth Globally

GitHub reports that India now hosts over 57.5 million registered developer accounts, the highest national total on the platform. The figure reflects cumulative sign‑ups across all GitHub services and positions India ahead of the United States.

Active contributors in India have reached 21.9 million, marking the fastest growth rate among all regions in the past year. GitHub attributes the surge to expanding open‑source education programs and increased corporate adoption of code collaboration tools.

Industry analysts say the developer boom supports India’s push for sovereign AI projects such as BharatGen, providing a large talent pool for building home‑grown models. The talent surge is expected to reduce reliance on foreign AI platforms.

Policy makers plan to channel the momentum into new funding schemes for open‑source AI research, aiming to translate the developer base into commercial products and government services within the next two years.