GitHub Reports 27 Million Indian Developers Fueling AI‑Driven Open Source Growth

India now hosts 27 million registered GitHub developers, a jump that GitHub’s latest State of the Octoverse report calls the steepest growth rate worldwide, reflecting a surge in coding activity linked to AI‑driven tools.

GitHub highlights that India has become the fastest‑growing developer market, outpacing the United States in new contributor numbers and positioning the country as the leading source of open‑source contributions for AI projects this year.

Developers are adopting AI‑assisted coding features such as Copilot and code‑review bots, with GitHub reporting that Indian users generate roughly 40 percent more AI‑augmented pull requests than the global average, accelerating software delivery cycles.

Open Source ecosystems in India are now ranking among the top contributors worldwide, with several AI‑focused repositories climbing into the top ten, a trend that analysts say could boost the nation’s tech talent export and innovation capacity.