India’s developer ecosystem is burgeoning. Renowned online software development platform, GitHub which is hosting its global developer’s conference – the GitHub Universe 2023 released its annual Octoverse report. According to the report, India’s developer population saw a massive growth adding as many as 3.5 million new developers to GitHub in 2023.
The total number of developers on GitHub from India rose to 13.2 million. Based on the stellar growth, the company has predicted that India will likely surpass the US in total developer population by 2027. Based on the data from Octoverse, India is on its way to become the largest developer hub in the world.
“India’s growing developer community is central to the country’s position as an innovation powerhouse. It’s exciting to see Indian developers making significant contributions to generative AI projects on GitHub, highlighting India’s growing significance in the AI landscape, with the country’s developers directly shaping the future of AI innovation worldwide,” said Sharryn Napier, VP of APAC at GitHub.
Napier said that India’s influence on technology is significant and it is evident from its open-source contributions. GitHub aims to boost this impact by equipping India’s 13.2 million developers with AI and accelerating innovation, productivity and overall progress.
The latest edition of GitHub’s State of the Octoverse report indicates that generative AI is driving a significant global spike in individual contributors to generative AI projects with 148 per cent year-over-year growth. Apart from India, the US, and Germany are leading in terms of developer communities, followed by Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, and France.
The report also highlighted the trajectory of India’s developer community which has witnessed consistent growth including a 36 per cent increase in 2023. It also stated that the UN-backed Digital Public Goods Alliance and India’s work towards building a digital public infrastructure with open materials from software to AI models, also played a vital role in this growth.
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