Polkadot Developer Report

The Polkadot ecosystem covers developers building on Polkadot, from smart contract developers to parachain and runtime engineers. We track projects using packages like ink! and other mainstream Polkadot SDKs. In this Polkadot ecosystem report, you can find monthly active developers, new developers, retention and churn rates, developer types, and repository growth, updated weekly.

Total Commits icon

Total Commits

1,369,000

Total Repos icon

Total Repos

17,264

Total Devs icon

Total Devs

19,114

Active Devs icon

Active Devs

676

Retention Rate icon

Retention Rate

44.1%

Churn Rate icon

Churn Rate

55.9%

Active Developer Data

Active Developer Segmentation
New
Returning
Reactivated
Active Developer Change
Inactive
Added
Active Devs
Active Developer Ecosystem Concentration
Single-ecosystem
Multi-ecosystem
Active Developer by Tenure
New-comer
Emerging
Established
Active Developer by Type
Full-time
Part-time
One-time
Active Developer by Consistency
Consistent
Regular
Intermittent
One-off
Developer Type Overview
Developer Type
Developer count
1 year %
2 year %
3 year %
Active Dev
676
37.3%
39.4%
42.6%
Full-time
109
4.8%
21.0%
39.4%
Consistent
1
98.2%
97.8%
98.7%
Established
3
98.7%
98.8%
98.7%
New Developers
New Developer Retention
Cohort
New
Retention rates by months after first commit
Dec 25
189
Jan 26
167
Feb 26
174
Mar 26
240
Apr 26
202
May 26
201
Jun 26
273
Jul 26
675
Aug 26
167
Sep 26
270
New Repositories
Developer
Ecosystem
Tenure
Type
Consistency
Coming soonComing soon
Multiple-chain
Established
Part-time
Regular
Coming soonComing soon
Single-chain
New-comer
Full-time
Regular
Coming soonComing soon
Multiple-chain
Emerging
One-time
One-off
Coming soonComing soon
Single-chain
Emerging
Full-time
Consistent
Coming soonComing soon
Multiple-chain
Established
Full-time
Consistent
Coming soonComing soon
Multiple-chain
Emerging
Part-time
Intermittent
Coming soonComing soon
Multiple-chain
Established
Full-time
Consistent
Coming soonComing soon
Single-chain
New-comer
One-time
One-off
Coming soonComing soon
Single-chain
Emerging
Part-time
Regular

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