Active Open Source GitHub Repositories Telemetry

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82%
Avg Merge Rate
4d+
Avg First Review
1,285
Welcoming Repos
145,098
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Backlogged Repository45k β˜…
Median PR review wait: 140+ days
Active & Welcoming Repo1.8k β˜…
Median PR review wait: <6 hours

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microsoft
vscode
microsoft/vscode
Sβ€’Elite
193.6kΒ·TypeScript

Visual Studio Code

#editor#electron#microsoft
71%
Merge Rate
-
Review Time
35%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
ant-design
ant-design
ant-design/ant-design
Sβ€’Elite
99.7kΒ·TypeScript

An enterprise-class UI design language and React UI library

#ant-design#antd#design-systems
78%
Merge Rate
-
Review Time
56%
1st-Timers
6 GFI
Scorecard
stablyai
orca
stablyai/orca
Sβ€’Elite
89.4kΒ·TypeScript

Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.

#claude-code#cli#codex
62%
Merge Rate
6h
Review Time
26%
1st-Timers
11 GFI
Scorecard
elastic
elasticsearch
elastic/elasticsearch
Sβ€’Elite
78.3kΒ·Java

Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine

#elasticsearch#java#search-engine
78%
Merge Rate
-
Review Time
74%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
python
cpython
python/cpython
Sβ€’Elite
77.6kΒ·Python

The Python programming language

71%
Merge Rate
-
Review Time
47%
1st-Timers
4 GFI
Scorecard
diegosouzapw
OmniRoute
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute
Sβ€’Elite
75.0kΒ·TypeScript

Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 359 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman compression saves 15-95% tokens, MCP/A2A, Desktop/PWA. Built by hundreds of contributors

#a2a#ai-agents#ai-gateway
77%
Merge Rate
12h
Review Time
71%
1st-Timers
Tracked
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Top welcoming ecosystems

Ranked by a composite index of maintainer merge velocity (70%) and active ecosystem opportunity depth (30%).

#1
YA

9 welcoming projects, avg 82% acceptance.

Tier Spread19 repos
1 S8 A8 B2 C/D
Welcoming
9
Score
55.4 pts
#2
JI

12 welcoming projects, avg 77% acceptance.

Tier Spread31 repos
2 S10 A14 B5 C/D
Welcoming
12
Score
49.7 pts
#3
ST

18 welcoming projects, avg 53% acceptance.

Tier Spread32 repos
0 S18 A9 B5 C/D
Welcoming
18
Score
49.2 pts
#4
LE

21 welcoming projects, avg 51% acceptance.

Tier Spread39 repos
1 S20 A12 B6 C/D
Welcoming
21
Score
48.8 pts
#5
MU

12 welcoming projects, avg 72% acceptance.

Tier Spread28 repos
3 S9 A10 B6 C/D
Welcoming
12
Score
48.8 pts
#6

1998 welcoming projects, avg 71% acceptance.

Tier Spread6851 repos
144 S1854 A2490 B2363 C/D
Welcoming
1998
Score
46.7 pts
#7

3366 welcoming projects, avg 69% acceptance.

Tier Spread11207 repos
285 S3081 A3945 B3896 C/D
Welcoming
3366
Score
46.4 pts
#8
MD

49 welcoming projects, avg 62% acceptance.

Tier Spread118 repos
5 S44 A39 B30 C/D
Welcoming
49
Score
45.5 pts
#9
LL

8 welcoming projects, avg 44% acceptance.

Tier Spread17 repos
2 S6 A6 B3 C/D
Welcoming
8
Score
45.5 pts
#10
HC

22 welcoming projects, avg 77% acceptance.

Tier Spread73 repos
2 S20 A36 B15 C/D
Welcoming
22
Score
45.4 pts

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