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The list is massive. It probably covers most open source projects from Linux (which might not be single personal now but it certainly was when it started) and g

• bch 5y ago
  > cURL (still single person AFAIK) That person is Daniel Stenberg. He's been the main driver[0] (esp since its been called "curl"), and is still the majority committer, but the project has ~1000[1][2] commit authors (disclosure, I'm one). I'm in no way trying to diminish Daniel's work. It is excellent. Curl has however taken on a life of its own to an extent, with a few other heavy lifters and lots of occasional contributers. I actually think this speaks well to Daniels leadership; he seems to have a loose grip that guides the project and keeps things on the rails with minimal perturbation. He's still a heavy lifter, but not entirely Atlas[3]. [0] https://curl.se/docs/governance.html https://curl.se/docs/governance.html [1] https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html https://curl.se/docs/thanks.html [2] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/01/30/1000-commit-authors/ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/01/30/1000-commit-authors/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(mythology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(mythology)