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Just under 5k contributors in total[0] – There's likely a lot less than that working on it actively, and the number working on the Linux kernel full-time will b
by unfunco 11y ago
Just under 5k contributors in total[0] – There's likely a lot less than that working on it actively, and the number working on the Linux kernel full-time will be much lower than that also.
[0] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/graphs/contributors https://github.com/torvalds/linux/graphs/contributors
Both Microsoft and Apple can compete.
- colechristensen 11y agoThis is likely not an accurate representation of who is actually working on the kernel. Whole teams of people might work on a patch which gets bundled up into a single commit.