Data from Chainspect | Mar 13, 2026, 05:19 UTC
# Name	Developers	Commits	Repos	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,842 0.01%	89,741 0.02%	126	41,815 0.02%	1,933
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Layer 1	8,990 0.09%	685,061 0.01%	494 0.20%	34,982 0.01%	5,068 0.02%
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,990 0.09%	685,061 0.01%	494 0.20%	34,982 0.01%	5,068 0.02%
4 Ethereum Layer 1	8,899 0.47%	501,653 0.42%	429 0.23%	190,526 0.17%	11,813 0.20%
5 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,874 0.31%	166,993 0.01%	148 0.68%	14,156 0.06%	1,715
6 Cardano Layer 1	3,655 0.22%	272,054 0.03%	215	12,286 0.02%	2,284
7 Optimism Layer 2	3,345 0.09%	178,446 0.01%	96	13,103 0.02%	1,041
8 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,398 0.42%	192,417 0.01%	132	10,731 0.02%	1,590
9 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,934	119,317 0.06%	23	105,897	5,602 0.04%
10 Polygon Sidechain	1,783 0.11%	64,521 0.15%	159	9,379 0.03%	1,687
11 Sui Layer 1	1,440 0.07%	74,168 0.06%	157	16,982 0.01%	919
12 Kaia Layer 1	1,347 0.15%	50,181 0.02%	51	221 0.45%	92
13 Hedera Layer 1	1,203 0.17%	75,528 0.08%	122	4,245 0.28%	1,107 0.09%
14 NEAR Layer 1	1,194	76,970 0.03%	223	9,888 0.01%	1,350
15 Aptos Layer 1	1,184	51,116 0.02%	126	9,785 0.01%	1,799
16 MultiversX Layer 1	1,146 0.09%	171,639 0.02%	287	3,183 0.06%	2,403
17 eCash Layer 1	956	36,972 0.02%	4	1,349	153
18 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	922	68,522 0.09%	208 0.48%	1,642 0.06%	591
19 Base Layer 2	870 0.12%	13,221 0.26%	70	77,802	818
20 Avalanche Layer 1	804	76,861 0.04%	113	6,785 0.01%	1,201
21 ICP Layer 1	765 0.13%	111,904 0.04%	170	8,286	1,997
22 Stellar Layer 1	689	66,023 0.02%	125	10,689 0.02%	2,194
23 Cronos Layer 1	657 1.39%	19,248 0.01%	29	1,148	149
24 TON Layer 1	587	25,531 0.07%	179	15,463 0.01%	1,547 0.19%
25 Tezos Ecosystem Ecosystem	565 0.18%	88,405 0.05%	71 1.43%	1,861 0.05%	390

The number of active developers is one of the most widely used metrics for measuring the health and growth of a blockchain ecosystem. It reflects how many independent builders are contributing code, maintaining repositories, and pushing commits across the network’s core repos.

To ensure accuracy, we focus only on repositories maintained by the blockchain’s foundation or core development organizations, excluding ecosystem projects like dApps, tools, or explorers. This way, the metric highlights protocol development without being influenced by broader ecosystem work.

A higher developer count signals stronger community engagement, faster iteration, and a greater likelihood of long-term sustainability. Blockchains with more active developers tend to ship features quicker, address issues faster, and attract more users and projects.

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