Crypto Developer Activity

Solana has the most active developers across all blockchains on Chainspect

Data from Chainspect | Oct 28, 2025, 12:22 UTC
# Name	Developers	Repos	Commits	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,723 0.02%	113	85,810 0.03%	38,469 0.02%	1,826 0.06%
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,886	461	676,381 0.00%	33,883 0.02%	5,013
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,886	461	676,381 0.00%	33,883 0.02%	5,013
4 Ethereum Layer 1	6,042 0.08%	258	336,527 0.09%	131,754 0.03%	10,059
5 opBNB Layer 2	3,794	144	166,001 0.01%	13,667 0.03%	1,680 0.06%
6 BNB Greenfield Layer 1	3,794	144	166,001 0.01%	13,667 0.03%	1,680 0.06%
7 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,794	144	166,001 0.01%	13,667 0.03%	1,680 0.06%
8 Cardano Layer 1	3,517	180	226,299 0.03%	11,567 0.01%	2,074
9 Optimism Layer 2	3,010	93	171,405 0.01%	12,742 0.03%	1,037
10 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,325	128	188,434	10,420	1,619
11 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,891 0.05%	22	114,868 0.02%	103,347 0.05%	5,566 0.02%
12 Polygon Sidechain	1,660	150	62,285 0.01%	9,239	1,733
13 Celo Layer 2	1,573 0.06%	177 0.57%	71,074 0.07%	2,995 1.90%	1,493
14 Sui Layer 1	1,380	143	64,646 0.13%	16,229 0.04%	902
15 Kaia Layer 1	1,323	49	48,948 0.02%	194	92
16 NEAR Layer 1	1,159	211	73,716 0.03%	9,632 0.01%	1,354 0.22%
17 Aptos Layer 1	1,153	119	49,145 0.02%	9,592	1,788
18 Hedera Layer 1	1,014 0.20%	112	70,205 0.04%	3,822 0.11%	1,124 0.09%
19 MultiversX Layer 1	953	264	165,164 0.00%	3,181	2,585
20 eCash Layer 1	940	4	35,961 0.01%	1,327 0.08%	151
21 BSV Blockchain Layer 1 New	913	172	61,785 0.13%	1,512 0.13%	615 0.16%
22 xx network Layer 1	884	86	50,469	992	82
23 Avalanche Layer 1	764 0.13%	109	61,982 0.07%	6,672 0.02%	1,199
24 ICP Layer 1	758	180	116,240 0.07%	9,255 0.01%	2,189 0.05%
25 Base Layer 2	680	57	9,473 0.05%	76,722 0.02%	791

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.

With Chainspect’s real-time Developer Activity Dashboard, you can track and compare active developers, repositories, and commits across 50+ blockchains. See which ecosystems are growing, monitor trends over time, and identify the projects with the most vibrant developer communities.

Developer activity is what keeps blockchains evolving. Use our live data to make informed decisions, whether you’re investing, building, or researching blockchain ecosystems.