Data from Chainspect | Jun 11, 2026, 16:22 UTC
# Name	Developers	Commits	Repos	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,786 0.03%	91,843 0.03%	149	39,649 0.03%	519
2 Ethereum Layer 1	10,212 0.23%	508,993 0.07%	437	184,694 0.01%	8,120
3 Polkadot Layer 1	9,056 0.02%	698,844 0.02%	544 0.93%	35,484 0.03%	2,150 0.09%
4 BNB Chain Layer 1	4,019	168,812	157	14,390 0.01%	1,319
5 Cardano Layer 1	3,716	285,189 0.03%	221	12,385 0.01%	2,244 0.09%
6 Optimism Layer 2	3,439	181,181 0.01%	96	13,162	869
7 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,452 0.08%	198,657 0.49%	128	10,743 0.01%	1,482
8 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,982 0.10%	122,337 0.05%	23	107,119 0.01%	5,536
9 Polygon Sidechain	1,810	65,948 0.01%	168	9,491	1,245
10 Sui Layer 1	1,478 0.14%	81,171 0.08%	172	17,282 0.09%	882 0.11%
11 Base Layer 2	1,464	21,785 0.24%	73	78,528 0.19%	800 0.63%
12 Kaia Layer 1	1,356	50,693 0.01%	52	223	92
13 Hedera Layer 1	1,317	79,992 0.06%	125	4,715 0.04%	1,238
14 NEAR Layer 1	1,214	78,470 0.02%	231	9,988	1,223
15 Aptos Layer 1	1,198 0.08%	53,550 0.04%	133	9,839 0.01%	1,666
16 MultiversX Layer 1	1,163 0.09%	173,201 0.01%	290	3,187	2,251
17 eCash Layer 1	966	37,504 0.01%	4	1,360 0.07%	154
18 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	940 0.11%	81,974 0.05%	227	1,709 0.12%	493
19 Avalanche Layer 1	826 0.12%	79,873 0.04%	115	6,789 0.04%	916 0.54%
20 ICP Layer 1	781	117,034 0.03%	176	8,383	1,715

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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