GitHub
Monthly GitHub activity since 2008: new repositories, issues and pull requests platform-wide; commits carrying an AI tool's co-author trailer (Claude, Copilot, Codex, Cursor); pull requests opened by agent accounts and from agent-named branches; new repositories by AI topic tag; and a derived agent share of pull requests.
Platform-wide activity
New repositories (monthly)
8.9M +69.1% yr as of Jul 2026
New issues (monthly)
4.5M +186.2% yr as of Jul 2026
New pull requests (monthly)
17.9M +160.3% yr as of Jul 2026
Platform-wide commits
Commits (monthly)
186M +47.7% yr as of Jul 2026
AI commit trailers
Each line counts only commits where the tool added its own name, so the real total is higher. ⚠ Above one million GitHub gives an estimate: read the trend, not one month.
Commits co-authored by Claude
14.1M ×30 yr as of Jul 2026
Commits co-authored by GitHub Copilot
245k +349.6% yr as of Jul 2026
Commits co-authored by OpenAI Codex
78.9k ×2390 yr as of Jul 2026
Commits co-authored by Cursor Agent
36.1k +173.4% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs opened by agent accounts
These lines count only the pull requests that a bot account opened, so they are too low: many agents push a branch and let the developer open the pull request.
PRs opened by GitHub Copilot coding agent
71.4k +85.8% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs opened by Devin
29.4k +630.7% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs opened by Google Jules
14.7k +667.6% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs opened by claude[bot]
7.6k ×94 yr as of Jul 2026
Agent-named PR branches — matched by branch name, not authorship
In June 2024, before these agents existed, this same search found 8 to 93 pull requests a month; today it finds hundreds of thousands.
PRs from claude/… branches
1.1M ×241 yr as of Jul 2026
PRs from codex/… branches
706k +164.5% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs from cursor/… branches
218k +499.7% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs from copilot/… branches
75.5k +92.7% yr as of Jul 2026
PRs from jules/… branches
31.9k ×44 yr as of Jul 2026
New repos by AI topic
Owners often add a topic tag years after they create a repository. ⚠ The chart counts each repository in the month someone created it, so the early years are too high.
New repos tagged “llm”
15.3k +651.2% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “mcp”
9.5k +871.3% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “ai-agents”
14.0k ×24 yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “agentic-ai”
2.6k +469.5% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “rag”
5.3k +532.8% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “generative-ai”
1.7k +229.2% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “chatgpt”
1.2k +428.9% yr as of Jul 2026
New repos tagged “grok”
1.1k ×36 yr as of Jul 2026
Agent share of pull requests
Agent-opened share of all PRs derived
12.1% +137.0% yr as of Jul 2026
Figures
| Series | Latest | Change | Min | Max | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New repositories (monthly) | 8.9M | +69.1% yr | 47 | 8.9M | Jan 2008 — Jul 2026 |
| New issues (monthly) | 4.5M | +186.2% yr | 4.0k | 4.5M | Jan 2008 — Jul 2026 |
| New pull requests (monthly) | 17.9M | +160.3% yr | 0 | 17.9M | Jan 2008 — Jul 2026 |
| Commits (monthly) | 186M | +47.7% yr | 56.0M | 239M | Mar 2008 — Jul 2026 |
| Commits co-authored by Claude | 14.1M | ×30 yr | 70 | 14.1M | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs opened by GitHub Copilot coding agent | 71.4k | +85.8% yr | 0 | 329k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs opened by Devin | 29.4k | +630.7% yr | 0 | 38.8k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs opened by Google Jules | 14.7k | +667.6% yr | 0 | 108k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs opened by claude[bot] | 7.6k | ×94 yr | 0 | 7.6k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs from claude/… branches | 1.1M | ×241 yr | 11 | 1.1M | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs from codex/… branches | 706k | +164.5% yr | 3 | 706k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs from cursor/… branches | 218k | +499.7% yr | 56 | 218k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs from copilot/… branches | 75.5k | +92.7% yr | 13 | 335k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| PRs from jules/… branches | 31.9k | ×44 yr | 26 | 31.9k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “llm” | 15.3k | +651.2% yr | 4 | 15.3k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “mcp” | 9.5k | +871.3% yr | 2 | 9.5k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “ai-agents” | 14.0k | ×24 yr | 1 | 14.0k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “agentic-ai” | 2.6k | +469.5% yr | 0 | 2.6k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “rag” | 5.3k | +532.8% yr | 0 | 5.3k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “generative-ai” | 1.7k | +229.2% yr | 2 | 1.7k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “chatgpt” | 1.2k | +428.9% yr | 2 | 1.7k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| New repos tagged “grok” | 1.1k | ×36 yr | 0 | 1.1k | Jan 2021 — Jul 2026 |
| Commits co-authored by GitHub Copilot | 245k | +349.6% yr | 0 | 483k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| Commits co-authored by OpenAI Codex | 78.9k | ×2390 yr | 0 | 78.9k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| Commits co-authored by Cursor Agent | 36.1k | +173.4% yr | 0 | 36.1k | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |
| Agent-opened share of all PRs | 12.1% | +137.0% yr | 0% | 12.1% | Jun 2023 — Jul 2026 |