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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.

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Platform-wide activity

New repositories (monthly)

9.8M +86.0% yr as of Aug 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3
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New issues (monthly)

5.2M +219.6% yr as of Aug 2026
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3
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New pull requests (monthly)

19.5M +167.0% yr as of Aug 2026
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3
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Platform-wide commits

Commits (monthly)

186M +47.7% yr as of Jul 2026
050.0M100M150M200M250M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3
⚠ Do not read the early years as history. GitHub dates a commit by the clock of the computer that wrote it, so imported projects add old commits to old months.
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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

5.6M +861.5% yr as of Aug 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

Commits co-authored by GitHub Copilot

249k +323.5% yr as of Aug 2026
0100k200k300k400k500k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

Commits co-authored by OpenAI Codex

78.4k ×1600 yr as of Aug 2026
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

Commits co-authored by Cursor Agent

63.9k +356.6% yr as of Aug 2026
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k60.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

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

64.6k −2.5% yr as of Aug 2026
050.0k100k150k200k250k300k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs opened by Devin

34.1k +663.8% yr as of Aug 2026
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs opened by Google Jules

10.2k −26.8% yr as of Aug 2026
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs opened by claude[bot]

14.3k ×217 yr as of Aug 2026
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k14.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

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 ×249 yr as of Aug 2026
0200k400k600k800k1.0M2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs from codex/… branches

800k +114.4% yr as of Aug 2026
0200k400k600k800k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs from cursor/… branches

337k +416.7% yr as of Aug 2026
050.0k100k150k200k250k300k350k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs from copilot/… branches

69.7k +3.4% yr as of Aug 2026
050.0k100k150k200k250k300k350k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

PRs from jules/… branches

34.4k ×106 yr as of Aug 2026
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k35.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

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”

13.7k +635.1% yr as of Aug 2026
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k14.0k16.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “mcp”

10.5k ×11 yr as of Aug 2026
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “ai-agents”

16.1k ×22 yr as of Aug 2026
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k14.0k16.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “agentic-ai”

3.1k +553.7% yr as of Aug 2026
05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k3.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “rag”

5.0k +553.5% yr as of Aug 2026
01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k6.0k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “generative-ai”

1.7k +359.6% yr as of Aug 2026
02004006008001.0k1.2k1.4k1.6k1.8k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “chatgpt”

1.2k +545.8% yr as of Aug 2026
02004006008001.0k1.2k1.4k1.6k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

New repos tagged “grok”

463 ×19 yr as of Aug 2026
02004006008001.0k1.2k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3

Agent share of pull requests

Agent-opened share of all PRs derived

12.1% +71.9% yr as of Aug 2026
0246810122008201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3
Pull requests from branches named after an agent, plus Devin's, divided by all pull requests that month. ⚠ The real share is higher: some agents leave no trace.

Figures

SeriesLatestChangeMinMaxCoverage
New repositories (monthly)9.8M+86.0% yr479.8MJan 2008 — Aug 2026
New issues (monthly)5.2M+219.6% yr4.0k5.2MJan 2008 — Aug 2026
New pull requests (monthly)19.5M+167.0% yr019.5MJan 2008 — Aug 2026
Commits (monthly)186M+47.7% yr56.0M239MMar 2008 — Jul 2026
Commits co-authored by Claude5.6M+861.5% yr7011.8MJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs opened by GitHub Copilot coding agent64.6k−2.5% yr0329kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs opened by Devin34.1k+663.8% yr038.8kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs opened by Google Jules10.2k−26.8% yr0108kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs opened by claude[bot]14.3k×217 yr014.3kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs from claude/… branches1.1M×249 yr111.1MJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs from codex/… branches800k+114.4% yr3800kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs from cursor/… branches337k+416.7% yr56337kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs from copilot/… branches69.7k+3.4% yr13335kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
PRs from jules/… branches34.4k×106 yr2634.4kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “llm”13.7k+635.1% yr416.3kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “mcp”10.5k×11 yr210.5kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “ai-agents”16.1k×22 yr116.1kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “agentic-ai”3.1k+553.7% yr03.1kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “rag”5.0k+553.5% yr05.8kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “generative-ai”1.7k+359.6% yr21.8kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “chatgpt”1.2k+545.8% yr21.7kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
New repos tagged “grok”463×19 yr01.2kJan 2021 — Aug 2026
Commits co-authored by GitHub Copilot249k+323.5% yr0483kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
Commits co-authored by OpenAI Codex78.4k×1600 yr078.4kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
Commits co-authored by Cursor Agent63.9k+356.6% yr063.9kJun 2023 — Aug 2026
Agent-opened share of all PRs12.1%+71.9% yr0%12.1%Jun 2023 — Aug 2026
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