Most active GitHub users in Germany

This is a list of most active GitHub users in Germany over the past year. Other countries/regions can be found here. This list was generated at 2025-08-27 00:56:43 +0000 and machine-readable JSON is available for:

• rank-only with categories

This list is generated with this piece of code. The logic is as follows (in pseudocode):

githubUsers.sort(_.followers)
           .filter(_.location == 'Germany') 
           .take(1000)
           .sort(_.contributions)
           .take(256)

This list contains all public commits for each user. There are 293706 total users in the region and you need at least 311 followers to be on this list.

Badges are also available, which you can include on your profile pages. Simply include the following markdown for users:

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• Commits
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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	horsicq (Hors)	88866
2.	chrisguttandin (Christoph Guttandin)	23193
3.	hannobraun (Hanno Braun)	15887
4.	Jason2866 (Jason2866)	12234
5.	propensive (Jon Pretty)	9033
6.	aeneasr (hackerman)	8205
7.	chrisgrieser (Chris Grieser)	5393
8.	brillout (Rom)	4850
9.	xhochy (Uwe L. Korn)	4622
10.	shyim (Shyim)	4372
11.	SuperSandro2000 (Sandro)	4273
12.	rxrbln (René Rebe)	4043
13.	Veykril (Lukas Wirth)	4019
14.	sebastianbergmann (Sebastian Bergmann)	3623
15.	bgruening (Björn Grüning)	3514
16.	johannesjo (Johannes Millan)	3439
17.	fzerorubigd (Forud)	3263
18.	hartwork (Sebastian Pipping)	3215
19.	koppor (Oliver Kopp)	3195
20.	def- (Dennis Felsing)	3187
21.	ledermann (Georg Ledermann)	3143
22.	strengejacke (Daniel)	3135
23.	kayhayen (Kay Hayen)	3130
24.	shipilev (Aleksey Shipilëv)	3057
25.	haesleinhuepf (Robert Haase)	2836
26.	fineanmol (ANMOL AGARWAL)	2709
27.	pudo (Friedrich Lindenberg)	2611
28.	tboerger (Thomas Boerger)	2531
29.	rse (Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall)	2493
30.	BeRo1985 (Benjamin Rosseaux)	2418
31.	MichaelKreil (Michael Kreil)	2408
32.	ptaoussanis (Peter Taoussanis)	2362
33.	pk910 (pk910)	2346
34.	lastzero (Michael Mayer)	2265
35.	johannschopplich (Johann Schopplich)	2220
36.	Turbo87 (Tobias Bieniek)	2172
37.	DerGoogler (Der_Googler)	2151
38.	cthoyt (Charles Tapley Hoyt)	2140
39.	InventivetalentDev (Haylee Schäfer)	2116
40.	bylickilabs (FullStackHero)	2062
41.	emptymalei (LM)	2054
42.	cpanato (Carlos Tadeu Panato Junior)	2024
43.	miku (Martin Czygan)	2019
44.	xabbuh (Christian Flothmann)	1990
45.	ptr1337 (Peter Jung)	1948
46.	Byron (Sebastian Thiel)	1935
47.	doitsujin (Philip Rebohle)	1889
48.	philippjfr (Philipp Rudiger)	1881
49.	Lasim (Piotr Hajdas)	1842
50.	mp911de (Mark Paluch)	1816
51.	pepicrft (Pedro Piñera Buendía)	1810
52.	floooh (Andre Weissflog)	1794
53.	krille-chan (Krille-chan)	1750
54.	marcelklehr (Marcel Klehr)	1743
55.	nikku (Nico Rehwaldt)	1693
56.	janheinrichmerker (Jan Heinrich Merker)	1632
57.	poettering (Lennart Poettering)	1625
58.	marcphilipp (Marc Philipp)	1610
59.	xxczaki (Antoni Kępiński)	1600
60.	Bnyro (Bnyro)	1591
61.	dereuromark (Mark Scherer)	1589
62.	ndom91 (Nico Domino)	1589
63.	Nowosad (Jakub)	1565
64.	andig (andig)	1497
65.	BeryJu (Jens L.)	1497
66.	cgrundman (Christian Grundman)	1436
67.	bastianallgeier (Bastian Allgeier)	1435
68.	mylinuxforwork (Stephan Raabe)	1412
69.	leahneukirchen (Leah Neukirchen)	1408
70.	hagezi (Gerd)	1387
71.	kpcyrd ()	1382
72.	naltatis (Michael Geers)	1379
73.	sschuberth (Sebastian Schuberth)	1371
74.	mavam (Matthias Vallentin)	1350
75.	Ly0n (Tobias Augspurger)	1349
76.	tigerabrodi (Tiger Abrodi)	1345
77.	jkroepke (Jan-Otto Kröpke)	1342
78.	IndrajeetPatil (Indrajeet Patil)	1323
79.	rurban (Reini Urban)	1323
80.	juliangruber (Julian Gruber)	1307
81.	Goldziher (Na'aman Hirschfeld)	1295
82.	NikolaiT (Nikolai Tschacher)	1270
83.	probonopd ()	1267
84.	delucis (Chris Swithinbank)	1265
85.	TimDaub (Tim Daubenschütz)	1259
86.	ligi (ligi)	1250
87.	nikolasburk (Nikolas)	1245
88.	hzeller (Henner Zeller)	1237
89.	wolfv (Wolf Vollprecht)	1235
90.	TorstenDittmann (Torsten Dittmann)	1232
91.	niklasf (Niklas Fiekas)	1224
92.	splitbrain (Andreas Gohr)	1219
93.	lukasmasuch (Lukas Masuch)	1216
94.	falkTX (Filipe Coelho)	1212
95.	timschneeb (Tim Schneeberger)	1209
96.	schochastics (David Schoch)	1179
97.	ugurkocde (Ugur Koc | Microsoft MVP)	1164
98.	staabm (Markus Staab)	1161
99.	minad (Daniel Mendler)	1145
100.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1138
101.	stefanw (Stefan Wehrmeyer)	1118
102.	localheinz (Andreas Möller)	1106
103.	fractaledmind (Stephen Margheim)	1104
104.	mwittrien (Mirco Wittrien)	1102
105.	AmrDeveloper (Amr Hesham)	1093
106.	PurpleBooth (Billie Thompson)	1091
107.	herrbischoff (Marcel Bischoff)	1090
108.	voku (Lars Moelleken)	1070
109.	schickling (Johannes Schickling)	1067
110.	JannisX11 ()	1059
111.	d4rken (Matthias Urhahn)	1056
112.	michael-simons (Michael Simons)	1042
113.	christianparpart (Christian Parpart)	1023
114.	SuperQ (Ben Kochie)	1013
115.	jjohannes (Jendrik Johannes)	994
116.	johanneskoester (Johannes Köster)	975
117.	amaembo (Tagir Valeev)	971
118.	chronark (Andreas Thomas)	968
119.	ff6347 (Fabian Morón Zirfas)	966
120.	sheremet-va (Vladimir)	961
121.	syssi (Sebastian Muszynski)	953
122.	eps1lon (Sebastian "Sebbie" Silbermann)	951
123.	andreaskoepf (Andreas Köpf)	941
124.	sschmid (Simon Schmid)	935
125.	Gargron (Eugen Rochko)	929
126.	derhuerst (Jannis R)	923
127.	anaisbetts (Ani Betts)	922
128.	dignifiedquire (Friedel Ziegelmayer)	899
129.	odrotbohm (Oliver Drotbohm)	883
130.	moklick (Moritz Klack)	869
131.	mwarning (Moritz Warning)	862
132.	mxschmitt (Max Schmitt)	861
133.	ThisIsMissEm (Emelia Smith)	857
134.	fortmarek (Marek Fořt)	846
135.	FabianLars (Fabian-Lars)	846
136.	ad-si (Adrian Sieber)	844
137.	nikic (Nikita Popov)	842
138.	jens-maus (Jens Maus)	831
139.	clemensv (Clemens Vasters)	827
140.	saeedvaziry (Saeed Vaziry)	822
141.	Apollon77 (Ingo Fischer)	819
142.	brauner (Christian Brauner)	817
143.	aabouzaid (Ahmed AbouZaid)	815
144.	konstin (konsti)	813
145.	endocrimes (Danielle)	807
146.	prof18 (Marco Gomiero)	805
147.	OrKoN (Alex Rudenko)	800
148.	Tienisto (Tien Do Nam)	797
149.	jsinger67 (Jörg Singer)	796
150.	hanshuebner (Hans Hübner)	785
151.	gka (Gregor Aisch)	776
152.	matthiasn (Matthias Nehlsen)	767
153.	normanmaurer (Norman Maurer)	766
154.	elkowar (ElKowar)	758
155.	LukasKalbertodt (Lukas Kalbertodt)	752
156.	neobrain (Tony Wasserka)	752
157.	marcinguy (Marcin Kozlowski)	747
158.	marijnh (Marijn Haverbeke)	746
159.	ivov (Iván Ovejero)	738
160.	kostasx (Kostas Minaidis)	736
161.	mre (Matthias Endler)	733
162.	sharkdp (David Peter)	731
163.	foosel (Gina Häußge)	728
164.	shagu (Shagu)	726
165.	andygrunwald (Andy Grunwald)	710
166.	UweTrottmann (Uwe)	708
167.	jplatte (Jonas Platte)	705
168.	kianenigma (Kian Paimani)	697
169.	generall (Andrey Vasnetsov)	684
170.	rwieruch (Robin Wieruch)	670
171.	x42 (Robin Gareus)	669
172.	hynek (Hynek Schlawack)	665
173.	pubkey (Daniel Meyer)	665
174.	DivineDominion (Christian Tietze)	655
175.	aregtech (Aregtech)	650
176.	justinmk (Justin M. Keyes)	645
177.	ThorstenHans (Thorsten Hans)	644
178.	rednafi (Redowan Delowar)	643
179.	hphilm (Philip Müller)	643
180.	asus4 (Koki Ibukuro)	641
181.	svenstaro (Sven-Hendrik Haase)	631
182.	marvinhagemeister (Marvin Hagemeister)	631
183.	lucasmichot (Lucas Michot)	616
184.	nomeata (Joachim Breitner)	611
185.	klein0r (Matthias Kleine)	609
186.	Nukesor (Arne Christian Beer)	607
187.	arm-on (Arman Malekzadeh)	604
188.	xeolabs (xeolabs)	597
189.	timpritlove (Tim Pritlove)	596
190.	emmericp (Paul Emmerich)	593
191.	LefterisJP (Lefteris Karapetsas)	587
192.	FlorianRappl (Florian Rappl)	587
193.	sfan5 ()	587
194.	dummdidumm (Simon H)	587
195.	rashakil-ds (Rashedul Alam Shakil)	584
196.	SimonDanisch (Simon)	582
197.	mishushakov (Mish Ushakov)	582
198.	johnjohndoe (Tobias Preuss)	579
199.	hediet (Henning Dieterichs)	579
200.	mindreframer (Roman Heinrich)	572
201.	SaschaWillems (Sascha Willems)	566
202.	drwetter (Dirk Wetter)	562
203.	meren (A. Murat Eren (Meren))	560
204.	0xPoe (Dongpo Liu)	559
205.	Mahmoud-Italy (Mahmoud Ahmed)	557
206.	kakkoyun (Kemal Akkoyun)	556
207.	vchuravy (Valentin Churavy)	552
208.	nuhkoca (Nuh Koca)	552
209.	Aircoookie (Christian Schwinne)	551
210.	jamesmunns (James Munns)	550
211.	phryneas (Lenz Weber-Tronic)	548
212.	alexeygrigorev (Alexey Grigorev)	547
213.	tuxuser (tuxuser)	543
214.	aheinze (Artur)	543
215.	anna-geller (Anna Geller)	542
216.	davidsbatista (David S. Batista)	541
217.	bkimminich (Björn Kimminich)	538
218.	bjorn (Thorbjørn Lindeijer)	537
219.	mmourafiq (Mourad)	537
220.	kiliankoe (Kilian Koeltzsch)	536
221.	Drakulix (Victoria Brekenfeld)	534
222.	aqrln (Oleksii (Alexey) Orlenko)	532
223.	edzer (Edzer Pebesma )	531
224.	grahampugh (Graham Pugh)	531
225.	tiangolo (Sebastián Ramírez)	531
226.	GylanSalih (Gylan Salih)	530
227.	rubensousa (Rúben Sousa)	527
228.	fniephaus (Fabio Niephaus)	521
229.	haasn (Niklas Haas)	520
230.	tillrohrmann (Till Rohrmann)	520
231.	ZitaoTech (Zitao)	520
232.	LekoArts (Lennart)	515
233.	bergie (Henri Bergius)	514
234.	joschan21 (Joscha Neske)	512
235.	muety (Ferdinand Mütsch)	511
236.	bkchr (Bastian Köcher)	510
237.	beorn7 (Björn Rabenstein)	508
238.	iczelia (Kamila Szewczyk)	506
239.	helje5 (Helge Heß)	505
240.	Kovah (Kevin Woblick)	504
241.	MichaelGrupp (Michael Grupp)	504
242.	codebytere (Shelley Vohr)	500
243.	alireza0 (Alireza Ahmadi)	499
244.	pepelsbey (Vadim Makeev)	497
245.	plutov (Alex Pliutau)	494
246.	ewolff (Eberhard Wolff)	492
247.	fancycode (Joachim Bauch)	491
248.	tcurdt (Torsten Curdt)	489
249.	MohamedMesto (Mohamed Mesto)	486
250.	juliusv (Julius Volz)	486
251.	phil-opp (Philipp Oppermann)	484
252.	dirien (Engin Diri)	484
253.	Skn0tt (Simon Knott)	482
254.	Ana06 (Ana María Martínez Gómez)	481
255.	mashb1t (Manuel Schmid)	476
256.	tonsky (Nikita Prokopov)	476

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