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 2025-12-18 01:22:40 +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 303322 total users in the region and you need at least 203 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:

[![eplus.dev badge](https://user-badge.eplus.dev/germany/USERNAME.svg)](https://user-badge.eplus.dev/germany/USERNAME)

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• Commits
• Contributions
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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	horsicq (Hors)	85410
2.	marcobiedermann (Marco Biedermann)	39335
3.	larsxschneider (Lars Schneider)	36947
4.	Jason2866 (Jason2866)	23354
5.	chrisguttandin (Christoph Guttandin)	18384
6.	hannobraun (Hanno Braun)	13932
7.	joschi (Jochen Schalanda)	12624
8.	Goldziher (Na'aman Hirschfeld)	6539
9.	ctron (Jens Reimann)	6065
10.	propensive (Jon Pretty)	5541
11.	rxrbln (René Rebe)	5461
12.	heftig (Jan Alexander Steffens)	5115
13.	SuperSandro2000 (Sandro)	4917
14.	fichtner (Franco Fichtner)	4870
15.	brillout (Rom)	4863
16.	tboerger (Thomas Boerger)	4714
17.	johannesjo (Johannes Millan)	4222
18.	koppor (Oliver Kopp)	4131
19.	Veykril (Lukas Wirth)	4128
20.	xhochy (Uwe L. Korn)	4096
21.	chrisgrieser (Chris Grieser)	4004
22.	shyim (Shyim)	3971
23.	MaxKellermann (Max Kellermann)	3703
24.	MichaelKreil (Michael Kreil)	3652
25.	hartwork (Sebastian Pipping)	3574
26.	rse (Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall)	3424
27.	fingolfin (Max Horn)	3335
28.	sebastianbergmann (Sebastian Bergmann)	3315
29.	galexrt (Alexander Trost)	3207
30.	lastzero (Michael Mayer)	3172
31.	cmb69 (Christoph M. Becker)	3144
32.	mpadge (mark padgham)	3101
33.	ReneWerner87 (RW)	3089
34.	ledermann (Georg Ledermann)	3086
35.	bgruening (Björn Grüning)	3057
36.	fineanmol (ANMOL AGARWAL)	3039
37.	GermanBluefox (Bluefox)	2948
38.	laurindoisaac (Vas Ber)	2879
39.	voku (Lars Moelleken)	2809
40.	def- (Dennis Felsing)	2799
41.	shipilev (Aleksey Shipilëv)	2763
42.	dereuromark (Mark Scherer)	2759
43.	nickvergessen (Joas Schilling)	2731
44.	OskarStark (Oskar Stark)	2711
45.	bylickilabs (Thorsten Bylicki)	2602
46.	strengejacke (Daniel)	2558
47.	cthoyt (Charles Tapley Hoyt)	2533
48.	MedRedha (Med Redha Khelifi)	2488
49.	eworm-de (Christian Hesse)	2485
50.	Byron (Sebastian Thiel)	2472
51.	Turbo87 (Tobias Bieniek)	2460
52.	kayhayen (Kay Hayen)	2445
53.	pudo (Friedrich Lindenberg)	2432
54.	johannschopplich (Johann Schopplich)	2422
55.	pk910 (pk910)	2404
56.	jfy133 (James A. Fellows Yates)	2332
57.	BeRo1985 (Benjamin Rosseaux)	2317
58.	mavam (Matthias Vallentin)	2279
59.	dvzrv (David Runge)	2249
60.	albertz (Albert Zeyer)	2168
61.	AndyScherzinger (Andy Scherzinger)	2166
62.	jonasstrehle (Jonas Strehle)	2149
63.	cpanato (Carlos Tadeu Panato Junior)	2130
64.	emptymalei (LM)	2124
65.	miku (Martin Czygan)	2108
66.	mfenner (Martin Fenner)	2049
67.	JannisX11 ()	2049
68.	NikolaiT (Nikolai Tschacher)	2017
69.	ptr1337 (Peter Jung)	2015
70.	jenskutilek (Jens Kutilek)	2002
71.	henkelmax (Max Henkel)	1996
72.	haesleinhuepf (Robert Haase)	1969
73.	floooh (Andre Weissflog)	1969
74.	mp911de (Mark Paluch)	1946
75.	gaultier (Philippe Gaultier)	1935
76.	krille-chan (Krille-chan)	1929
77.	pepicrft (Pedro Piñera Buendía)	1909
78.	DerGoogler (Der_Googler)	1908
79.	philippjfr (Philipp Rudiger)	1883
80.	jkroepke (Jan-Otto Kröpke)	1878
81.	xxczaki (Antoni Kępiński)	1865
82.	Bluscream (Bluscream)	1864
83.	hannesa2 (Hannes Achleitner)	1857
84.	clemensv (Clemens Vasters)	1854
85.	RobDangerous (Robert Konrad)	1845
86.	chanshiyucx (蝉時雨)	1831
87.	doitsujin (Philip Rebohle)	1822
88.	ptaoussanis (Peter Taoussanis)	1789
89.	marcelklehr (Marcel Klehr)	1788
90.	zeenix (Zeeshan Ali Khan)	1787
91.	andremichelle (André Michelle)	1785
92.	mhalbritter (Moritz Halbritter)	1771
93.	lazarusA (Lazaro Alonso)	1768
94.	Dream-Master (Martin Robertz)	1723
95.	schickling (Johannes Schickling)	1687
96.	aeneasr (hackerman)	1674
97.	BeryJu (Jens L.)	1658
98.	qoomon (Bengt Brodersen)	1651
99.	szaimen (Simon L.)	1630
100.	fpletz (Franz Pletz)	1615
101.	martin-helmich (Martin Helmich)	1613
102.	rurban (Reini Urban)	1604
103.	bastianallgeier (Bastian Allgeier)	1573
104.	chrxh (Christian Heinemann)	1552
105.	leahneukirchen (Leah Neukirchen)	1542
106.	naltatis (Michael Geers)	1525
107.	dloss (Dirk Loss)	1514
108.	NiklasRosenstein (Niklas Rosenstein)	1511
109.	Ly0n (Tobias Augspurger)	1505
110.	Scrumplex (Sefa Eyeoglu)	1504
111.	nikku (Nico Rehwaldt)	1504
112.	AstraBert (Clelia (Astra) Bertelli)	1498
113.	lukasmasuch (Lukas Masuch)	1487
114.	haasn (Niklas Haas)	1482
115.	Bnyro (Bnyro)	1466
116.	msoos (Mate Soos)	1460
117.	rixx (Tobias Kunze)	1454
118.	adangel (Andreas Dangel)	1452
119.	poettering (Lennart Poettering)	1448
120.	cristianoliveira (Cristian Oliveira)	1441
121.	marcphilipp (Marc Philipp)	1431
122.	andig (andig)	1430
123.	funilrys (Nissar Chababy)	1425
124.	chr-hertel (Christopher Hertel)	1420
125.	Paebbels (Patrick Lehmann)	1418
126.	xabbuh (Christian Flothmann)	1416
127.	jfilter (Johannes Filter)	1406
128.	tigerabrodi (Tiger Abrodi)	1396
129.	janheinrichmerker (Jan Heinrich Merker)	1392
130.	matthiasbeyer (Matthias Beyer)	1389
131.	leofeyer (Leo Feyer)	1388
132.	hagezi (Gerd)	1382
133.	thomaskioko (Thomas Kioko)	1380
134.	delucis (Chris Swithinbank)	1376
135.	Nowosad (Jakub)	1371
136.	AmrDeveloper (Amr Hesham)	1364
137.	falkTX (Filipe Coelho)	1355
138.	jhermann (Jürgen Hermann)	1338
139.	splitbrain (Andreas Gohr)	1324
140.	mylinuxforwork (Stephan Raabe)	1313
141.	mikf (Mike Fährmann)	1313
142.	sschuberth (Sebastian Schuberth)	1310
143.	nikolasburk (Nikolas)	1303
144.	Apollon77 (Ingo Fischer)	1293
145.	probonopd ()	1291
146.	chrox (Huang Xin)	1282
147.	builtbyjonas (Jonas)	1269
148.	johanneskoester (Johannes Köster)	1265
149.	sttts (Dr. Stefan Schimanski)	1261
150.	noah-nuebling (Noah Nuebling)	1260
151.	timschneeb (Tim Schneeberger)	1259
152.	r0man ()	1244
153.	IndrajeetPatil (Indrajeet Patil)	1243
154.	jjohannes (Jendrik Johannes)	1238
155.	kpcyrd ()	1228
156.	dr460nf1r3 (Nιƈσ 🐉🔥)	1219
157.	NobbZ (Norbert Melzer)	1219
158.	minad (Daniel Mendler)	1218
159.	stefanw (Stefan Wehrmeyer)	1214
160.	fortmarek (Marek Fořt)	1207
161.	TimDaub (Tim Daubenschütz)	1205
162.	stanislaw (Stanislav Pankevich)	1200
163.	juliangruber (Julian Gruber)	1198
164.	wolfv (Wolf Vollprecht)	1194
165.	brauner (Christian Brauner)	1175
166.	Lassulus (lassulus)	1165
167.	eps1lon (Sebastian "Sebbie" Silbermann)	1155
168.	christophschuhmann (Christoph Schuhmann)	1152
169.	voodoohop (voodoohop)	1151
170.	MarioSieg (Neo)	1149
171.	niklasf (Niklas Fiekas)	1140
172.	Lulalaby (Lala Sabathil)	1131
173.	tonyalaribe (Anthony Alaribe)	1130
174.	mwittrien (Mirco Wittrien)	1112
175.	TheEnbyperor (✨ Q (it/its) ✨)	1104
176.	tobilg (Tobi)	1085
177.	illume (René Dudfield)	1081
178.	TorstenDittmann (Torsten Dittmann)	1079
179.	ThisIsMissEm (Emelia Smith)	1063
180.	Lasim (Piotr Hajdas)	1060
181.	foosel (Gina Häußge)	1050
182.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1038
183.	ugurkocde (Ugur Koc | Microsoft MVP)	1038
184.	staabm (Markus Staab)	1033
185.	gernotstarke (Dr. Gernot Starke)	1025
186.	miconda (Daniel-Constantin Mierla)	1015
187.	hzeller (Henner Zeller)	1014
188.	holtwick (Dirk Holtwick)	1012
189.	prof18 (Marco Gomiero)	1009
190.	d4rken (Matthias Urhahn)	1009
191.	SableRaf (Raphaël de Courville)	1009
192.	ranocha (Hendrik Ranocha)	1007
193.	syssi (Sebastian Muszynski)	1007
194.	bkimminich (Björn Kimminich)	1006
195.	flying-sheep (Philipp A.)	1003
196.	localheinz (Andreas Möller)	998
197.	sellmair (Sebastian Sellmair)	995
198.	SuperQ (Ben Kochie)	987
199.	ahus1 (Alexander Schwartz)	980
200.	lmachens (DevLeon)	978
201.	lonvia (Sarah Hoffmann)	977
202.	derf (Birte Friesel)	967
203.	ff6347 (Fabian Morón Zirfas)	959
204.	andreaskoepf (Andreas Köpf)	958
205.	OrKoN (Alex Rudenko)	956
206.	astraw (Andrew Straw)	946
207.	alexeygrigorev (Alexey Grigorev)	946
208.	shamansir (Ulric Wilfred)	945
209.	MohamedMesto (Mohamed Mesto)	942
210.	crmne (Carmine Paolino)	941
211.	sheremet-va (Vladimir)	936
212.	hanshuebner (Hans Hübner)	932
213.	mindreframer (Roman Heinrich)	926
214.	michael-simons (Michael Simons)	924
215.	hendrikebbers (Hendrik Ebbers)	916
216.	fzerorubigd (Forud)	914
217.	ad-si (Adrian Sieber)	907
218.	cmuench (Christian Münch)	905
219.	adamjstewart (Adam J. Stewart)	902
220.	amaembo (Tagir Valeev)	899
221.	votdev (Volker Theile)	893
222.	odrotbohm (Oliver Drotbohm)	889
223.	mre (Matthias Endler)	886
224.	travisbrown (Travis Brown)	879
225.	1zun4 (Izuna)	871
226.	ndom91 (Nico Domino)	865
227.	InventivetalentDev (Haylee Schäfer)	865
228.	meren (A. Murat Eren (Meren))	862
229.	moklick (Moritz Klack)	862
230.	mhuebert (Matt Huebert)	858
231.	anaisbetts (Ani Betts)	838
232.	raphaelm (Raphael Michel)	837
233.	ahoppen (Alex Hoppen)	834
234.	alexej-schelle (alexej-schelle)	833
235.	ogoffart (Olivier Goffart)	832
236.	cgrundman (Christian Grundman)	831
237.	gka (Gregor Aisch)	828
238.	matthiasn (Matthias Nehlsen)	827
239.	nevrome (Clemens Schmid)	824
240.	sharkdp (David Peter)	822
241.	brean (Andreas Bresser)	816
242.	saschanaz (Kagami Sascha Rosylight)	811
243.	konstin (konsti)	808
244.	herrbischoff (Marcel Bischoff)	801
245.	aregtech (Aregtech)	799
246.	nikic (Nikita Popov)	797
247.	PavelLaptev (Pavel Laptev)	793
248.	nift4 (Nick)	788
249.	hediet (Henning Dieterichs)	783
250.	mghotbi (Mitra)	781
251.	sunsided (Markus Mayer)	780
252.	grahampugh (Graham Pugh)	778
253.	irh (Ian Hobson)	776
254.	hneemann (Helmut Neemann)	770
255.	hanspagel (Hans Pagel)	766
256.	jens-maus (Jens Maus)	764

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