Data from Chainspect | Feb 7, 2026, 17:39 UTC
# Name	Developers	Commits	Repos	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,770	86,979 0.03%	122	40,044 0.06%	1,873 0.05%
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,967 0.02%	682,893 0.01%	480 0.21%	34,869 0.01%	5,062 0.02%
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,967 0.02%	682,893 0.01%	480 0.21%	34,869 0.01%	5,062 0.02%
4 Ethereum Layer 1	8,473 0.18%	494,092 0.09%	411 0.49%	189,584 0.02%	11,805 0.03%
5 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,810	166,458	145	13,951 0.03%	1,694
6 Cardano Layer 1	3,570	235,352 0.09%	188	11,698 0.03%	2,065
7 Optimism Layer 2	3,327	177,734 0.01%	95	13,035 0.03%	1,041
8 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,381	190,836 0.02%	130	10,670 0.03%	1,614
9 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,922	117,931 0.07%	22	105,275 0.04%	5,588 0.04%
10 Polygon Sidechain	1,774	63,990 0.02%	157	9,353 0.02%	1,689
11 Sui Layer 1	1,429	72,488 0.12%	154	16,857 0.06%	924
12 Kaia Layer 1	1,342	50,037 0.06%	51 2.00%	217	92
13 NEAR Layer 1	1,186	75,809 0.04%	219	9,818	1,343 0.07%
14 Aptos Layer 1	1,175 0.09%	50,477 0.09%	124 0.81%	9,754 0.01%	1,794
15 Hedera Layer 1	1,153 0.09%	73,562 0.08%	119	4,040 0.10%	1,109 0.09%
16 MultiversX Layer 1	968	170,217 0.00%	273	3,175 0.03%	2,408
17 eCash Layer 1	951	36,788 0.00%	4	1,342	152
18 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	917	66,329 0.06%	193	1,610 0.19%	590
19 Avalanche Layer 1	796	75,388 0.05%	111 0.91%	6,765 0.06%	1,196
20 ICP Layer 1	758 0.13%	110,077 0.04%	168	8,231 0.15%	2,011 0.10%
21 Base Layer 2	728	10,785 0.06%	66	77,709 0.01%	809 0.12%
22 Stellar Layer 1	686 0.15%	65,604 0.05%	127	11,052 0.09%	2,262
23 Cronos Layer 1	646	19,227	29	1,145	148
24 TON Layer 1	580	24,192 0.01%	176	15,269 0.05%	1,514 0.07%
25 Tezos Ecosystem Ecosystem	552	85,765 0.13%	64	1,850 0.16%	385

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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