Data from Chainspect | Dec 12, 2025, 12:22 UTC
# Name	Developers	Commits	Repos	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,748	86,719 0.02%	120 0.84%	38,972 0.02%	1,843
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,898	677,783 0.01%	467 0.22%	34,122 0.03%	5,002
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,898	677,783 0.01%	467 0.22%	34,122 0.03%	5,002
4 Ethereum Layer 1	8,272 0.04%	485,340 0.04%	397	188,044 0.01%	11,838
5 opBNB Layer 2	3,809	166,408	145	13,814 0.03%	1,689 0.06%
6 BNB Greenfield Layer 1	3,809	166,408	145	13,814 0.03%	1,689 0.06%
7 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,809	166,408	145	13,814 0.03%	1,689 0.06%
8 Cardano Layer 1	3,554 0.03%	230,791 0.04%	184	11,615 0.02%	2,063 0.05%
9 Optimism Layer 2	3,039	172,692 0.01%	94	12,914	1,035
10 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,370 0.08%	189,674 0.00%	129	10,548 0.02%	1,615
11 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,899	116,105 0.02%	22	104,257 0.02%	5,579 0.02%
12 Polygon Sidechain	1,694	63,021 0.01%	154	9,295	1,737
13 Sui Layer 1	1,403 0.14%	68,266 0.15%	147 0.69%	16,588 0.06%	910 0.11%
14 Kaia Layer 1	1,336	49,406 0.02%	50	205	92
15 NEAR Layer 1	1,177	74,762 0.02%	214	9,734 0.02%	1,352
16 Aptos Layer 1	1,172	49,709 0.03%	120	9,684 0.01%	1,788
17 Hedera Layer 1	1,055 0.19%	71,490 0.06%	114	3,873	1,131
18 MultiversX Layer 1	962	166,350 0.00%	266	3,183 0.06%	2,588
19 eCash Layer 1	944	36,249 0.06%	4	1,338	151
20 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	914	63,626 0.09%	183 0.55%	1,576 0.06%	595
21 Avalanche Layer 1	781 0.13%	72,373 0.08%	109	6,726 0.02%	1,199
22 ICP Layer 1	748 1.45%	108,052 5.11%	167 0.60%	7,961 6.68%	2,006 1.76%
23 Base Layer 2	706 0.43%	10,204 0.09%	61	77,039 0.04%	797 0.13%
24 Stellar Layer 1	677	64,517 0.05%	122	10,890 0.01%	2,332
25 Flow Layer 1	668	151,743 0.04%	185 0.54%	4,768 0.02%	2,644

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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