Data from Chainspect | Sep 9, 2025, 23:42 UTC
# Name	Developers	Repos	Commits	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,694	107	84,983	37,621	1,903
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,850	449	670,144	33,009	5,298
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,850	449	670,142	33,008	5,298
4 Ethereum Layer 1	6,157	263	351,279	137,668	10,707
5 opBNB Layer 2	3,776	144	165,774	13,346	1,801
6 BNB Greenfield Layer 1	3,776	144	165,774	13,346	1,801
7 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,776	144	165,774	13,346	1,801
8 Cardano Layer 1	3,480	175	221,393	11,362	2,180
9 Optimism Layer 2	2,962	93	169,772	12,619	1,119
10 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,296	126	184,368	10,268	1,715
11 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,875	22	113,443	102,061	5,588
12 Polygon Sidechain	1,652	148	61,317	9,058	1,797
13 Celo Layer 2	1,553	173	70,168	2,883	1,629
14 Kaia Layer 1	1,310	49	48,262	192	100
15 NEAR Layer 1	1,149	211	73,150	9,487	1,553
16 Aptos Layer 1	1,139	116	48,535	9,511	1,841
17 MultiversX Layer 1	945	259	163,051	2,821	2,983
18 eCash Layer 1	935	4	35,686	1,318	154
19 xx network Layer 1	883	86	50,469	992	82
20 BSV Blockchain Layer 1 New	873	118	50,624	1,405	569
21 Fantom Layer 1	826	162	58,706	1,678	1,058
22 Avalanche Layer 1	747	109	60,156	6,550	1,285
23 ICP Layer 1	726	159	110,328	9,097	2,287
24 Stellar Layer 1	653	114	44,710	10,545	2,447
25 Hedera Layer 1	641	80	29,926	1,597	843

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 and ecosystem projects.

A higher developer count signals stronger community engagement, faster iteration, and a greater likelihood of long-term sustainability. Ecosystems with more active developers tend to ship features quicker, address issues faster, and attract more users and projects.

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