Data from Chainspect | Mar 5, 2026, 22:38 UTC
# Name	Developers	Commits	Repos	Stars	Watchers
1 Solana Layer 1	10,831 468.86%	89,029 1.51%	125 1.63%	41,126 0.55%	1,897 0.37%
2 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,982 0.01%	684,830 0.09%	492	34,961 0.14%	5,064
3 Kusama Ecosystem Ecosystem	8,982 0.01%	684,830 0.09%	492	34,961 0.14%	5,064
4 Ethereum Layer 1	8,839 0.02%	499,346 0.04%	422 0.48%	190,045 0.02%	11,813 0.02%
5 BNB Chain Layer 1	3,862	166,965	147	14,118 0.02%	1,714
6 Cardano Layer 1	3,645 1.65%	271,313 13.75%	215 10.82%	12,283 4.62%	2,288 11.56%
7 Optimism Layer 2	3,339 0.06%	178,142 0.01%	95	13,084 0.01%	1,040
8 Arbitrum Layer 2	2,386	192,035 0.03%	132	10,720 0.02%	1,605
9 Bitcoin Layer 1	1,932	118,935 0.08%	23	105,777 0.03%	5,604 0.02%
10 Polygon Sidechain	1,780 0.06%	64,355 0.09%	159 0.63%	9,363 0.03%	1,688 0.06%
11 Sui Layer 1	1,435	73,616 0.11%	156	16,949 0.09%	916 0.33%
12 Kaia Layer 1	1,346 0.07%	50,168 0.05%	51	219	92
13 NEAR Layer 1	1,194	76,798 0.04%	221	9,885 0.09%	1,346
14 Hedera Layer 1	1,191 0.68%	75,233 0.79%	121 0.83%	4,168 0.14%	1,111 0.09%
15 Aptos Layer 1	1,179 0.34%	50,983 0.14%	126 0.80%	9,772 0.14%	1,799 0.33%
16 MultiversX Layer 1	1,141 0.09%	171,555 0.01%	286	3,182	2,407
17 eCash Layer 1	956	36,931 0.02%	4	1,348	153
18 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	919	67,758 0.12%	206 0.49%	1,631 0.06%	590
19 Avalanche Layer 1	802 0.12%	76,368 0.02%	112	6,778 0.01%	1,196
20 Base Layer 2	789 0.25%	12,131 0.15%	70	77,774 0.01%	818
21 ICP Layer 1	764	111,569 0.06%	170	8,278 0.04%	1,998
22 Stellar Layer 1	688	65,915 0.06%	125	10,667 0.01%	2,193
23 Cronos Layer 1	648	19,244	29	1,147	148
24 TON Layer 1	586	25,319 0.35%	176	15,404 0.01%	1,530 0.07%
25 Algorand Layer 1	548	41,376 0.06%	183	5,182 0.02%	915

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.

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