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 2025-12-21 10:12:43 +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 303580 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:

[![committers.top badge](https://user-badge.committers.top/germany/USERNAME.svg)](https://user-badge.committers.top/germany/USERNAME)

[![committers.top badge](https://org-badge.committers.top/germany/ORGNAME.svg)](https://org-badge.committers.top/germany/ORGNAME)

• Commits
• Contributions
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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	horsicq (Hors)	86237
2.	marcobiedermann (Marco Biedermann)	39636
3.	larsxschneider (Lars Schneider)	36947
4.	Jason2866 (Jason2866)	23367
5.	chrisguttandin (Christoph Guttandin)	18808
6.	hannobraun (Hanno Braun)	14040
7.	joschi (Jochen Schalanda)	12745
8.	Goldziher (Na'aman Hirschfeld)	7661
9.	ctron (Jens Reimann)	6066
10.	propensive (Jon Pretty)	5542
11.	rxrbln (René Rebe)	5515
12.	heftig (Jan Alexander Steffens)	5159
13.	SuperSandro2000 (Sandro)	4964
14.	fichtner (Franco Fichtner)	4884
15.	brillout (Rom)	4879
16.	tboerger (Thomas Boerger)	4717
17.	johannesjo (Johannes Millan)	4255
18.	koppor (Oliver Kopp)	4178
19.	Veykril (Lukas Wirth)	4136
20.	xhochy (Uwe L. Korn)	4133
21.	chrisgrieser (Chris Grieser)	4070
22.	shyim (Shyim)	4042
23.	MaxKellermann (Max Kellermann)	3703
24.	MichaelKreil (Michael Kreil)	3663
25.	hartwork (Sebastian Pipping)	3609
26.	rse (Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall)	3440
27.	sebastianbergmann (Sebastian Bergmann)	3357
28.	fingolfin (Max Horn)	3355
29.	galexrt (Alexander Trost)	3220
30.	lastzero (Michael Mayer)	3172
31.	OskarStark (Oskar Stark)	3158
32.	cmb69 (Christoph M. Becker)	3144
33.	ReneWerner87 (RW)	3114
34.	ledermann (Georg Ledermann)	3108
35.	mpadge (mark padgham)	3107
36.	bgruening (Björn Grüning)	3073
37.	fineanmol (ANMOL AGARWAL)	3064
38.	GermanBluefox (Bluefox)	2957
39.	voku (Lars Moelleken)	2923
40.	laurindoisaac (Vas Ber)	2879
41.	def- (Dennis Felsing)	2841
42.	shipilev (Aleksey Shipilëv)	2791
43.	dereuromark (Mark Scherer)	2779
44.	nickvergessen (Joas Schilling)	2766
45.	bylickilabs (Thorsten Bylicki)	2603
46.	strengejacke (Daniel)	2558
47.	cthoyt (Charles Tapley Hoyt)	2556
48.	Byron (Sebastian Thiel)	2504
49.	eworm-de (Christian Hesse)	2496
50.	MedRedha (Med Redha Khelifi)	2488
51.	pudo (Friedrich Lindenberg)	2483
52.	Turbo87 (Tobias Bieniek)	2479
53.	kayhayen (Kay Hayen)	2445
54.	johannschopplich (Johann Schopplich)	2439
55.	pk910 (pk910)	2419
56.	mavam (Matthias Vallentin)	2404
57.	jfy133 (James A. Fellows Yates)	2335
58.	BeRo1985 (Benjamin Rosseaux)	2318
59.	dvzrv (David Runge)	2303
60.	AndyScherzinger (Andy Scherzinger)	2179
61.	albertz (Albert Zeyer)	2169
62.	jonasstrehle (Jonas Strehle)	2149
63.	emptymalei (LM)	2145
64.	cpanato (Carlos Tadeu Panato Junior)	2139
65.	miku (Martin Czygan)	2119
66.	JannisX11 ()	2105
67.	mfenner (Martin Fenner)	2069
68.	ptr1337 (Peter Jung)	2061
69.	NikolaiT (Nikolai Tschacher)	2017
70.	jenskutilek (Jens Kutilek)	2002
71.	henkelmax (Max Henkel)	1999
72.	floooh (Andre Weissflog)	1989
73.	gaultier (Philippe Gaultier)	1975
74.	haesleinhuepf (Robert Haase)	1975
75.	mp911de (Mark Paluch)	1946
76.	krille-chan (Krille-chan)	1946
77.	pepicrft (Pedro Piñera Buendía)	1918
78.	DerGoogler (Der_Googler)	1908
79.	philippjfr (Philipp Rudiger)	1892
80.	jkroepke (Jan-Otto Kröpke)	1880
81.	xxczaki (Antoni Kępiński)	1875
82.	Bluscream (Bluscream)	1864
83.	hannesa2 (Hannes Achleitner)	1858
84.	clemensv (Clemens Vasters)	1854
85.	RobDangerous (Robert Konrad)	1845
86.	marcelklehr (Marcel Klehr)	1844
87.	chanshiyucx (蝉時雨)	1836
88.	andremichelle (André Michelle)	1834
89.	doitsujin (Philip Rebohle)	1823
90.	zeenix (Zeeshan Ali Khan)	1811
91.	ptaoussanis (Peter Taoussanis)	1789
92.	mhalbritter (Moritz Halbritter)	1786
93.	lazarusA (Lazaro Alonso)	1774
94.	Dream-Master (Martin Robertz)	1731
95.	falexwolf (Alex Wolf)	1717
96.	schickling (Johannes Schickling)	1689
97.	BeryJu (Jens L.)	1677
98.	aeneasr (hackerman)	1674
99.	qoomon (Bengt Brodersen)	1655
100.	szaimen (Simon L.)	1640
101.	chr-hertel (Christopher Hertel)	1638
102.	martin-helmich (Martin Helmich)	1623
103.	fpletz (Franz Pletz)	1615
104.	rurban (Reini Urban)	1613
105.	nikku (Nico Rehwaldt)	1581
106.	chrxh (Christian Heinemann)	1580
107.	bastianallgeier (Bastian Allgeier)	1574
108.	NiklasRosenstein (Niklas Rosenstein)	1566
109.	leahneukirchen (Leah Neukirchen)	1558
110.	naltatis (Michael Geers)	1539
111.	Scrumplex (Sefa Eyeoglu)	1532
112.	AstraBert (Clelia (Astra) Bertelli)	1516
113.	dloss (Dirk Loss)	1514
114.	Ly0n (Tobias Augspurger)	1512
115.	lukasmasuch (Lukas Masuch)	1506
116.	haasn (Niklas Haas)	1498
117.	adangel (Andreas Dangel)	1472
118.	rixx (Tobias Kunze)	1471
119.	Bnyro (Bnyro)	1468
120.	poettering (Lennart Poettering)	1467
121.	msoos (Mate Soos)	1462
122.	funilrys (Nissar Chababy)	1454
123.	cristianoliveira (Cristian Oliveira)	1451
124.	xabbuh (Christian Flothmann)	1448
125.	marcphilipp (Marc Philipp)	1448
126.	andig (andig)	1442
127.	Paebbels (Patrick Lehmann)	1422
128.	matthiasbeyer (Matthias Beyer)	1416
129.	jfilter (Johannes Filter)	1406
130.	tigerabrodi (Tiger Abrodi)	1396
131.	hagezi (Gerd)	1395
132.	leofeyer (Leo Feyer)	1392
133.	janheinrichmerker (Jan Heinrich Merker)	1392
134.	delucis (Chris Swithinbank)	1389
135.	thomaskioko (Thomas Kioko)	1386
136.	Nowosad (Jakub)	1381
137.	AmrDeveloper (Amr Hesham)	1369
138.	falkTX (Filipe Coelho)	1357
139.	sschuberth (Sebastian Schuberth)	1348
140.	jhermann (Jürgen Hermann)	1341
141.	noah-nuebling (Noah Nuebling)	1339
142.	mikf (Mike Fährmann)	1325
143.	splitbrain (Andreas Gohr)	1324
144.	mylinuxforwork (Stephan Raabe)	1318
145.	Apollon77 (Ingo Fischer)	1307
146.	nikolasburk (Nikolas)	1303
147.	sttts (Dr. Stefan Schimanski)	1299
148.	probonopd ()	1291
149.	chrox (Huang Xin)	1289
150.	builtbyjonas (Jonas)	1283
151.	kpcyrd ()	1279
152.	johanneskoester (Johannes Köster)	1273
153.	timschneeb (Tim Schneeberger)	1265
154.	r0man ()	1249
155.	IndrajeetPatil (Indrajeet Patil)	1243
156.	minad (Daniel Mendler)	1242
157.	jjohannes (Jendrik Johannes)	1239
158.	NobbZ (Norbert Melzer)	1235
159.	dr460nf1r3 (Nιƈσ 🐉🔥)	1220
160.	stanislaw (Stanislav Pankevich)	1214
161.	stefanw (Stefan Wehrmeyer)	1214
162.	fortmarek (Marek Fořt)	1212
163.	wolfv (Wolf Vollprecht)	1206
164.	TimDaub (Tim Daubenschütz)	1205
165.	juliangruber (Julian Gruber)	1204
166.	SableRaf (Raphaël de Courville)	1196
167.	brauner (Christian Brauner)	1176
168.	eps1lon (Sebastian "Sebbie" Silbermann)	1171
169.	voodoohop (voodoohop)	1169
170.	Lassulus (lassulus)	1167
171.	Lulalaby (Lala Sabathil)	1160
172.	christophschuhmann (Christoph Schuhmann)	1152
173.	MarioSieg (Neo)	1149
174.	niklasf (Niklas Fiekas)	1144
175.	tonyalaribe (Anthony Alaribe)	1143
176.	mwittrien (Mirco Wittrien)	1130
177.	TheEnbyperor (✨ Q (it/its) ✨)	1104
178.	tobilg (Tobi)	1092
179.	ThisIsMissEm (Emelia Smith)	1090
180.	TorstenDittmann (Torsten Dittmann)	1089
181.	illume (René Dudfield)	1081
182.	Lasim (Piotr Hajdas)	1078
183.	foosel (Gina Häußge)	1050
184.	gernotstarke (Dr. Gernot Starke)	1046
185.	staabm (Markus Staab)	1040
186.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1040
187.	ugurkocde (Ugur Koc | Microsoft MVP)	1038
188.	miconda (Daniel-Constantin Mierla)	1020
189.	hzeller (Henner Zeller)	1017
190.	localheinz (Andreas Möller)	1014
191.	ranocha (Hendrik Ranocha)	1013
192.	prof18 (Marco Gomiero)	1012
193.	holtwick (Dirk Holtwick)	1012
194.	bkimminich (Björn Kimminich)	1011
195.	d4rken (Matthias Urhahn)	1009
196.	flying-sheep (Philipp A.)	1009
197.	syssi (Sebastian Muszynski)	1007
198.	sellmair (Sebastian Sellmair)	1000
199.	SuperQ (Ben Kochie)	992
200.	ahus1 (Alexander Schwartz)	989
201.	lmachens (DevLeon)	982
202.	lonvia (Sarah Hoffmann)	979
203.	derf (Birte Friesel)	976
204.	OrKoN (Alex Rudenko)	975
205.	ff6347 (Fabian Morón Zirfas)	968
206.	andreaskoepf (Andreas Köpf)	961
207.	alexeygrigorev (Alexey Grigorev)	956
208.	shamansir (Ulric Wilfred)	955
209.	astraw (Andrew Straw)	946
210.	MohamedMesto (Mohamed Mesto)	943
211.	crmne (Carmine Paolino)	941
212.	hanshuebner (Hans Hübner)	941
213.	sheremet-va (Vladimir)	936
214.	michael-simons (Michael Simons)	934
215.	hendrikebbers (Hendrik Ebbers)	930
216.	mindreframer (Roman Heinrich)	926
217.	fzerorubigd (Forud)	917
218.	adamjstewart (Adam J. Stewart)	916
219.	ad-si (Adrian Sieber)	907
220.	cmuench (Christian Münch)	905
221.	amaembo (Tagir Valeev)	905
222.	votdev (Volker Theile)	901
223.	odrotbohm (Oliver Drotbohm)	898
224.	mre (Matthias Endler)	886
225.	travisbrown (Travis Brown)	886
226.	meren (A. Murat Eren (Meren))	878
227.	1zun4 (Izuna)	874
228.	InventivetalentDev (Haylee Schäfer)	872
229.	ndom91 (Nico Domino)	866
230.	moklick (Moritz Klack)	862
231.	mhuebert (Matt Huebert)	858
232.	sharkdp (David Peter)	854
233.	raphaelm (Raphael Michel)	844
234.	anaisbetts (Ani Betts)	840
235.	ahoppen (Alex Hoppen)	838
236.	gka (Gregor Aisch)	833
237.	alexej-schelle (alexej-schelle)	833
238.	ogoffart (Olivier Goffart)	832
239.	matthiasn (Matthias Nehlsen)	832
240.	cgrundman (Christian Grundman)	831
241.	saschanaz (Kagami Sascha Rosylight)	831
242.	nevrome (Clemens Schmid)	824
243.	konstin (konsti)	823
244.	brean (Andreas Bresser)	816
245.	aregtech (Aregtech)	812
246.	nikic (Nikita Popov)	803
247.	herrbischoff (Marcel Bischoff)	801
248.	mghotbi (Mitra)	800
249.	PavelLaptev (Pavel Laptev)	793
250.	hediet (Henning Dieterichs)	790
251.	nift4 (Nick)	789
252.	sunsided (Markus Mayer)	780
253.	grahampugh (Graham Pugh)	778
254.	irh (Ian Hobson)	776
255.	jens-maus (Jens Maus)	772
256.	hneemann (Helmut Neemann)	771

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