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 2025-07-11 06:21:58 +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 289570 total users in the region and you need at least 308 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
• All

Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	horsicq (Hors)	88988
2.	chrisguttandin (Christoph Guttandin)	24870
3.	hannobraun (Hanno Braun)	17910
4.	aeneasr (hackerman)	12063
5.	Jason2866 (Jason2866)	11342
6.	propensive (Jon Pretty)	10026
7.	chrisgrieser (Chris Grieser)	5616
8.	brillout (Rom)	5181
9.	xhochy (Uwe L. Korn)	4735
10.	SuperSandro2000 (Sandro)	4592
11.	shyim (Shyim)	4295
12.	Veykril (Lukas Wirth)	4288
13.	mpadge (mark padgham)	4047
14.	bgruening (Björn Grüning)	3634
15.	sebastianbergmann (Sebastian Bergmann)	3615
16.	def- (Dennis Felsing)	3503
17.	johannesjo (Johannes Millan)	3447
18.	ledermann (Georg Ledermann)	3373
19.	haesleinhuepf (Robert Haase)	3339
20.	fzerorubigd (Forud)	3266
21.	rxrbln (René Rebe)	3192
22.	strengejacke (Daniel)	3159
23.	shipilev (Aleksey Shipilëv)	3120
24.	hartwork (Sebastian Pipping)	3119
25.	BeRo1985 (Benjamin Rosseaux)	2933
26.	koppor (Oliver Kopp)	2932
27.	fineanmol (ANMOL AGARWAL)	2726
28.	ptaoussanis (Peter Taoussanis)	2543
29.	tboerger (Thomas Boerger)	2490
30.	johannschopplich (Johann Schopplich)	2392
31.	lastzero (Michael Mayer)	2313
32.	pk910 (pk910)	2302
33.	pudo (Friedrich Lindenberg)	2286
34.	MichaelKreil (Michael Kreil)	2278
35.	InventivetalentDev (Haylee Schäfer)	2266
36.	Turbo87 (Tobias Bieniek)	2210
37.	miku (Martin Czygan)	2196
38.	xabbuh (Christian Flothmann)	2195
39.	Byron (Sebastian Thiel)	2089
40.	DerGoogler (Der_Googler)	2062
41.	ptr1337 (Peter Jung)	2054
42.	rse (Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall)	2042
43.	emptymalei (LM)	2028
44.	cpanato (Carlos Tadeu Panato Junior)	1954
45.	cthoyt (Charles Tapley Hoyt)	1869
46.	ndom91 (Nico Domino)	1845
47.	philippjfr (Philipp Rudiger)	1820
48.	cgrundman (Christian Grundman)	1744
49.	janheinrichmerker (Jan Heinrich Merker)	1739
50.	floooh (Andre Weissflog)	1727
51.	nikku (Nico Rehwaldt)	1725
52.	poettering (Lennart Poettering)	1684
53.	mp911de (Mark Paluch)	1678
54.	Bnyro (Bnyro)	1626
55.	marcelklehr (Marcel Klehr)	1580
56.	bylickilabs (FullStackHero)	1577
57.	marcphilipp (Marc Philipp)	1575
58.	ligi (ligi)	1543
59.	kpcyrd ()	1540
60.	BeryJu (Jens L.)	1496
61.	bastianallgeier (Bastian Allgeier)	1494
62.	dereuromark (Mark Scherer)	1478
63.	Gargron (Eugen Rochko)	1476
64.	andig (andig)	1466
65.	sschuberth (Sebastian Schuberth)	1461
66.	pepicrft (Pedro Piñera Buendía)	1455
67.	PurpleBooth (Billie Thompson)	1398
68.	mylinuxforwork (Stephan Raabe)	1398
69.	TorstenDittmann (Torsten Dittmann)	1366
70.	doitsujin (Philip Rebohle)	1360
71.	IndrajeetPatil (Indrajeet Patil)	1359
72.	hagezi (Gerd)	1358
73.	naltatis (Michael Geers)	1342
74.	delucis (Chris Swithinbank)	1342
75.	wolfv (Wolf Vollprecht)	1326
76.	niklasf (Niklas Fiekas)	1321
77.	hzeller (Henner Zeller)	1317
78.	jkroepke (Jan-Otto Kröpke)	1315
79.	Nowosad (Jakub)	1311
80.	nikolasburk (Nikolas)	1293
81.	fractaledmind (Stephen Margheim)	1281
82.	leahneukirchen (Leah Neukirchen)	1280
83.	juliangruber (Julian Gruber)	1271
84.	ugurkocde (Ugur Koc | Microsoft MVP)	1257
85.	rurban (Reini Urban)	1245
86.	timschneeb (Tim Schneeberger)	1232
87.	splitbrain (Andreas Gohr)	1199
88.	minad (Daniel Mendler)	1196
89.	Ly0n (Tobias Augspurger)	1183
90.	TimDaub (Tim Daubenschütz)	1161
91.	lukasmasuch (Lukas Masuch)	1159
92.	sheremet-va (Vladimir)	1144
93.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1131
94.	mwittrien (Mirco Wittrien)	1122
95.	kianenigma (Kian Paimani)	1120
96.	staabm (Markus Staab)	1112
97.	chronark (Andreas Thomas)	1092
98.	johanneskoester (Johannes Köster)	1089
99.	herrbischoff (Marcel Bischoff)	1087
100.	JannisX11 ()	1085
101.	SuperQ (Ben Kochie)	1078
102.	d4rken (Matthias Urhahn)	1076
103.	Tienisto (Tien Do Nam)	1070
104.	tigerabrodi (Tiger Abrodi)	1060
105.	falkTX (Filipe Coelho)	1058
106.	schochastics (David Schoch)	1055
107.	probonopd ()	1054
108.	christianparpart (Christian Parpart)	1047
109.	jjohannes (Jendrik Johannes)	1029
110.	mavam (Matthias Vallentin)	1026
111.	michael-simons (Michael Simons)	1013
112.	andreaskoepf (Andreas Köpf)	999
113.	ff6347 (Fabian Morón Zirfas)	998
114.	amaembo (Tagir Valeev)	991
115.	dignifiedquire (Friedel Ziegelmayer)	985
116.	Lasim (Piotr Hajdas)	976
117.	Goldziher (Na'aman Hirschfeld)	957
118.	derhuerst (Jannis R)	939
119.	sschmid (Simon Schmid)	935
120.	syssi (Sebastian Muszynski)	933
121.	eps1lon (Sebastian "Sebbie" Silbermann)	931
122.	localheinz (Andreas Möller)	930
123.	mxschmitt (Max Schmitt)	921
124.	mwarning (Moritz Warning)	913
125.	moklick (Moritz Klack)	903
126.	odrotbohm (Oliver Drotbohm)	899
127.	Apollon77 (Ingo Fischer)	897
128.	anaisbetts (Ani Betts)	896
129.	schickling (Johannes Schickling)	893
130.	endocrimes (Danielle)	885
131.	stefanw (Stefan Wehrmeyer)	884
132.	raphaelm (Raphael Michel)	879
133.	0xPoe (Dongpo Liu)	874
134.	aabouzaid (Ahmed AbouZaid)	871
135.	carstenbauer (Carsten Bauer)	867
136.	fortmarek (Marek Fořt)	859
137.	hanshuebner (Hans Hübner)	854
138.	jens-maus (Jens Maus)	843
139.	OrKoN (Alex Rudenko)	838
140.	hynek (Hynek Schlawack)	836
141.	brauner (Christian Brauner)	828
142.	matthiasn (Matthias Nehlsen)	824
143.	ThisIsMissEm (Emelia Smith)	822
144.	clemensv (Clemens Vasters)	821
145.	marijnh (Marijn Haverbeke)	819
146.	rednafi (Redowan Delowar)	815
147.	nikic (Nikita Popov)	808
148.	AmrDeveloper (Amr Hesham)	805
149.	normanmaurer (Norman Maurer)	784
150.	jsinger67 (Jörg Singer)	782
151.	gka (Gregor Aisch)	782
152.	andygrunwald (Andy Grunwald)	779
153.	GylanSalih (Gylan Salih)	768
154.	tiangolo (Sebastián Ramírez)	768
155.	elkowar (ElKowar)	764
156.	prof18 (Marco Gomiero)	763
157.	kostasx (Kostas Minaidis)	759
158.	neobrain (Tony Wasserka)	752
159.	sharkdp (David Peter)	743
160.	xeolabs (xeolabs)	741
161.	alexeygrigorev (Alexey Grigorev)	730
162.	mre (Matthias Endler)	726
163.	ZitaoTech (Zitao)	720
164.	NikolaiT (Nikolai Tschacher)	709
165.	jplatte (Jonas Platte)	705
166.	UweTrottmann (Uwe)	699
167.	klein0r (Matthias Kleine)	695
168.	pubkey (Daniel Meyer)	695
169.	foosel (Gina Häußge)	692
170.	FlorianRappl (Florian Rappl)	690
171.	ad-si (Adrian Sieber)	688
172.	anna-geller (Anna Geller)	686
173.	mishushakov (Mish Ushakov)	686
174.	rwieruch (Robin Wieruch)	684
175.	emmericp (Paul Emmerich)	682
176.	x42 (Robin Gareus)	670
177.	hphilm (Philip Müller)	653
178.	sfan5 ()	644
179.	DivineDominion (Christian Tietze)	641
180.	LukasKalbertodt (Lukas Kalbertodt)	639
181.	ThorstenHans (Thorsten Hans)	637
182.	dummdidumm (Simon H)	634
183.	nomeata (Joachim Breitner)	632
184.	generall (Andrey Vasnetsov)	626
185.	nuhkoca (Nuh Koca)	623
186.	lucasmichot (Lucas Michot)	616
187.	svenstaro (Sven-Hendrik Haase)	616
188.	asus4 (Koki Ibukuro)	615
189.	shagu (Shagu)	609
190.	Nukesor (Arne Christian Beer)	609
191.	vasishth (Shravan Vasishth)	607
192.	rubensousa (Rúben Sousa)	602
193.	tuxuser (tuxuser)	600
194.	leo (Leo Lamprecht)	598
195.	arm-on (Arman Malekzadeh)	597
196.	johnjohndoe (Tobias Preuss)	591
197.	LefterisJP (Lefteris Karapetsas)	590
198.	edzer (Edzer Pebesma )	584
199.	bkimminich (Björn Kimminich)	581
200.	justinmk (Justin M. Keyes)	579
201.	grahampugh (Graham Pugh)	578
202.	bkchr (Bastian Köcher)	569
203.	rashakil-ds (Rashedul Alam Shakil)	569
204.	davidsbatista (David S. Batista)	566
205.	Drakulix (Victoria Brekenfeld)	565
206.	jamesmunns (James Munns)	564
207.	Mahmoud-Italy (Mahmoud Ahmed)	557
208.	jrudolph (Johannes Rudolph)	556
209.	tonsky (Nikita Prokopov)	555
210.	beorn7 (Björn Rabenstein)	551
211.	okwme (billy rennekamp)	546
212.	tillrohrmann (Till Rohrmann)	545
213.	hediet (Henning Dieterichs)	545
214.	derrabus (Alexander M. Turek)	543
215.	aregtech (Aregtech)	542
216.	LekoArts (Lennart)	538
217.	codebytere (Shelley Vohr)	536
218.	vchuravy (Valentin Churavy)	535
219.	Aircoookie (Christian Schwinne)	534
220.	muety (Ferdinand Mütsch)	533
221.	aheinze (Artur)	531
222.	plutov (Alex Pliutau)	530
223.	ClemensElflein (Clemens Elflein)	529
224.	juliusv (Julius Volz)	528
225.	drwetter (Dirk Wetter)	520
226.	mmourafiq (Mourad)	518
227.	tcurdt (Torsten Curdt)	517
228.	marvinhagemeister (Marvin Hagemeister)	511
229.	bjorn (Thorbjørn Lindeijer)	510
230.	fancycode (Joachim Bauch)	510
231.	helje5 (Helge Heß)	508
232.	SaschaWillems (Sascha Willems)	507
233.	timpritlove (Tim Pritlove)	506
234.	ewolff (Eberhard Wolff)	506
235.	StefanHritcu (Stefan Hritcu)	505
236.	mashb1t (Manuel Schmid)	504
237.	oSumAtrIX ()	503
238.	bmeurer (Benedikt Meurer)	499
239.	aqrln (Oleksii (Alexey) Orlenko)	498
240.	kakkoyun (Kemal Akkoyun)	492
241.	meren (A. Murat Eren (Meren))	490
242.	dirien (Engin Diri)	486
243.	mrnugget (Thorsten Ball)	486
244.	suriyaa (Suriyaa Sundararuban)	477
245.	MohamedMesto (Mohamed Mesto)	477
246.	Elchi3 (Florian Scholz)	475
247.	pepelsbey (Vadim Makeev)	474
248.	phryneas (Lenz Weber-Tronic)	468
249.	fniephaus (Fabio Niephaus)	467
250.	phil-opp (Philipp Oppermann)	466
251.	olilarkin (Oli Larkin)	463
252.	andydandy74 (Andreas Dieckmann)	461
253.	Skn0tt (Simon Knott)	460
254.	bergie (Henri Bergius)	460
255.	lhecker (Leonard Hecker)	458
256.	SebastianAigner (Sebastian Aigner)	454

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