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 2026-02-24 12:17:28 +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 310656 total users in the region and you need at least 214 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)	78440
2.	larsxschneider (Lars Schneider)	36945
3.	marcobiedermann (Marco Biedermann)	34483
4.	Jason2866 (Jason2866)	32704
5.	chrisguttandin (Christoph Guttandin)	19386
6.	joschi (Jochen Schalanda)	12415
7.	Goldziher (Na'aman Hirschfeld)	11417
8.	hannobraun (Hanno Braun)	10648
9.	johannesjo (Johannes Millan)	6598
10.	rxrbln (René Rebe)	5851
11.	tboerger (Thomas Boerger)	5282
12.	MichaelKreil (Michael Kreil)	5172
13.	SuperSandro2000 (Sandro)	5115
14.	fichtner (Franco Fichtner)	4897
15.	heftig (Jan Alexander Steffens)	4862
16.	koppor (Oliver Kopp)	4534
17.	brillout (Rom)	4308
18.	voku (Lars Moelleken)	4231
19.	xhochy (Uwe L. Korn)	4178
20.	shyim (Soner)	4118
21.	rse (Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall)	4113
22.	OskarStark (Oskar Stark)	3798
23.	ReneWerner87 (RW)	3781
24.	hartwork (Sebastian Pipping)	3637
25.	Veykril (Lukas Wirth)	3623
26.	mavam (Matthias Vallentin)	3583
27.	dereuromark (Mark Scherer)	3572
28.	sebastianbergmann (Sebastian Bergmann)	3563
29.	fingolfin (Max Horn)	3523
30.	chrisgrieser (Chris Grieser)	3485
31.	MaxKellermann (Max Kellermann)	3228
32.	bgruening (Björn Grüning)	3176
33.	BeRo1985 (Benjamin Rosseaux)	3164
34.	mpadge (mark padgham)	3151
35.	fineanmol (ANMOL AGARWAL)	3001
36.	ledermann (Georg Ledermann)	2996
37.	GermanBluefox (Bluefox)	2910
38.	cmb69 (Christoph M. Becker)	2903
39.	chr-hertel (Christopher Hertel)	2890
40.	xabbuh (Christian Flothmann)	2822
41.	johannschopplich (Johann Schopplich)	2781
42.	nickvergessen (Joas Schilling)	2779
43.	Byron (Sebastian Thiel)	2775
44.	laurindoisaac (Vas Ber)	2774
45.	andremichelle (André Michelle)	2698
46.	shipilev (Aleksey Shipilëv)	2690
47.	lastzero (Michael Mayer)	2610
48.	ctron (Jens Reimann)	2557
49.	schickling (Johannes Schickling)	2555
50.	pudo (Friedrich Lindenberg)	2555
51.	pk910 (pk910)	2529
52.	gaultier (Philippe Gaultier)	2499
53.	Bluscream (Bluscream)	2496
54.	MedRedha (Mohamed Redha Khelifi)	2479
55.	cthoyt (Charles Tapley Hoyt)	2477
56.	def- (Dennis Felsing)	2468
57.	sttts (Dr. Stefan Schimanski)	2456
58.	kayhayen (Kay Hayen)	2456
59.	eworm-de (Christian Hesse)	2447
60.	dvzrv (David Runge)	2333
61.	jfy133 (James A. Fellows Yates)	2333
62.	pepicrft (Pedro Piñera Buendía)	2329
63.	jonasstrehle (Jonas Strehle)	2326
64.	ptr1337 (Peter Jung)	2314
65.	nikku (Nico Rehwaldt)	2301
66.	AndyScherzinger (Andy Scherzinger)	2208
67.	mp911de (Mark Paluch)	2173
68.	floooh (Andre Weissflog)	2147
69.	chrxh (Christian Heinemann)	2136
70.	mfenner (Martin Fenner)	2126
71.	emptymalei (LM)	2093
72.	Turbo87 (Tobias Bieniek)	2084
73.	albertz (Albert Zeyer)	2068
74.	cpanato (Carlos Tadeu Panato Junior)	2054
75.	NikolaiT (Nikolai Tschacher)	2017
76.	JannisX11 ()	1994
77.	nicbou (Nicolas Bouliane)	1982
78.	strengejacke (Daniel)	1967
79.	miku (Martin Czygan)	1923
80.	probonopd ()	1921
81.	cristianoliveira (Cristian Oliveira)	1917
82.	hannesa2 (Hannes Achleitner)	1907
83.	henkelmax (Max Henkel)	1902
84.	clemensv (Clemens Vasters)	1885
85.	krille-chan (Krille-chan)	1875
86.	philippjfr (Philipp Rudiger)	1864
87.	marcelklehr (Marcel Klehr)	1862
88.	jkroepke (Jan-Otto Kröpke)	1861
89.	alexeygrigorev (Alexey Grigorev)	1848
90.	xxczaki (Antoni Kępiński)	1833
91.	rixx (Tobias Kunze)	1823
92.	mhalbritter (Moritz Halbritter)	1792
93.	brauner (Christian Brauner)	1773
94.	doitsujin (Philip Rebohle)	1766
95.	RobDangerous (Robert Konrad)	1759
96.	zeenix (Zeeshan Ali Khan)	1752
97.	AstraBert (Clelia (Astra) Bertelli)	1750
98.	szaimen (Simon L.)	1722
99.	lazarusA (Lazaro Alonso)	1720
100.	NiklasRosenstein (Niklas Rosenstein)	1720
101.	jfilter (Johannes Filter)	1691
102.	BeryJu (Jens L.)	1667
103.	jenskutilek (Jens Kutilek)	1662
104.	chanshiyucx (Shiyu)	1661
105.	lukasmasuch (Lukas Masuch)	1647
106.	swsnr (Sebastian Wiesner)	1644
107.	qoomon (Bengt Brodersen)	1624
108.	dloss (Dirk Loss)	1613
109.	martin-helmich (Martin Helmich)	1612
110.	haasn (Niklas Haas)	1609
111.	leahneukirchen (Leah Neukirchen)	1607
112.	noah-nuebling (Noah Nuebling)	1600
113.	Apollon77 (Ingo Fischer)	1595
114.	naltatis (Michael Geers)	1575
115.	r0man ()	1574
116.	haesleinhuepf (Robert Haase)	1563
117.	mezotv (Dominik K.)	1556
118.	wolfv (Wolf Vollprecht)	1549
119.	ptaoussanis (Peter Taoussanis)	1532
120.	christianparpart (Christian Parpart)	1514
121.	mikf (Mike Fährmann)	1509
122.	DerGoogler (Der_Googler)	1459
123.	magenx (MagenX)	1457
124.	kpcyrd ()	1457
125.	mylinuxforwork (Stephan Raabe)	1454
126.	andig (andig)	1450
127.	janheinrichmerker (Jan Heinrich Merker)	1445
128.	Dream-Master (Martin Robertz)	1441
129.	Nowosad (Jakub)	1440
130.	marcphilipp (Marc Philipp)	1437
131.	Scrumplex (Sefa Eyeoglu)	1429
132.	Paebbels (Patrick Lehmann)	1403
133.	hagezi (Gerd)	1400
134.	Ly0n (Tobias Augspurger)	1399
135.	gernotstarke (Dr. Gernot Starke)	1396
136.	jhermann (Jürgen Hermann)	1389
137.	tonyalaribe (Anthony Alaribe)	1378
138.	leofeyer (Leo Feyer)	1376
139.	ad-si (Adrian Sieber)	1374
140.	timschneeb (Tim Schneeberger)	1373
141.	stanislaw (Stanislav Pankevich)	1366
142.	rurban (Reini Urban)	1363
143.	delucis (Chris Swithinbank)	1361
144.	johanneskoester (Johannes Köster)	1358
145.	dignifiedquire (Friedel Ziegelmayer)	1350
146.	Bnyro (Bnyro)	1350
147.	fortmarek (Marek Fořt)	1336
148.	splitbrain (Andreas Gohr)	1334
149.	d4rken (Matthias Urhahn)	1324
150.	fpletz (Franz Pletz)	1318
151.	matthiasbeyer (Matthias Beyer)	1317
152.	msoos (Mate Soos)	1294
153.	ff6347 (Fabian Morón Zirfas)	1292
154.	falkTX (Filipe Coelho)	1277
155.	bastianallgeier (Bastian Allgeier)	1276
156.	sschuberth (Sebastian Schuberth)	1271
157.	minad (Daniel Mendler)	1262
158.	poettering (Lennart Poettering)	1261
159.	chrox (Huang Xin)	1261
160.	stefanw (Stefan Wehrmeyer)	1260
161.	Lasim (Piotr Hajdas)	1246
162.	funilrys (Nissar Chababy)	1240
163.	NeffIsBack (Alex)	1238
164.	tobilg (Tobi)	1229
165.	niklasf (Niklas Fiekas)	1223
166.	voodoohop (voodoohop)	1220
167.	Lassulus (lassulus)	1220
168.	NobbZ (Norbert Melzer)	1217
169.	illume (René Dudfield)	1215
170.	builtbyjonas (Jonas)	1210
171.	axsaucedo (Alejandro Saucedo)	1190
172.	jjohannes (Jendrik Johannes)	1177
173.	ugurkocde (Ugur Koc | Microsoft MVP)	1175
174.	mindreframer (Roman Heinrich)	1173
175.	aeneasr (hackerman)	1164
176.	christophschuhmann (Christoph Schuhmann)	1160
177.	jonnyzzz (Eugene Petrenko)	1155
178.	staabm (Markus Staab)	1154
179.	prof18 (Marco Gomiero)	1153
180.	pepelsbey (Vadim Makeev)	1148
181.	kiliankoe (Kilian Koeltzsch)	1139
182.	bkimminich (Björn Kimminich)	1135
183.	localheinz (Andreas Möller)	1123
184.	IndrajeetPatil (Indrajeet Patil)	1119
185.	rednafi (Redowan Delowar)	1119
186.	lmachens (DevLeon)	1115
187.	AmrDeveloper (Amr Hesham)	1109
188.	xeroc (Dr.-Ing. Fabian Schuh)	1108
189.	manuelkiessling (Manuel Kießling)	1107
190.	mwittrien (Mirco Wittrien)	1100
191.	lonvia (Sarah Hoffmann)	1094
192.	flying-sheep (Philipp A.)	1086
193.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1079
194.	sharkdp (David Peter)	1057
195.	Norbert515 (Norbert Kozsir)	1055
196.	eps1lon (Sebastian "Sebbie" Silbermann)	1054
197.	ThisIsMissEm (Emelia Smith)	1049
198.	foosel (Gina Häußge)	1031
199.	TheEnbyperor (✨ Q (it/its) ✨)	1022
200.	dr460nf1r3 (Nιƈσ 🐉🔥)	1018
201.	syssi (Sebastian Muszynski)	1016
202.	crmne (Carmine Paolino)	1011
203.	hzeller (Henner Zeller)	1009
204.	maxritter (Max Ritter)	992
205.	travisbrown (Travis Brown)	991
206.	derf (Birte Friesel)	991
207.	TimDaub (Tim Daubenschütz)	990
208.	MarioSieg (Neo)	981
209.	votdev (Volker Theile)	980
210.	hediet (Henning Dieterichs)	979
211.	odrotbohm (Oliver Drotbohm)	978
212.	juliangruber (Julian Gruber)	972
213.	PavelLaptev (Pavel Laptev)	969
214.	kakkoyun (Kemal Akkoyun)	967
215.	sheremet-va (Vladimir)	966
216.	andygrunwald (Andy Grunwald)	965
217.	OrKoN (Alex Rudenko)	952
218.	hanshuebner (Hans Hübner)	943
219.	ahus1 (Alexander Schwartz)	939
220.	phw (Philipp Wolfer)	935
221.	meren (A. Murat Eren (Meren))	929
222.	franneck94 (Jan Schaffranek)	929
223.	derhuerst (Jannis)	909
224.	SuperQ (Ben Kochie)	903
225.	gka (Gregor Aisch)	893
226.	joaomilho (Yo Lulkin)	892
227.	Lulalaby (Lala Sabathil)	883
228.	mre (Matthias Endler)	876
229.	michael-simons (Michael Simons)	873
230.	saschanaz (Kagami Sascha Rosylight)	867
231.	nomeata (Joachim Breitner)	866
232.	chronark (Andreas Thomas)	863
233.	adamjstewart (Adam J. Stewart)	863
234.	nevrome (Clemens Schmid)	854
235.	tigerabrodi (Tiger Abrodi)	853
236.	matthiasn (Matthias Nehlsen)	842
237.	anaisbetts (Ani Betts)	840
238.	miconda (Daniel-Constantin Mierla)	833
239.	sellmair (Sebastian Sellmair)	829
240.	konstin (konsti)	816
241.	shamansir (Ulric Wilfred)	806
242.	jens-maus (Jens Maus)	806
243.	pxlrbt (Dennis Koch)	805
244.	aregtech (Aregtech)	802
245.	raphaelm (Raphael Michel)	801
246.	grahampugh (Graham Pugh)	793
247.	hneemann (Helmut Neemann)	792
248.	ndom91 (Nico Domino)	788
249.	moklick (Moritz Klack)	786
250.	nikic (Nikita Popov)	781
251.	LekoArts (Lennart)	780
252.	marijnh (Marijn Haverbeke)	778
253.	paule32 (Blacky Cat)	778
254.	thehimel (Himel Das)	778
255.	tiangolo (Sebastián Ramírez)	776
256.	mxkaske (Maximilian Kaske)	773

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