Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents
GitHub's 2026 Octoverse report reveals that developers pushed code 17.9 billion times over the past 12 months, driven heavily by the adoption of AI coding agents. As of September, more than 40% of pull requests started with an agent draft, and developers increasingly relied on multiple models and automated workflows to accelerate building across diverse global regions and industries. Open article →
- GitHub Octoverse 2026
- GitHub developers pushed more code in 2026 than in the last two years combined
- Agenetic economy is taking over. GitHub recorded 7.38 B commits in Sept-2026, more than 5 times...
- Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents
- 17.9 billion pushes. 34.3 billion commits. 1.3 billion pull requests merged. All in the last year...