The State of Public Code

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How are governments contributing to Open Source?

240,922 Repositories with public sector contributions

82,438 Public sector contributors with at least 1 commit

114/195 Countries and territories with contributions to at least 10 repos

Source: Software Heritage archive snapshot, June 2026

Key findings

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