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David Heinemeier Hansson

@dhh

  • 37signals
  • 213
    Total stars
  • 25K
    Followers
  • 3
    Public repos
  • 11K
    Contributions

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  • Contributions: 10,913. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 25,491. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 213. Across all repos.
  • Following: 0. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 3. Owned, non-fork.

A living snapshot

Every leaf is a headline number from David Heinemeier Hansson’s public GitHub. The canopy fills out as the work grows - sway and all.

  • 11K Contributions Past 12 months
  • 25K Followers People who follow you
  • 213 Total stars Across all repos
  • 0 Following People you follow
  • 3 Public repos Owned, non-fork

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10,913
Contributions
Past 12 months
39
Current streak
Jul 2, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
39
Longest streak
Jul 2, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Mon Wed Fri
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Language distribution for dhh Ruby 100.0%
  • Ruby 100.0%

Longest streak
39d
Jul 2026
Favourite coding day
Sunday
1,337 contributions
Most active year
2025
5,956 contributions
Signature language
Ruby
100% of tracked code
Flagship repository
asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl
87 stars
On GitHub since
2008
18 years and counting

Across their public repositories, David Heinemeier Hansson works mainly in Ruby, which accounts for roughly 100% of their committed code. They have 3 public repositories, which together have earned 213 stars, led by asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl at 87. Their activity over the last twelve months totals 10,913 contributions, including a longest run of 39 consecutive active days. David Heinemeier Hansson has been on GitHub since 2008 and is followed by 25,491 developers.

This overview is generated from David Heinemeier Hansson’s public GitHub activity at the time of the last refresh. Figures cover public repositories and the trailing twelve months of contributions.

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Technology breakdown

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Languages

  • Ruby 100%

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3
Public repos
Owned, non-fork
213
Total stars
Across all repos
11K
Contributions
Past 12 months
181
Pull requests
Opened this year
56
Public gists
Snippets shared
18 y
Account age
Since 2008
60 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

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Name Language Stars Forks Size Updated

Coding statistics

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Largest repository
1.4 MB
conductor
Smallest repository
31 KB
textmate-rails-bundle
Oldest repository
Nov 23, 2008
conductor
Newest repository
Sep 4, 2018
textmate-rails-bundle
Most starred
87 ★
asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl
Most forked
17 forks
conductor
Most watched
4 watchers
textmate-rails-bundle
Longest description
66 characters
asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl
Most open issues
1 open
conductor

Contribution patterns

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By year

  • 2026
    4,767
  • 2025
    5,956
  • 2024
    1,412
  • 2023
    1,635
  • 2022
    949
  • 2021
    608

By day of week

  • Sun
    1,337
  • Mon
    1,289
  • Tue
    809
  • Wed
    1,125
  • Thu
    1,109
  • Fri
    1,083
  • Sat
    1,027

Best coding day: Sun

By month (last 12)

  • Sep
    457
  • Oct
    482
  • Nov
    559
  • Dec
    141
  • Jan
    328
  • Feb
    1,101
  • Mar
    506
  • Apr
    474
  • May
    1,270
  • Jun
    231
  • Jul
    663
  • Aug
    194

GitHub journey

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  1. March 2008

    Joined GitHub

    Created the @dhh account.

  2. November 2008

    Created first repository

    Published conductor, the oldest repository still on the account.

  3. November 2008

    First starred repository

    conductor is the earliest-created repository to have earned stars.

  4. September 2018

    Latest repository

    textmate-rails-bundle is the most recently created repository.

  5. June 2025

    Most productive year: 2025

    5,956 contributions recorded in 2025, more than any other year on record.

Developer evolution

Your GitHub career, year by year.

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2008

Started with Ruby.

Ruby
Repos this year
2
Total repos
2
Stars, as of today
161
asset-hosting-with-minimum-ssl
2018

Shipped 1 repository.

Repos this year
1
Total repos
3
Stars, as of today
213
textmate-rails-bundle

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Achievements

4 / 9 unlocked

Explorer
Created repositories in 8 or more languages
Builder
More than 50 public repositories
Open Source Enthusiast
100+ stars received across all repositories
Consistent
A 100-day-or-longer contribution streak
Documentation Hero
5 or more repositories with a detailed description
Popular
500 or more followers
Prolific Committer
1,000 or more commits in the past 12 months
Long Timer
5 or more years on GitHub
Star Collector
Starred 100 or more repositories

Open source activity

213
Stars received
30
Repositories starred
40
Forks received
24
Issues opened
Past 12 months
181
Pull requests opened
Past 12 months
78
Reviews given
Past 12 months
56
Public gists

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

2 repositories created in 2008 1 repositories created in 2018 2 total repositories by end of 2008 3 total repositories by end of 2018 2008 2018 3 0
Created that year Cumulative total

Language tree

Built automatically from repository languages and topics.

Programming Languages →
  • Ruby