In this article we take a look at the 5 biggest open source companies in the world. To see more such companies, go to 15 Biggest Open Source Companies in the World.
5. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)
GitHub Contributors By August 2021: 2,048 Active GitHub Contributors
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is the largest semiconductor designer and manufacturer in the world. It is also credited with commercializing the modern-day transistor, which is a circuit that forms the backbone of all computing devices in operation today.
Its active and total GitHub contributors were 2,048 and 4,250 contributors, respectively.
4. International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM)
GitHub Contributors By August 2021: 2,259 Active GitHub Contributors
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is one of the oldest technology firms in the world and over the years it has fully shifted its focus on providing products for enterprise and other non-consumer users. It is also credited with inventing several modern day machines such as the automated teller machine (ATM) and the floppy disk.
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is also one of the largest open source contributors in the world, with 2,259 active and 5,338 total GitHub contributors.
3. Red Hat (Private)
GitHub Contributors By August 2021: 3,334 Active GitHub Contributors
Red Hat is perhaps one of the most well known names in the world when it comes to open source software. Its Linux operating system is the most popular open source operating system in the world and the company has countless projects under its belt. Red Hat was acquired by IBM in 2018 for a whopping price tag of $34 billion making it one of the largest deals in the industry’s history.
Red Hat has more GitHub contributors than its parent company, with 3,334 active and 4,929 total contributors as of August 2021.
2. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)
GitHub Contributors By August 2021: 5,182 Active GitHub Contributors
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is the parent company of Google, who is famous for its search engine. Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world and over the years it has diversified its operations to bring video streaming, gadgets and cloud computing, amongst other services and products under its wing.
Google is also one of the largest open-source software providers in the world, with data from GitHub revealing that the company had 5,182 active and 10,133 total contributors to the platform.
1. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)
GitHub Contributors By August 2021: 5,708 Active GitHub Contributors
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the largest technology companies in the world which can credit software for the rise in its fortunes. The company’s Windows operating system is the most popular operating system in the world, and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) also offers services to enterprises and products such as gadgets and notebooks to everyday consumers.
As of August 2021, the company had 5,708 active and a whopping 11,566 total GitHub contributors, making it the largest open source software company in the world.
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