{
  "id": 16925546,
  "title": "Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T16:07:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GitHub Blog",
    "slug": "github-blog",
    "url": "https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the past 12 months, developers pushed code to GitHub 17.9 billion times, surpassing the totals from 2024 and 2025 combined. One example is a developer in Nepal who created a flood bulletin on GitHub Pages with verified information on roads, rescue, weather, and power, which has since grown into Gati, a Nepali-first relay of official disaster alerts on GitHub Pages and Actions. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developers are also creating software to run programs on spacecraft, while e-reader enthusiasts have built open-source firmware for customization. The growth in developer activity on GitHub has been rapid, with a sharp upward trend in the middle of the year coinciding with agents becoming a more integral part of developers' workflow. In September, more than 40% of pull requests started by developers included an agent, up from 17% in March. Developers are experimenting with various models, with 61% of GitHub Copilot users using more than one model in September. This increased use of agents, models, and automations (GitHub Actions ran a job 1,440 times every second in 2026) has led to a significant increase in commits and merged pull requests - 34.3 billion commits and 1.3 billion merged pull requests, respectively, compared to previous years. The progress of this growth is evident even in different industries, with repositories related to mining, construction, health care, and agriculture experiencing substantial growth within the last few years.",
  "summary": "See how a record year of growth reached every industry, every field, and every kind of builder in the 2026 Octoverse report. The post Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents appeared first on The GitHub Blog .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}