The State of the Octoverse 2018

GitHub's annual Octoverse report highlights the impressive achievements of its community, which now includes over 31 million developers, predominantly from outside the United States, contributing to more than 96 million repositories. This growth reflects a 40% increase in repositories and a significant rise in organization accounts, particularly in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The report notes more than 200 million pull requests, with over a third occurring in the past year, and emphasizes the proactive approach to security, with over five million vulnerability alerts issued since late 2017. The popularity of app installations on GitHub has doubled, leading to more active organizational contributions, while data also reveals interesting behavioral trends like the global reduction in activity around New Year's Day and the "chattiest" contributors hailing from the Czech Republic.