Octoverse: commits and pushes hit new highs as developers build with agents
GitHub's Octoverse report says commits and pushes reached a record in 2026 as developers work with agents. In administrative and support services, mining, healthcare and agriculture, more than a quarter of repositories, and in some sectors more than four in ten, mention AI.
Who is affected and how
- tech lead
- Compare your own team's commit and PR data against the long-term trends.
- CTO
- Agent use is spreading across the whole industry, not only at technology companies.
Sources
- Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents - The GitHub Bloggithub.blog · Oct 28, 2026
- GitHub Octoverse 2026: AI agents drive developer activity surgetechgig · Oct 29, 2026
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