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Octoverse 2023: The most popular programming languages

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I decided to capture (for future me) the latest Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 report.

I am interested only in “The most popular programming languages” section:

  • Javascript remains the most popular language
  • Cloud-native development grows with increase in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) languages and cloud-native platforms
  • Typescript rises past Java to the 3rd biggest language

In 2023, Shell and Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL) once again emerged as top languages across open source projects, indicating that operations and IaC work are gaining prominence in the open source space.

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JavaScript has once again taken the crown for the #1 most popular language, and we continue to see familiar languages, such as Python and Java, remain in the top five languages year over year.

This year, TypeScript overtook Java for the first time as the third most popular language across OSS projects on GitHub with 37% growth of its user base.

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Some notable outliers include Kotlin, Rust, Go, and Lua, which have seen larger growth across newer projects on GitHub.