Over the years (decades), open source has grown and changed along with software development, evolving as the open source community becomes more global. But with any growth comes pain points. In order for open source to continue to thrive, it’s important for us to be aware of these challenges and determine how to overcome them. To that end, let’s take a look at what Octoverse 2025 reveals about the direction open source is taking. Feel free to check out the full Octoverse report, and make your own predictions. ## Growth that’s global in scope In 2025, GitHub saw about 36 million new developers join our community. While that number alone is huge, it’s also important to see where in the world that growth comes from. India added 5.2 million developers, and there was significant growth across Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, and Germany. What does this mean? It’s clear that open source is becoming more global than it was before.…