# Discourse community development statistics?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979
**Category:** General
**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979 "2023-01-26T14:39:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979/1 "2023-01-26T14:39:43Z")
I know all of y’all at CDCK are amazing. But amazing as any company is, one important metric for any open source project\[1\] is involvement beyond one commercial entity. Are there core contributors to Discourse who do not work for the company? Are there regular, significant other patches and contributions?\[2\]
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1. I think about this a lot, in [my job](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/fpl/)!
2. I know my _own_ “contributions” usually come in the form of complaints, which is … something, at least, right? 🙂 Sorry!
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979/2 "2023-01-26T15:27:33Z")
The obvious candidates are those on this page:
> **[Discourse partners](https://www.discourse.org/partners)**
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> Trusted third-parties in the Discourse ecosystem
Note, you should probably include leading Plugins/Theme Components as well as Core.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979/3 "2023-01-26T15:56:40Z")
There is a list of contributors in the #announcements:blog post aboit the release of a new version
> [@Discourse 3.0 is Here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-3-0-is-here/251372/1):
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> As always, Discourse also relies on its helpful contributors to be a healthy, functioning open source project! Our sincerest thanks for code contributions in this release from:
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> [ghassanmas](https://github.com/ghassanmas), [angusmcleod](https://github.com/angusmcleod), [Gavin-X](https://github.com/Gavin-X), [wagenet](https://github.com/wagenet), [rr-it](https://github.com/rr-it),[dgeb](https://github.com/dgeb), [benlangfeld](https://github.com/benlangfeld), [darkpixlz](https://github.com/darkpixlz), [yaki-imo](https://github.com/yaki-imo), [qnxor](https://github.com/qnxor), [nathan-nz](https://github.com/nathan-nz), [noahgibbs](https://github.com/noahgibbs), [ermolaev](https://github.com/ermolaev), [dujiajun](https://github.com/dujiajun), [communiteq](https://github.com/communiteq), [Wolftallemo](https://github.com/Wolftallemo), [Firefishy](https://github.com/Firefishy), [Canapin](https://github.com/Canapin), [sosedoff](https://github.com/sosedoff), [ryantm](https://github.com/ryantm)[richterzo](https://github.com/richterzo), [renato](https://github.com/renato), [pirj](https://github.com/pirj), [pfaffman](https://github.com/pfaffman),[mayfieldiv](https://github.com/mayfieldiv)[jayeff](https://github.com/jayeff), [geckolinux](https://github.com/geckolinux), [frank3manuel](https://github.com/frank3manuel), [emmanuel-ferdman](https://github.com/emmanuel-ferdman), [TLischkaRemerge](https://github.com/TLischkaRemerge), [MaximeD](https://github.com/MaximeD), [yanquisalexander](https://github.com/yanquisalexander), [westnordost](https://github.com/westnordost), [ttstarck](https://github.com/ttstarck), [tnoor-co](https://github.com/tnoor-co), [timmsantos](https://github.com/timmsantos), [thess](https://github.com/thess), [supercobra](https://github.com/supercobra), [stweil](https://github.com/stweil), [skynavga](https://github.com/skynavga), [sergeimellow](https://github.com/sergeimellow), [sansnumero](https://github.com/sansnumero), [sabajamalian](https://github.com/sabajamalian), [rvanasa](https://github.com/rvanasa), [rolandkoller](https://github.com/rolandkoller), [renatolond](https://github.com/renatolond), [pierreozoux](https://github.com/pierreozoux), [omahs](https://github.com/omahs), [oakcask](https://github.com/oakcask), [not-a-ethan](https://github.com/not-a-ethan), [n-rodriguez](https://github.com/n-rodriguez), [msafi](https://github.com/msafi), [mpucholblasco](https://github.com/mpucholblasco), [mdoggydog](https://github.com/mdoggydog), [kuro282](https://github.com/kuro282), [kees-closed](https://github.com/kees-closed), [kayn1](https://github.com/kayn1), [kaden-stytch](https://github.com/kaden-stytch), [jrgong420](https://github.com/jrgong420), [jeremyevans](https://github.com/jeremyevans), [j3soon](https://github.com/j3soon), [hwangist](https://github.com/hwangist), [hierocles](https://github.com/hierocles), [hellcp](https://github.com/hellcp), [geoffharcourt](https://github.com/geoffharcourt), [dlowe](https://github.com/dlowe), [deronnax](https://github.com/deronnax), [d521bb85](https://github.com/d521bb85), [cquest](https://github.com/cquest), [clupprich](https://github.com/clupprich), [budnik](https://github.com/budnik), [bkmgit](https://github.com/bkmgit), [benzimmer](https://github.com/benzimmer), [bcharna](https://github.com/bcharna), [bbxiao1](https://github.com/bbxiao1), [ariznaf](https://github.com/ariznaf), [abdellani](https://github.com/abdellani), [XScorpion2](https://github.com/XScorpion2), [VaperinaDEV](https://github.com/VaperinaDEV), [ValdikSS](https://github.com/ValdikSS), [MartyLim](https://github.com/MartyLim), [Mar0xy](https://github.com/Mar0xy), [IAmSilK](https://github.com/IAmSilK), [GaurangTandon](https://github.com/GaurangTandon), [Fma965](https://github.com/Fma965), [FelipeGdM](https://github.com/FelipeGdM), [CommanderRoot](https://github.com/CommanderRoot), [CleverSausages](https://github.com/CleverSausages), [ByteHamster](https://github.com/ByteHamster), [1resu](https://github.com/1resu)
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-community-development-statistics/252979/4 "2023-01-27T21:50:12Z")
This topic can be of some help too:
> [@2022: The Year in Review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2022-the-year-in-review/250353):
>
> 2022's Top Users Most Time Reading User Hours Read [image] @Don 288 [image] …
And the [badge page](https://meta.discourse.org/badges) as well, since there are specific badges for very active users in various fields which are given for achievements such as creating plugins, themes, doing pull requests, etc, as well as manually given badges related to excellent free support from regular users.
Clicking a badge displays the list of users owning this badge.