Open-source AI keeps growing: GitHub and Hugging Face numbers

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-06-17 · Open on X

Topics: Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator shares numbers on how fast open-source AI is growing: 5.6 million AI projects on GitHub and Hugging Face uploads tripling since 2023. U.S.-based projects still get the most engagement. The original source isn't linked.

Key points

• 5.6 million open-source AI projects on GitHub.
• Hugging Face uploads have tripled since 2023.
• U.S.-based projects get the most engagement: 30 million total GitHub stars across projects with more than 10 stars.
• The post names no source, so treat the numbers with care.

Resources mentioned

• Hugging Face · website · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Platform for hosting and finding ML models, datasets and papers. The quoted post says LocateAnything was trending there.
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• GitHub · tool · github.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Code hosting platform whose CI runs and pull requests the Cursor agents monitor and open.
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