freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

The early period was about foundations, laid commit by commit; formal releases would come later.

camperbot authored the largest share of this groundwork, shaping an architecture the project still rests on.

Momentum built. Activity peaked around Sep '26, among the busiest stretches on record. Commits arrived at roughly 21.9 per week as the project's reach widened to 456.4k stars.

raisedadead drove much of the new functionality, while ojeytonwilliams kept regressions in check. On the project's DNA it scored 67 for innovation and 97 for growth.

The cadence itself was accelerating, with 11% of recent commits landing on weekends — a signature of how the work was paced.

As freeCodeCamp grew, so did the circle around it. 98 contributors took part, with the top 10 authoring more than half of all commits, and 47.6k forks branching into experiments and downstream work.

renovate-bot helped connect the project to its wider audience. sahat kept the machinery running — dependencies current, the pipeline green. Community strength registered at 87 in its DNA.

Of the pull requests it received, 66% were ultimately merged, typically within 6 hours — a measure of how readily outside work was absorbed.

Today freeCodeCamp sits in its Maturity phase. A well-established project: broadly adopted, steadily released, and dependable. Its most recent activity was today.

After 11.8 years, freeCodeCamp stands at 456.4k stars and 98 contributors, its history still being written.