The open-source landscape has witnessed a seismic shift in investor interest, driven by the resounding successes of projects like ChatGPT and Grafana. With over 100 million developers and 28 million public repositories, GitHub hosts a treasure trove of high-growth, transformative projects!

In this report, we offer you a roadmap to navigate the open-source goldmine. We've examined the top 20 open-source projects, selecting them based on key GitHub metrics that illuminate popularity, adoption, and commercial viability.

Key Findings

 

• 25% of the growing startups covered in this report are still bootstrapped, 60% are in the seed stage, 15% of the top 20 OSS startups are in the Series A funding stage. 
• Developer Tools and Enterprise Infra have emerged as the leading categories in the open-source startup ecosystem, closely followed by Enterprise Software.
• For these 20 companies, the average funding of companies in the seed stage is $5.4M, while the startups in the Series A stage have an average funding of $11.7M. 

The report also highlights the leading investors and the visionary founders behind the top open-source startups at each funding stage.

Join us on this journey as we uncover the Open Source Gems, guiding you towards promising tech ventures with the potential for remarkable returns.