Top Developers in Austin
Ranked open-source contributors in Austin, US.
Developers
6,882
Avg Followers
35
Tastemakers
170
Top 500 Developers in Austin
Kyle Simpson
@getify
Kyle Simpson is a Human-Centric Technologist. He's fighting for the people behind the pixels.
Steve Klabnik
@steveklabnik
Rust, jj, other things
Michael Pyrcz
@GeostatsGuy
Full Professor at The University of Texas at Austin working on Spatial Data Analytics, Geostatistics and Machine Learning
Kenton Varda
@kentonv
Tech lead of Cloudflare Workers, Cap'n Proto, Sandstorm.io.
Ben Lesh
@benlesh
Chris Tate
@ctate
Dev @Vercel
Richard Schneeman
@schneems
Ruby core contributor. Learn how to contribute to open source with my app CodeTriage (free) and my book How to Open Source (paid), links below 👇🏻
Edward Viaene
@wardviaene
Paul Frazee
@pfrazee
Developer at Bluesky
Mike McNeil
@mikermcneil
CEO, Fleet. Creator & BDFL, sails.js
About This Ranking
This page tracks 6,882 indexed developers in Austin. Rankings prioritize measurable open-source contribution activity and sustained influence on public repositories.
The segment currently averages 35 followers and includes 170 developers identified as tastemakers based on early trend discovery signals.
Methodology note: location rankings use the same CodeRank model as global leaderboards while applying geographic filters. Learn how scoring is calculated in the methodology overview.
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Last updated: 10/21/2026, 2:28:25 PM UTC