Junio C Hamano

Japanese software engineer

  • Audience5.4K
  • Fame63.4
  • Momentum0.7
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5.4K github followers
  • Audience5.4K
  • Fame63.4
  • Momentum0.7
  • Developers rank#39
  • Wikipedia6K
Born 2000 · age 26Japan

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  • Wikipedia
    12 languages
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  • Age
    26
    Born 2000
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Updated 2026-08-20

Git is a distributed version control software system that is capable of managing versions of source code or data. It is often used to control source code by programmers who are developing software collaboratively. It was originally created by Linus Torvalds for version control in the development of the Linux kernel.

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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
63.4
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.7
Historical10.5
Now attention3.4
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
#39
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