{"id":30060,"date":"2026-07-25T16:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/?p=30060"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:29:28","slug":"1500-curl-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2026\/07\/25\/1500-curl-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"1,500 curl authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It takes a village to make curl. A rather big village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have not been a solo maintainer of curl for a long time and I don&#8217;t even do half of the commits anymore <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/curl\/curl\">curl git repository<\/a> holds the accumulated efforts from 1,500 separate and named individuals. 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Yay for us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author 1,500 turned out to be Sameeh Jubran who authored <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/curl\/curl\/commit\/a55731050e8c3dbea0b96205cf916443118f6acb\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a64de929b8f1&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a64de929b8f1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2997\" height=\"1685\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-25-at-16-28-17-curl-Project-status-dashboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30403\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Number of commit authors in the curl project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes a village to make curl. 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