Frequent Question: How Big Is the Linux Kernel Source Code?
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The Linux kernel has around 27.8 million lines of code in its Git repository, up from 26.1 million a year ago, while systemd now has nearly 1.3 million lines of code, according to GitHub stats analysed by Michael Larabel at Phoronix.

How large is Linux kernel source code?

– The Linux kernel source tree is up to 62,296 files with a total line count across all these code files and other files of 25,359,556 lines.

How big is the linux repository?

Estimate size of Linux kernel repository

The historic Linux repo currently repacks itself into a ~175MB pack for 63428 commits. The current Linux repo is ~103MB with a much shorter history (27153 commits).

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