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Pulse · 19–25 October 2026

The pulse of Holochain.

What moved this week: the code, the releases, the people and the developer chat, each with the date it was counted.

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95code bases changed in the last 30 days
of the 175 that changed in the last year

Updated 23 October 2026, 02:00 UTC

Latest article: Epistemic Resonance v0.3.0 moves installed users to a new network

One mark per code base.

Where the work happened

Most active projects

Ordered by commits in the last 7 days. A project's mark opens its page; the framework's opens GitHub.

All projects
  1. elohimethosengine192 commits
  2. ad4mcoasys181 commits
  3. epistemic-happStateofIntent130 commits
  4. appsocial-production127 commits
  5. FilenymousGeoking2104113 commits
  6. Your-Own-AIWeAreFlowsta112 commits
  7. ValiChordValiChord94 commits
  8. BiteRelayTrevorWysong32 commits
  9. map-holonsevomimic30 commits
  10. wind-tunnelholochain26 commits
  11. flowsta-vault-appWeAreFlowsta25 commits
  12. turbo-kartConorTttttt13 commits

This week

Most active contributors

29 people committed to Holochain projects in the last 7 days. Ranked by the days they committed, then commits; each card opens their GitHub profile.Commits to each project's main branch, from GitHub. Automated accounts are left out.

Counted 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC
  1. Active 7 of 7 days · 192 commitsElohim
  2. Active 7 of 7 days · 139 commitsYour Own AI, Flowsta Vault and 1 more
  3. Active 7 of 7 days · 126 commitsAD4M
  4. Active 7 of 7 days · 114 commitsFilenymous, Autonymous.me
  5. Active 6 of 7 days · 130 commitsThe Epistemic Resonance Protocol
  6. Active 5 of 7 days · 89 commitsValiChord, Hearth
  7. Active 5 of 7 days · 64 commitsSocial Production
  8. Active 5 of 7 days · 20 commitsAD4M
  9. Active 5 of 7 days · 16 commitsMap Holons
  10. Active 4 of 7 days · 15 commitsArk, Holo Joining Service and 3 more
  11. Active 4 of 7 days · 15 commitsValiChord
  12. Active 4 of 7 days · 14 commitsMap Holons

Releases

Shipped in the last 30 days

One card per project, the newest release first. A dashed tag is a pre-release. A card opens its project's page; the framework's opens GitHub.

  1. Mosslightningrodlabsv0.16.0-rc.2-test.25 (pre-release)v0.16.0-rc.1-test.24 (pre-release)+1 more22 October 2026
  2. scaffoldingholochainv0.700.122 October 2026
  3. hc-spinholochainv0.700.122 October 2026
  4. hc-spin-rust-utilsholochainv0.700.122 October 2026
  5. Your Own AIWeAreFlowstav0.9.0llama-b1166922 October 2026
  6. wind-tunnelholochainmain-4e1f112 (pre-release)21 October 2026
  7. Flowsta VaultWeAreFlowstavault-v1.6.120 October 2026
  8. holochainholochainholochain-0.8.0-dev.12 (pre-release)19 October 2026
  9. Raindex ordersunytcov0.7.1v0.7.019 October 2026
  10. ValiChordValiChordv0.6.618 October 2026
  11. Vineslightningrodlabsv1.30.0 (pre-release)happ-v1.30.017 October 2026
  12. Acornlightningrodlabsv14.0.0 (pre-release)happ-v14.0.017 October 2026

Development

What moved in the code

Counted across the code bases that changed in the last year: the projects on the radar and the Holochain framework itself.

  1. Commitslast 7 days
    1,154 commitsin 42 code bases
    Counted 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC
  2. Releaseslast 7 days
    55 releases
    Counted 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC
  3. Releaseslast 30 days
    108 releases41 of them pre-releases
    Counted 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC
  4. People committinglast 90 days
    ≥ 55 peopleat leastplus 105 commits by authors without a GitHub account
    Counted 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC
  5. Code bases activelast 90 days
    119 code bases
    Counted 23 October 2026, 02:00 UTC

Watching

Proposed changes under review

Open pull requests judged important for their project or for Holochain. Each is a proposal until it merges. Those that merged or closed in the last 30 days are listed with their outcome.

Merged or closed in the last 30 days

  • AD4M#1468 feat(security)!: room keys sealed to members' DID keys; one generic host call to open themOpened 16 October 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 28 October 2026.
  • holochain#6042 fix: keep the 0.7.0 wire layout for capability grantsOpened 14 October 2026 by zippyClosed without merging, 27 October 2026.
  • Requests and Offers#348 Validate creates and updates on the record op in six integrity zomes (#347)Opened 17 October 2026 by AlchemicalSpiralizerMerged 27 October 2026.
  • AD4M#1466 fix(executor): joining and creating a shared space no longer wait on slow pathsOpened 16 October 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 22 October 2026. Read the article
  • AD4M#1469 fix(executor): cap each RocksDB store's open filesOpened 16 October 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 22 October 2026. Read the article
  • AD4M#1471 fix(holochain): give a DNA install longer than the op waits for itOpened 16 October 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 20 October 2026. Read the article
  • AD4M#1439 perf(perspectives): background loops wake on events, not fixed pollsOpened 14 October 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 20 October 2026.
  • holochain#6034 fix: remove all per-DNA data when a DNA's last cell is uninstalledOpened 12 October 2026 by veesoMerged 14 October 2026. Read the article
  • AD4M#1168 fix(auth): fail closed when a token stops workingOpened 26 September 2026 by HexaFieldMerged 10 October 2026. Read the article
  • holochain#6019 Spike: must_get_agent_activity scaling costs and fixesOpened 6 October 2026 by zippyClosed without merging, 8 October 2026.
  • holochain-hdi#29 fix: decode a malformed hash or signature without panicking or over-allocatingOpened 1 October 2026 by zo-elMerged 7 October 2026. Read the article
  • holochain#6011 fix: verify the entry hash before storing network-received entriesOpened 2 October 2026 by veesoMerged 6 October 2026. Read the article

Holochain versions

Which Holochain the projects build on

182 projects declare which Holochain they build on in their own files, read 23 October 2026.

  1. Holochain 0.650
  2. Holochain 0.035
  3. Holochain 0.723
  4. Holochain 0.118
  5. Holochain 0.415
  6. Holochain 0.515
  7. Holochain 0.214
  8. Holochain 0.310
  9. a git reference1
  10. a local path1

Community

The developer chat

4,106members · DEV.HC

174 were online when counted, 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC

Join the chat

The building blocks

Downloads of the two libraries every app pulls in

Not counted

  • Telegramno public channel to count
  • Nodes answeringno node data is published yet
  • HOT migrated to HoloFuelnot until the migration contract is public

On record

6 weeks on record, 14 September 2026 to 25 October 2026. Projects read 23 October 2026, 02:00 UTC.