Development activity within the Solana ecosystem is heavily concentrated among a core group of infrastructure and oracle projects, according to new data from analytics firm Santiment tracking notable GitHub events over the past 30 days. The rankings provide a snapshot of where builders are most actively pushing code, highlighting a focus on foundational tooling rather than speculative applications.
Chainlink (LINK) leads the list by a wide margin with a development activity score of 196.77, reflecting sustained work on its oracle services and cross-chain tooling for Solana-based applications. Solana (SOL) itself ranks second with a score of 95.37, indicating continued core protocol development. Wormhole (W) follows in third place with a score of 20.70, underscoring its critical role as a cross-chain bridge within the ecosystem.
The mid-tier of the ranking is dominated by DeFi and trading-focused platforms. Swarms (SWARMS), Pyth Network (PYTH), and Meteora (MET) all posted meaningful development scores, signaling active work on liquidity, data feeds, and decentralized exchange infrastructure. Further down the list, projects like DoubleZero (2Z), Drift Protocol (DRIFT), Jito (JTO), and Marinade Finance (MNDE) continue to register notable, though comparatively lighter, development activity related to infrastructure, derivatives, MEV, and staking services.
The data emphasizes a pattern where developer attention is focused on infrastructure, interoperability, and core financial primitives. Santiment notes that while some of the listed tokens have shown short-term price weakness, the persistent GitHub activity suggests long-term building momentum across the Solana ecosystem remains intact. This development-heavy focus often precedes deeper ecosystem growth as essential tooling, liquidity rails, and data layers mature.
