Novi.fm · measured 10 November 2026

Novi by the numbers

Everything the two repositories behind Novi.fm can tell about how the platform was built: 18 months of commits, and what they added up to.

2,914

Commits

517k

Lines of hand-written code

4,185

Named tests

662

Callable contracts, HTTP and RPC

17.6

Months, first commit to latest

365

Days with a commit, of 537

The rhythm

Both repositories, 17 May 2025 to 4 November 2026. Only one of the 78 weeks went by without a commit.

Fig. 1

Commits per month

August 2026 was the peak: 568 commits in 31 days

Backend
Frontend

0200400600

May 2025 13 commits · backend 13 · frontend 0
June 2025 18 commits · backend 18 · frontend 0
July 2025 51 commits · backend 51 · frontend 0
August 2025 102 commits · backend 80 · frontend 22
September 2025 158 commits · backend 63 · frontend 95
October 2025 112 commits · backend 24 · frontend 88
November 2025 81 commits · backend 44 · frontend 37
December 2025 51 commits · backend 21 · frontend 30
January 2026 155 commits · backend 55 · frontend 100
February 2026 106 commits · backend 39 · frontend 67
March 2026 183 commits · backend 70 · frontend 113
April 2026 197 commits · backend 104 · frontend 93
May 2026 146 commits · backend 61 · frontend 85
June 2026 59 commits · backend 42 · frontend 17
July 2026 189 commits · backend 87 · frontend 102
568August 2026 568 commits · backend 301 · frontend 267
September 2026 327 commits · backend 171 · frontend 156
October 2026 397 commits · backend 212 · frontend 185
November 2026 1 commits · backend 1 · frontend 0

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Month	Backend	Frontend	Total
May 2025	13	0	13
June 2025	18	0	18
July 2025	51	0	51
August 2025	80	22	102
September 2025	63	95	158
October 2025	24	88	112
November 2025	44	37	81
December 2025	21	30	51
January 2026	55	100	155
February 2026	39	67	106
March 2026	70	113	183
April 2026	104	93	197
May 2026	61	85	146
June 2026	42	17	59
July 2026	87	102	189
August 2026	301	267	568
September 2026	171	156	327
October 2026	212	185	397
November 2026	1	0	1

Fig. 2

Commits by hour of day

The three hours from 21:00 hold 28% of all commits. Central European time.

0100200300

00:00 to 01:00 187 commits
01:00 to 02:00 34 commits
02:00 to 03:00 3 commits
03:00 to 04:00 1 commits
04:00 to 05:00 0 commits
05:00 to 06:00 0 commits
06:00 to 07:00 10 commits
07:00 to 08:00 18 commits
08:00 to 09:00 39 commits
09:00 to 10:00 85 commits
10:00 to 11:00 133 commits
11:00 to 12:00 179 commits
12:00 to 13:00 173 commits
13:00 to 14:00 171 commits
14:00 to 15:00 133 commits
15:00 to 16:00 120 commits
16:00 to 17:00 134 commits
17:00 to 18:00 153 commits
18:00 to 19:00 153 commits
19:00 to 20:00 180 commits
20:00 to 21:00 188 commits
21:00 to 22:00 258 commits
28322:00 to 23:00 283 commits
23:00 to 00:00 279 commits

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Hour	Commits
00:00 to 01:00	187
01:00 to 02:00	34
02:00 to 03:00	3
03:00 to 04:00	1
04:00 to 05:00	0
05:00 to 06:00	0
06:00 to 07:00	10
07:00 to 08:00	18
08:00 to 09:00	39
09:00 to 10:00	85
10:00 to 11:00	133
11:00 to 12:00	179
12:00 to 13:00	173
13:00 to 14:00	171
14:00 to 15:00	133
15:00 to 16:00	120
16:00 to 17:00	134
17:00 to 18:00	153
18:00 to 19:00	153
19:00 to 20:00	180
20:00 to 21:00	188
21:00 to 22:00	258
22:00 to 23:00	283
23:00 to 00:00	279

Fig. 3

Commits by weekday

Weekends carry 25% of the work

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Monday 444 commits
Tuesday 449 commits
Wednesday 355 commits
514Thursday 514 commits
Friday 412 commits
Saturday 402 commits
Sunday 338 commits

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Weekday	Commits
Monday	444
Tuesday	449
Wednesday	355
Thursday	514
Friday	412
Saturday	402
Sunday	338

Commits per active day: 8.0
Busiest single day: 31 March 2026 · 66 commits
Longest run of days with a commit: 28 days
Peak commit hour: 22:00 to 23:00 · 283
Night commits, 22:00 to 06:00: 787 (27%)
Weekend commits: 740 (25%)
Commits by kind: feature 598 · fix 616 · docs 164 · chore 64 · performance 42
Commit messages: 292k words · 100 on average · longest 815
Release tags since 5 August 2026: 244 (about 3 a day)
Distinct files ever touched: 4,532

What it adds up to

Lines are counted from tracked files only. Generated code and committed evaluation data are left out of every figure.

Fig. 4

Hand-written code by kind

Lines that are neither blank nor comment: 517,140 in all. Tests are 24%.

Backend services182,99435.4%
Frontend application148,23228.7%
Backend tests108,00820.9%
Stylesheets40,0847.8%
Frontend tests17,5523.4%
Scripts, pages and configuration14,5272.8%
Interface contracts5,7431.1%

The same count, by body of code
Body of code	Files	Raw lines	Code lines
Backend services	510	248,365	182,994
Backend tests	577	135,380	108,008
Interface contracts	2	8,309	5,743
Backend scripts and configuration	84	15,024	10,833
Frontend application	309	210,284	148,232
Frontend tests	178	24,287	17,552
Stylesheets	94	51,078	40,084
Frontend pages and scripts	15	4,194	3,694
Hand-written code	1,769	696,921	517,140

Contracts and endpoints

RPC services: 17
RPC methods: 341 · 21 streaming
Messages · enumerations · fields: 663 · 51 · 3,604
HTTP routes, method and path: 321 over 245 paths
Callable contracts, in all: 662

Tests

Backend test functions: 3,218 in 577 files
Subtests · benchmarks: 270 · 12
End-to-end browser cases: 754 in 144 suites
Frontend unit cases: 213 in 31 files
Named tests, in all: 4,185
Backend test files against source files: 577 against 510

Method. Commit counts and dates come from the history of both repositories as it stood on 10 November 2026, with every date and hour in Central European time. Line counts cover tracked files only, split into raw lines and lines that are neither blank nor comment. Routes are distinct method-and-path registrations in the route tables. RPCs, messages and fields are counted from the contract definitions. Tests are counted as test functions and test cases, not test files.

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