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Top 100 Key Players companies in Open source
by Most News Heat in the world in 2021

The Open source top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most News Heat Open source Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2021, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
The open-source model is a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. A main principle of open-source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public. The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in open-source appropriate technology, and open-source drug discovery.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

India

United States

Germany

Switzerland

Sweden

United Kingdom

France

Canada

Netherlands

Australia

Ranking:

Most Patent Filings

Highest Patent Value

Most Patent Citation

Most Research Publications

Most Literature Citation

Most Market Reports

Most News Heat

#
Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Google LLC
California, United States
Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 7,336
2
Microsoft Corp.
Washington, United States
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 6,278
3
Amazon.com, Inc.
Washington, United States
E-commerce,Content creator,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 3,444
4
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 2,983
5
Apple, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
news: 2,360
6
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 1,956
7
GitHub, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Revision control,
...[+2]
news: 1,860
8
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
news: 1,462
9
Oracle Corp.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 1,392
10
Meta Platforms, Inc.
California, United States
Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation,
...[+2]
news: 1,360
11
YouTube LLC
California, United States
Music,HTML5,Web page,
...[+2]
news: 1,081
12
Apache Corp.
Texas, United States
Natural gas,Petroleum industry,Natural resource management,
...[+2]
news: 1,065
13
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
news: 991
14
VMware, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 965
15
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software,
...[+2]
news: 887
16
NVIDIA Corp.
California, United States
Software,Graphics processing unit,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 879
17
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 812
18
Gartner, Inc.
Connecticut, United States
Information management,Business intelligence,Emotional intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 714
19
AWS GmbH
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Environmental consulting,Artificial intelligence,Blockchain,
...[+2]
news: 711
20
Adobe, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
news: 656
21
SAP SE
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 604
22
Dell, Inc.
Texas, United States
Computer hardware,Thin client,Software,
...[+2]
news: 601
23
Netflix, Inc.
California, United States
Mainland China,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 593
24
AT&T, Inc.
Texas, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 582
25
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Washington, United States
Software,Web development,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 515
26
LinkedIn Corp.
California, United States
Social media,Publishing,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
news: 503
27
Verizon Communications, Inc.
New York, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Internet of Things,
...[+2]
news: 488
28
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Virtualization,
...[+2]
news: 466
29
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 459
30
Salesforce, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
news: 451
31
Tesla, Inc.
Texas, United States
Electric vehicle,Electronics,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 451
32
Mozilla Corp.
California, United States
Software,Bug tracking system,EyeTap,
...[+2]
news: 422
33
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Zhejiang Sheng, China
E-commerce,Shopping mall,Business-to-business,
...[+2]
news: 418
34
Uber Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Brand awareness,Public transport,Software,
...[+2]
news: 403
35
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Texas, United States
Enterprise software,Information technology management,Software,
...[+2]
news: 398
36
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 396
37
Comcast Cable Communications LLC
Pennsylvania, United States
Digital cable,Home automation,Home security,
...[+2]
news: 389
38
HP, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 376
39
Stiftung Ethereum
Bern, Switzerland
Blockchain,Programming language,Application performance management,
...[+2]
news: 366
40
Instagram LLC
California, United States
Social media,Social network,Image sharing,
...[+2]
news: 362
41
Sony Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Computer hardware,Software,Music,
...[+2]
news: 352
42
Kubernetes LLC
California, United States
Cloud computing,Cloud database
news: 352
43
Next Co-Founder
news: 332
44
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 321
45
Baidu, Inc.
Beijing Shi, China
Search engine,Artificial intelligence,Social network,
...[+2]
news: 315
46
Bitcoin LLC
California, United States
Cryptocurrency,Blockchain,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 310
47
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Venture capital,Underwriting,
...[+2]
news: 308
48
Accenture Plc
Dublin, Ireland
Construction engineering,Systems design,Software,
...[+2]
news: 290
49
Cloudera, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Machine learning,
...[+2]
news: 286
50
Ford Motor Co.
Michigan, United States
Truck,Public transport,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 273
51
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Prime brokerage,Financial institution,
...[+2]
news: 272
52
General Motors Co.
Michigan, United States
Sport utility vehicle,Public transport,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 271
53
U.S. Department of Defense
District of Columbia, United States
National security,Computer science,Biomedicine,
...[+2]
news: 266
54
eBay, Inc.
California, United States
E-commerce,Search engine,Common value auction,
...[+2]
news: 265
55
Lenovo Group Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Computer hardware,Mobile device,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 265
56
TechRepublic, Inc.
California, United States
News media,Social community,Webcast,
...[+2]
news: 262
57
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Online advertising,Social media,Advertising,
...[+2]
news: 256
58
Walmart, Inc.
Arkansas, United States
Warehouse,E-commerce,Hypermarket,
...[+2]
news: 252
59
Yahoo
Virginia, United States
Advertising,Search engine,Search engine optimization,
...[+2]
news: 250
60
Siemens AG
Bayern, Germany
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
news: 245
61
Forrester Research, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Business intelligence,Operational intelligence,Information management,
...[+2]
news: 244
62
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
news: 243
63
Broadcom, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless,
...[+2]
news: 242
64
Hyperledger
California, United States
Blockchain,Financial institution,Systems design,
...[+2]
news: 240
65
PayPal, Inc.
California, United States
Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software,
...[+2]
news: 232
66
General Electric Co.
Massachusetts, United States
Energy management,Turbine,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 222
67
Toyota Motor Corp.
Aichi, Japan
Sport utility vehicle,Mobile device,Public transport,
...[+2]
news: 222
68
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Network security,Business operations,Software,
...[+2]
news: 221
69
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 219
70
Splunk, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Systems design,Operational intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 219
71
Spotify AB
Sweden
Music,Cloud computing,Mobile app,
...[+2]
news: 213
72
Gitlab, Inc.
California, United States
DevOps,Software,Systems design,
...[+2]
news: 204
73
Alphabet, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Health care,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 199
74
Dell Technologies, Inc.
Texas, United States
Peripheral,Information technology consulting,Software,
...[+2]
news: 194
75
Lightspeed Venture Partners
California, United States
Venture capital,Blockchain,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 194
76
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
New York, United States
Accounting,Bookkeeping,Public sector,
...[+2]
news: 193
77
Databricks, Inc.
California, United States
Data science,Enterprise software,Software,
...[+2]
news: 191
78
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
news: 188
79
NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Arizona, United States
Network security,Computer security,Software,
...[+2]
news: 183
80
Bloomberg LP
New York, United States
Publishing,Information technology consulting,News media,
...[+2]
news: 183
81
Rackspace OpenStack
Texas, United States
Open API,Metal
news: 182
82
Nasdaq, Inc.
New York, United States
Information Dissemination,Capital formation,Structured product,
...[+2]
news: 180
83
DevOps Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Association (object-oriented programming)
news: 178
84
Hortonworks, Inc.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 175
85
Synopsys, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Information technology consulting,Electronic design automation,
...[+2]
news: 174
86
Juniper Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Systems design,Educational organization,Product marketing,
...[+2]
news: 168
87
CNBC LLC
United States
News media,Digital media,Business Day,
...[+2]
news: 166
88
The Walt Disney Co.
California, United States
Music,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 163
89
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
Bayern, Germany
Sales management,Product design,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 162
90
ServiceNow, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 162
91
NEA Management Co. LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Software as a service,Medical equipment,
...[+2]
news: 162
92
Accel Partners LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide E,Business studies,
...[+2]
news: 159
93
DEFI Group SASU
Île-de-France, France
Advertising,Neon sign,Brand awareness,
...[+2]
news: 159
94
Sonatype, Inc.
United States
Software,Open-source software development,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 158
95
Skype SARL
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Software,
...[+2]
news: 154
96
LG Electronics, Inc.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
news: 152
97
SoftBank Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Via media,
...[+2]
news: 151
98
Volkswagen AG
Niedersachsen, Germany
Electric vehicle,Automation,Product design,
...[+2]
news: 149
99
Shopify, Inc.
Ontario, Canada
Software,Software as a service,E-commerce,
...[+2]
news: 149
100
Xilinx, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Semiconductor,
...[+2]
news: 149

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