TypeScript, Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant, has become the most-used language on GitHub, according to GitHub’s Octoverse 2025 report released on October 28. August 2025 marked the first time TypeScript emerged as the most-used language on GitHub, overtaking both JavaScript and Python, said the report. The rise of TypeScript illustrates the shift toward using typed languages, which can make agent-assisted coding more reliable in production, according to GitHub. Furthermore, ...
