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Brave helps users browse privately and securely by blocking trackers and ads while offering built-in AI assistance and VPN protection.
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75 current maintainers71 active leads7 new active leads8 lead step-downs2 early lead departures

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

75

Current maintainers

71

Active leads

7

New active leads

8

Lead step-downs

0

Lead movements

2

Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/brave

Maintainers (171)

@chrislacyCurrent employee
PRs merged
1
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
1
First merge
Aug 4, 2015
Last merge
Aug 7, 2026
Active lead

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@aserenCurrent employee
PRs merged
6
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
1
First merge
Jul 7, 2021
Last merge
Aug 7, 2026
Active lead

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@Uni-verseCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Apr 17, 2023
Last merge
Aug 7, 2026
Active lead
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@r0hit0303Current employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Apr 7, 2026
Last merge
Aug 7, 2026
Active lead
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Maintainer Movements (4)

@ryanml moved lead merge authority to MetaMask.

Confirmed May 8, 2021 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Feb 8, 2021 · First destination merge Mar 3, 2021

@alexwykoff moved lead merge authority to DXOS.

Confirmed Oct 12, 2020 · Observed

Last source merge Feb 4, 2017 · First destination merge Oct 12, 2020

@posix4e moved lead merge authority to HUMAN Protocol.

Confirmed Sep 20, 2018 · Observed

Last source merge Oct 10, 2017 · First destination merge Sep 20, 2018

@feross moved lead merge authority to Bitcoin Mirror.

Confirmed Dec 26, 2017 · Observed

Last source merge Mar 17, 2017 · First destination merge Dec 26, 2017