diff --git a/dev/tools/github_authors_peryear.sh b/dev/tools/github_authors_peryear.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+FROM=2016-01-01
+TO=2016-12-31
+
+echo "git log --since $FROM --before $TO | grep ^Author | sort -u -f -i -b | wc -l"
+git log --since $FROM --before $TO | grep ^Author | sort -u -f -i -b | wc -l
+
diff --git a/dev/tools/github_commits_perversion.sh b/dev/tools/github_commits_perversion.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+Releases=("3.8" "3.9" "4.0" "5.0", "develop")
+Dates=("2010-01-01", "2011-01-01", "2012-01-01", "2013-01-01", "2014-01-01", "2015-01-01", "2016-07-01")
+let "counter = 1"
+
+for i in "${Releases[@]}"
+do
+  git shortlog -s -n  --after=${Dates[counter-1]} --before=${Dates[counter]}
+  echo -n "Total $i: " 
+  git log --pretty=oneline --after=${Dates[counter-1]} --before=${Dates[counter]} | wc -l
+  echo "=======================" 
+  echo
+  let "counter +=1"
+done
+