diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/contributions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/contributions.rb
index 687719d4eb..f747bbaa71 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/contributions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/contributions.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ module Homebrew
   sig { returns(CLI::Parser) }
   def contributions_args
     Homebrew::CLI::Parser.new do
-      usage_banner "`contributions` <email|name> [<--repositories>`=`] [<--csv>]"
+      usage_banner "`contributions` <email|username> [<--repositories>`=`] [<--csv>]"
       description <<~EOS
         Contributions to Homebrew repos for a user.
 
-        The first argument is a name (e.g. "BrewTestBot") or an email address (e.g. "brewtestbot@brew.sh").
+        The first argument is a GitHub username (e.g. "BrewTestBot") or an email address (e.g. "brewtestbot@brew.sh").
       EOS
 
       comma_array "--repositories",
@@ -64,14 +64,15 @@ module Homebrew
         return ofail "Unsupported repository: #{repo}. Try one of #{SUPPORTED_REPOS.join(", ")}."
       end
 
+      tap = Tap.fetch("Homebrew", repo)
       repo_path = find_repo_path_for_repo(repo)
       unless repo_path.exist?
         opoo "Repository #{repo} not yet tapped! Tapping it now..."
-        Tap.fetch("homebrew", repo).install
+        tap.install
       end
 
       results[repo] = {
-        commits:       git_log_author_cmd(T.must(repo_path), args),
+        commits:       GitHub.repo_commit_count_for_user(tap.full_name, args.named.first),
         coauthorships: git_log_trailers_cmd(T.must(repo_path), "Co-authored-by", args),
         signoffs:      git_log_trailers_cmd(T.must(repo_path), "Signed-off-by", args),
       }
@@ -127,15 +128,6 @@ module Homebrew
       .sum(&:sum) # 956
   end
 
-  sig { params(repo_path: Pathname, args: Homebrew::CLI::Args).returns(Integer) }
-  def git_log_author_cmd(repo_path, args)
-    cmd = ["git", "-C", repo_path, "log", "--oneline", "--author=#{args.named.first}"]
-    cmd << "--before=#{args.to}" if args.to
-    cmd << "--after=#{args.from}" if args.from
-
-    Utils.safe_popen_read(*cmd).lines.count
-  end
-
   sig { params(repo_path: Pathname, trailer: String, args: Homebrew::CLI::Args).returns(Integer) }
   def git_log_trailers_cmd(repo_path, trailer, args)
     cmd = ["git", "-C", repo_path, "log", "--oneline"]
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
index cc70e67acf..b41ac07344 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tap.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Tap
   # e.g. `user/repo`
   attr_reader :name
 
-  # The full name of this {Tap}, including the `homebrew-` prefix.
+  # The full name of this {Tap}, including the `homebrew-` prefix unless repo == "brew".
   # It combines {#user} and 'homebrew-'-prefixed {#repo} with a slash.
   # e.g. `user/homebrew-repo`
   attr_reader :full_name
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Tap
     @user = user
     @repo = repo
     @name = "#{@user}/#{@repo}".downcase
-    @full_name = "#{@user}/homebrew-#{@repo}"
+    @full_name = (@repo == "brew") ? "#{user}/#{repo}" : "#{@user}/homebrew-#{@repo}"
     @path = TAP_DIRECTORY/@full_name.downcase
     @path.extend(GitRepositoryExtension)
     @alias_table = nil
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index 06faced93f..373632a42d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -699,4 +699,14 @@ module GitHub # rubocop:disable Metrics/ModuleLength
 
     output[/^Status: (200)/, 1] != "200"
   end
+
+  def repo_commit_count_for_user(nwo, user)
+    return if Homebrew::EnvConfig.no_github_api?
+
+    commits = 0
+    API.paginate_rest("#{API_URL}/repos/#{nwo}/commits", query: "&author=#{user}") do |result|
+      commits += result.length
+    end
+    commits
+  end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
index 610b8ba0a8..a9019480ab 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ module GitHub
       end
     end
 
-    def paginate_rest(url, per_page: 100)
+    def paginate_rest(url, query: nil, per_page: 100)
       (1..API_MAX_PAGES).each do |page|
-        result = API.open_rest("#{url}?per_page=#{per_page}&page=#{page}")
+        result = API.open_rest("#{url}?per_page=#{per_page}&page=#{page}#{query}")
         yield(result, page)
       end
     end