# Ably Labs — developer ecosystem report

> A playground for open-sourced realtime messaging projects powered by Ably Realtime. Developer community contributions, experimental SDKs and plugins.

- GitHub org: `ably-labs`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 41.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #439
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-20

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 53.0 | #374 | ~22% |
| Education | 54.0 | #668 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 32.0 | #444 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 22.0 | #663 | ~16% |
| Reach | 56.0 | #215 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 54.0 | #171 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/ably-labs
- Website: https://ably.com
- Docs: https://docs.ably.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 1,053 |
| Forks | 362 |
| Open issues | 623 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [NextJS-chat-app](https://github.com/ably-labs/NextJS-chat-app) | 101 | JavaScript | A chat app built using Ably and Next JS and hosted with Vercel |
| [depict-it](https://github.com/ably-labs/depict-it) | 86 | JavaScript | a hilarious peer to peer drawing game built with vue.js using Ably channels. |
| [realtime-quiz-framework](https://github.com/ably-labs/realtime-quiz-framework) | 77 | Vue | This repository contains a base networking framework for building a realtime quiz platform with Ably. This project uses  |
| [realtime-multiplayer-space-invaders](https://github.com/ably-labs/realtime-multiplayer-space-invaders) | 76 | JavaScript | Realtime Multiplayer Space Invaders Game with Phaser 3 and Ably |
| [fully-featured-scalable-chat-app](https://github.com/ably-labs/fully-featured-scalable-chat-app) | 63 | TypeScript | An example of how to architect a fully featured, scalable chat app. With user and channel management and message history |
| [multiplayer-games-scalable-networking-framework](https://github.com/ably-labs/multiplayer-games-scalable-networking-framework) | 52 | JavaScript | This repository contains a base networking framework for building any realtime multiplayer game on the web with Ably usi |
| [github-commit-visualizer](https://github.com/ably-labs/github-commit-visualizer) | 50 | TypeScript | Visualise your dev work in graphical form with this GitHub Visualizer |
| [websockets-cursor-sharing](https://github.com/ably-labs/websockets-cursor-sharing) | 49 | JavaScript | — |
| [react-hooks](https://github.com/ably-labs/react-hooks) | 36 | TypeScript | The recommended way to use Ably in React components |
| [ably-nextjs-fundamentals-kit](https://github.com/ably-labs/ably-nextjs-fundamentals-kit) | 35 | TypeScript | Ably serverless WebSockets and Next.js fundamentals starter kit |
| [live-cryptocurrency-streaming-flutter](https://github.com/ably-labs/live-cryptocurrency-streaming-flutter) | 35 | Dart | A Flutter app with live cryptocurrency updates, powered by Ably |
| [react-websockets-tutorial](https://github.com/ably-labs/react-websockets-tutorial) | 27 | JavaScript | — |

## Methodology

Scores are computed from public signals only (GitHub, package registries, docs sites, community platforms). Pillar definitions: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md

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