# The Apache Software Foundation — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `apache`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 68.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #17
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-20

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 83.0 | #13 | ~22% |
| Education | 69.0 | #323 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 15.0 | #682 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 82.0 | #2 | ~16% |
| Reach | 84.0 | #20 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 55.0 | #168 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/apache
- Website: https://www.apache.org
- Docs: https://apache.org/docs

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 550,079 |
| Forks | 216,340 |
| Open issues | 35,631 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [superset](https://github.com/apache/superset) | 74,314 | Python | Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform |
| [airflow](https://github.com/apache/airflow) | 46,539 | Python | Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows |
| [spark](https://github.com/apache/spark) | 43,841 | Scala | Apache Spark - A unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing |
| [dubbo](https://github.com/apache/dubbo) | 41,551 | Java | The java implementation of Apache Dubbo. An RPC and microservice framework. |
| [kafka](https://github.com/apache/kafka) | 33,560 | Java | Apache Kafka - A distributed event streaming platform |
| [flink](https://github.com/apache/flink) | 26,272 | Java | Apache Flink |
| [incubator-seata](https://github.com/apache/incubator-seata) | 25,982 | Java | :fire: Seata is an easy-to-use, high-performance, open source distributed transaction solution. |
| [arrow](https://github.com/apache/arrow) | 17,032 | C++ | Apache Arrow is the universal columnar format and multi-language toolbox for fast data interchange and in-memory analyti |
| [doris](https://github.com/apache/doris) | 15,797 | C++ | Apache Doris is a real-time analytics and hybrid search database for AI agents. |
| [druid](https://github.com/apache/druid) | 14,044 | Java | Apache Druid: a high performance real-time analytics database. |
| [tvm](https://github.com/apache/tvm) | 13,671 | Python | Open Machine Learning Compiler Framework |
| [thrift](https://github.com/apache/thrift) | 10,954 | C++ | Apache Thrift |

## 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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