# Cisco Systems — developer ecosystem report

> Open Source Projects from Cisco Systems

- GitHub org: `cisco`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 40.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #455
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-14

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 50.0 | #446 | ~22% |
| Education | 46.0 | #852 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 30.0 | #471 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 43.0 | #291 | ~16% |
| Reach | 65.0 | #117 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 24.0 | #600 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/cisco
- Website: https://cisco.com
- Docs: https://docs.cisco.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 20,949 |
| Forks | 5,630 |
| Open issues | 1,089 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ChezScheme](https://github.com/cisco/ChezScheme) | 7,336 | Scheme | Chez Scheme  |
| [openh264](https://github.com/cisco/openh264) | 6,134 | C++ | Open Source H.264 Codec  |
| [libsrtp](https://github.com/cisco/libsrtp) | 1,395 | C | Library for SRTP (Secure Realtime Transport Protocol)  |
| [joy](https://github.com/cisco/joy) | 1,367 | C | A package for capturing and analyzing network flow data and intraflow data, for network research, forensics, and securit |
| [node-jose](https://github.com/cisco/node-jose) | 721 | JavaScript | — |
| [thor](https://github.com/cisco/thor) | 702 | C | Thor Video Codec |
| [mindmeld](https://github.com/cisco/mindmeld) | 694 | Python | An Open Source Conversational AI Platform for Deep-Domain Voice Interfaces and Chatbots. |
| [mercury](https://github.com/cisco/mercury) | 518 | C++ | Mercury: network metadata capture and analysis |
| [cisco-mibs](https://github.com/cisco/cisco-mibs) | 245 | HTML | Various SNMP MIBs from Cisco |
| [exanic-software](https://github.com/cisco/exanic-software) | 199 | C | ExaNIC drivers, utilities and development libraries |
| [mlspp](https://github.com/cisco/mlspp) | 147 | C++ | Implementation of Messaging Layer Security |
| [cjose](https://github.com/cisco/cjose) | 119 | C | C library implementing the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) |

## 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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