# Discourse — developer ecosystem report

> The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.

- GitHub org: `discourse`
- Category: saas
- Overall score: 47.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #281
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-14

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 63.0 | #182 | ~22% |
| Education | 55.0 | #641 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 25.0 | #531 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 41.0 | #332 | ~16% |
| Reach | 59.0 | #177 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 83.0 | #1 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 54,349 |
| Forks | 11,547 |
| Open issues | 688 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse) | 47,650 | Ruby | A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. |
| [discourse_docker](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker) | 1,855 | Shell | A Docker image for Discourse |
| [message_bus](https://github.com/discourse/message_bus) | 1,662 | Ruby | A reliable and robust messaging bus for Ruby and Rack |
| [prometheus_exporter](https://github.com/discourse/prometheus_exporter) | 584 | Ruby | A framework for collecting and aggregating prometheus metrics |
| [wp-discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) | 542 | PHP | WordPress plugin that lets you use Discourse as the community engine for a WordPress blog |
| [discourse_api](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_api) | 305 | Ruby | Ruby API for Discourse |
| [DiscourseMobile](https://github.com/discourse/DiscourseMobile) | 291 | JavaScript | Discourse Mobile |
| [mini_mime](https://github.com/discourse/mini_mime) | 112 | Ruby | minimal mime type library |
| [all-the-plugins](https://github.com/discourse/all-the-plugins) | 102 | Ruby | — |
| [discourse-air](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-air) | 101 | SCSS | A modern theme with a dark mode option. |
| [discourse-activity-pub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-activity-pub) | 85 | Ruby | Adds ActivityPub support to Discourse. |
| [docker_manager](https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager) | 77 | Ruby | Plugin for use with discourse docker image |

## 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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