# Drupal — developer ecosystem report

> Drupal is the open source content management system built for ambitious digital experiences. Official development of Drupal happens on drupal.org.

- GitHub org: `drupal`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 42.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #405
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-14

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 38.0 | #797 | ~22% |
| Education | 47.0 | #827 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 5.0 | #1024 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 29.0 | #535 | ~16% |
| Reach | 70.0 | #73 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 54.0 | #179 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 4,941 |
| Forks | 2,339 |
| Open issues | 20 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [drupal](https://github.com/drupal/drupal) | 4,280 | PHP | Verbatim mirror of the git.drupal.org repository for Drupal core. Please see the https://github.com/drupal/drupal#contri |
| [core](https://github.com/drupal/core) | 194 | PHP | Subtree split of drupal's /core directory |
| [recommended-project](https://github.com/drupal/recommended-project) | 151 | — | Project template for Drupal 8 projects with a relocated document root |
| [core-recommended](https://github.com/drupal/core-recommended) | 69 | — | Metapackage that builds specific versions of drupal core based off of a lockfile. |
| [core-composer-scaffold](https://github.com/drupal/core-composer-scaffold) | 53 | PHP | A flexible Composer project scaffold builder. |
| [cms-launcher](https://github.com/drupal/cms-launcher) | 43 | TypeScript | A packaged application to launch Drupal CMS |
| [core-project-message](https://github.com/drupal/core-project-message) | 21 | PHP | Adds a message after Composer installation. |
| [core-dev](https://github.com/drupal/core-dev) | 20 | — | require-dev dependencies from drupal/drupal; use in addition to drupal/core-recommended to run tests from drupal/core. |
| [core-vendor-hardening](https://github.com/drupal/core-vendor-hardening) | 17 | PHP | Hardens the vendor directory for when it's in the docroot. |
| [php-signify](https://github.com/drupal/php-signify) | 11 | PHP | Native, verification-only PHP implementation of OpenBSD Signify verification |
| [legacy-project](https://github.com/drupal/legacy-project) | 6 | — | Project template for Drupal 8 projects with composer following drupal/drupal layout |
| [core-transliteration](https://github.com/drupal/core-transliteration) | 6 | PHP | Transliteration. |

## 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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