# Fern — developer ecosystem report

> Instant Docs and SDKs for your API

- GitHub org: `fern-api`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 50.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #214
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-20

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 51.0 | #418 | ~22% |
| Education | 59.0 | #560 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 50.0 | #175 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 43.0 | #291 | ~16% |
| Reach | 35.0 | #645 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 60.0 | #133 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/fern-api
- Website: https://www.buildwithfern.com
- Docs: https://buildwithfern.com/docs

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 3,888 |
| Forks | 405 |
| Open issues | 401 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [fern](https://github.com/fern-api/fern) | 3,763 | TypeScript | Input OpenAPI. Output SDKs and Docs. |
| [docs-starter](https://github.com/fern-api/docs-starter) | 43 | MDX | Publish beautiful documentation from OpenAPI and markdown (MDX) |
| [fastapi-starter](https://github.com/fern-api/fastapi-starter) | 19 | JavaScript | A starter repo for FastAPI + React, using Fern |
| [express-starter](https://github.com/fern-api/express-starter) | 16 | TypeScript | A starter repo for Express, using Fern |
| [docs](https://github.com/fern-api/docs) | 8 | MDX | The documentation for Fern (kind of meta, eh?) |
| [sync-openapi](https://github.com/fern-api/sync-openapi) | 6 | TypeScript | A GitHub action to sync OpenAPI specs to your Fern configuration |
| [fern-mcp-server](https://github.com/fern-api/fern-mcp-server) | 5 | TypeScript | Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Fern API. |
| [setup-fern-cli](https://github.com/fern-api/setup-fern-cli) | 4 | — | A GitHub Action that installs the Fern CLI into a workflow using npm. |
| [swift-sdk-comparison](https://github.com/fern-api/swift-sdk-comparison) | 3 | Swift | Comparing Swift SDKs from different SDK generator tools for the same OpenAPI spec. |
| [spring-starter](https://github.com/fern-api/spring-starter) | 3 | Java | A starter repo for Java Spring, using Fern |
| [agent-score](https://github.com/fern-api/agent-score) | 2 | TypeScript | Rate docs sites on their agent readiness |
| [docs-custom-js-example](https://github.com/fern-api/docs-custom-js-example) | 2 | TypeScript | Fern Docs example with custom headers and footers |

## 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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