# GitHub — developer ecosystem report

> How people build software.

- GitHub org: `github`
- Category: platform
- Overall score: 74.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #4
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-20

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 75.0 | #53 | ~22% |
| Education | 87.0 | #10 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 58.0 | #99 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 75.0 | #11 | ~16% |
| Reach | 53.0 | #262 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 80.0 | #30 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 641,537 |
| Forks | 267,683 |
| Open issues | 11,631 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [gitignore](https://github.com/github/gitignore) | 175,181 | — | A collection of useful .gitignore templates |
| [spec-kit](https://github.com/github/spec-kit) | 130,332 | Python | 💫 Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development |
| [awesome-copilot](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot) | 38,015 | Python | Community-contributed instructions, agents, skills, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. |
| [github-mcp-server](https://github.com/github/github-mcp-server) | 32,367 | Go | GitHub's official MCP Server |
| [copilot-docs](https://github.com/github/copilot-docs) | 23,212 | — | Documentation for GitHub Copilot |
| [docs](https://github.com/github/docs) | 20,696 | TypeScript | The open-source repo for docs.github.com |
| [opensource.guide](https://github.com/github/opensource.guide) | 15,622 | HTML | 📚 Community guides for open source creators |
| [gh-ost](https://github.com/github/gh-ost) | 13,526 | Go | GitHub's Online Schema-migration Tool for MySQL |
| [copilot.vim](https://github.com/github/copilot.vim) | 11,668 | Vim Script | Neovim plugin for GitHub Copilot |
| [copilot-cli](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli) | 11,101 | Shell | GitHub Copilot CLI brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal.  |
| [copilot-sdk](https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk) | 10,419 | Java | Multi-platform SDK for integrating GitHub Copilot Agent into apps and services |
| [codeql](https://github.com/github/codeql) | 9,980 | CodeQL | CodeQL: the libraries and queries that power security researchers around the world, as well as code scanning in GitHub A |

## 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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