# grpc — developer ecosystem report

> A high performance, open source, general-purpose RPC framework

- GitHub org: `grpc`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 61.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #59
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-19

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 70.0 | #105 | ~22% |
| Education | 75.0 | #195 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 11.0 | #786 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 54.0 | #95 | ~16% |
| Reach | 45.0 | #410 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 55.0 | #168 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 120,166 |
| Forks | 26,500 |
| Open issues | 3,749 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [grpc](https://github.com/grpc/grpc) | 45,231 | C++ | C++ based gRPC (C++, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, C#) |
| [grpc-go](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go) | 23,032 | Go | The Go language implementation of gRPC. HTTP/2 based RPC |
| [grpc-rust](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-rust) | 12,436 | Rust | A native gRPC client & server implementation with async/await support. |
| [grpc-java](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java) | 12,062 | Java | The Java gRPC implementation. HTTP/2 based RPC |
| [grpc-web](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web) | 9,252 | JavaScript | gRPC for Web Clients |
| [grpc-node](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node) | 4,845 | TypeScript | gRPC for Node.js |
| [grpc-dotnet](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-dotnet) | 4,480 | C# | gRPC for .NET |
| [grpc-swift](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift) | 2,248 | Swift | The Swift language implementation of gRPC. |
| [grpc-kotlin](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-kotlin) | 1,297 | Kotlin | Kotlin gRPC implementation. HTTP/2 based RPC |
| [grpc-experiments](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-experiments) | 1,063 | JavaScript | Experiments and proposals for gRPC features. |
| [grpc-dart](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-dart) | 892 | Dart | The Dart language implementation of gRPC. |
| [proposal](https://github.com/grpc/proposal) | 782 | — | A repository for gRFCs  |

## 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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