# The Guardian — developer ecosystem report

> The source code of the world's leading liberal voice

- GitHub org: `guardian`
- Category: other
- Overall score: 56.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #121
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-15

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 69.0 | #117 | ~22% |
| Education | 50.0 | #769 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 8.0 | #923 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 69.0 | #19 | ~16% |
| Reach | 66.0 | #110 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 55.0 | #168 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/guardian
- Website: https://www.theguardian.com
- Docs: https://theguardian.com/docs

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 14,856 |
| Forks | 1,546 |
| Open issues | 2,626 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [frontend](https://github.com/guardian/frontend) | 5,897 | Scala | The Guardian DotCom. |
| [scribe](https://github.com/guardian/scribe) | 3,484 | JavaScript | DEPRECATED: A rich text editor framework for the web platform |
| [grid](https://github.com/guardian/grid) | 1,461 | Scala | The Guardian’s image management system |
| [toolargetool](https://github.com/guardian/toolargetool) | 1,214 | Kotlin | A tool to help you debug TransactionTooLargeExceptions on Android 7+ |
| [coding-exercises](https://github.com/guardian/coding-exercises) | 492 | — | Coding exercises |
| [guardian.github.com](https://github.com/guardian/guardian.github.com) | 407 | HTML | Guardian github pages |
| [coverdrop](https://github.com/guardian/coverdrop) | 338 | Rust | Blowing the whistle through a news app |
| [typerighter](https://github.com/guardian/typerighter) | 277 | Scala | Even if you’re the right typer, couldn’t hurt to use Typerighter! |
| [riff-raff](https://github.com/guardian/riff-raff) | 272 | Scala | The Guardian's deployment platform |
| [dotcom-rendering](https://github.com/guardian/dotcom-rendering) | 271 | TypeScript | The Guardian web rendering service (aka DCR/DCAR) |
| [giant](https://github.com/guardian/giant) | 59 | Scala | Platform for journalists to search, analyse, categorise and share unstructured data |
| [amigo](https://github.com/guardian/amigo) | 56 | Scala | AMIgo: An AMI bakery |

## 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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