# The Haystack Research Group — developer ecosystem report

> The Haystack Research Group @ MIT CSAIL

- GitHub org: `haystack`
- Category: other
- Overall score: 25.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #914
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-19

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 32.0 | #947 | ~22% |
| Education | 56.0 | #631 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 7.0 | #975 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 9.0 | #902 | ~16% |
| Reach | 55.0 | #236 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 0.0 | #917 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/haystack
- Website: http://haystack.csail.mit.edu

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 163 |
| Forks | 98 |
| Open issues | 497 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [tipsy](https://github.com/haystack/tipsy) | 31 | JavaScript | A new project to encourage pay-what-you-want support for any web site. |
| [eyebrowse-server](https://github.com/haystack/eyebrowse-server) | 29 | Python | Eyebrowser Server |
| [murmur](https://github.com/haystack/murmur) | 26 | JavaScript | A mailing list designed to reduce noise and encourage sharing  |
| [nb](https://github.com/haystack/nb) | 16 | JavaScript | — |
| [YouPS](https://github.com/haystack/YouPS) | 14 | JavaScript | YouPS: An email automation tool that makes your email management easy! 😎 |
| [eyebrowse-chrome-ext](https://github.com/haystack/eyebrowse-chrome-ext) | 14 | JavaScript | reviving eyebrowse |
| [listit](https://github.com/haystack/listit) | 9 | JavaScript | The listit lightweight notetaking client |
| [datapress](https://github.com/haystack/datapress) | 6 | JavaScript | Datapress helps you easily create Exhibit visualizations inside your Wordpress blog |
| [exhibit-tutorial](https://github.com/haystack/exhibit-tutorial) | 3 | HTML | Tutorial on how to create exhibits for http://simile-widgets.org/exhibit/ |
| [dracl](https://github.com/haystack/dracl) | 3 | TeX | Distributed Resource Access Control List protocol |
| [picker](https://github.com/haystack/picker) | 2 | JavaScript | An interactive MIT course catalog interface |
| [website](https://github.com/haystack/website) | 2 | HTML | Haystack Group website |

## 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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