# Heroku — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `heroku`
- Category: platform
- Overall score: 60.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #69
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-15

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 66.0 | #150 | ~22% |
| Education | 58.0 | #580 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 54.0 | #126 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 42.0 | #312 | ~16% |
| Reach | 63.0 | #136 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 67.0 | #97 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 23,824 |
| Forks | 18,891 |
| Open issues | 1,494 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [12factor](https://github.com/heroku/12factor) | 3,774 | CSS | — |
| [react-refetch](https://github.com/heroku/react-refetch) | 3,403 | JavaScript | A simple, declarative, and composable way to fetch data for React components |
| [legacy-cli](https://github.com/heroku/legacy-cli) | 1,356 | Ruby | Heroku CLI |
| [heroku-pg-extras](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-pg-extras) | 1,354 | TypeScript | A heroku plugin for awesome pg:* commands that are also great and fun and super. |
| [heroku-buildpack-nodejs](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs) | 1,345 | Shell | Heroku's classic buildpack for Node.js apps |
| [nodejs-getting-started](https://github.com/heroku/nodejs-getting-started) | 1,084 | EJS | Getting Started with Node.js on Heroku |
| [heroku-buildpack-python](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python) | 994 | Ruby | Heroku's classic buildpack for Python apps |
| [heroku-django-template](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-django-template) | 897 | Python | A Django 2.0 base template featuring all recommended best practices for deployment on Heroku and local development.  |
| [cli](https://github.com/heroku/cli) | 889 | TypeScript | Heroku CLI |
| [python-getting-started](https://github.com/heroku/python-getting-started) | 853 | Python | Getting Started with Python on Heroku |
| [heroku-buildpack-php](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-php) | 814 | Shell | Heroku's classic buildpack for PHP apps |
| [heroku-buildpack-go](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-go) | 791 | Shell | Heroku's classic buildpack for Go apps |

## 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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