# Hey API — developer ecosystem report

> Turn API specifications into production-ready code.

- GitHub org: `hey-api`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 45.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #331
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-14

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 53.0 | #371 | ~22% |
| Education | 69.0 | #323 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 10.0 | #821 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 68.0 | #22 | ~16% |
| Reach | 11.0 | #991 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 27.0 | #572 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/hey-api
- Website: https://heyapi.dev
- Docs: https://heyapi.dev/docs

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 8 |
| Stars | 5,276 |
| Forks | 428 |
| Open issues | 550 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [hey-api](https://github.com/hey-api/hey-api) | 5,255 | TypeScript | 👨‍🚀 Turn API specifications into production-ready SDKs, validators, mocks, and more. 20+ plugins. Millions of weekly n |
| [upload-openapi-spec](https://github.com/hey-api/upload-openapi-spec) | 12 | TypeScript | 🚀 A GitHub Action for uploading OpenAPI specifications to Hey API. |
| [openapi-python](https://github.com/hey-api/openapi-python) | 6 | TypeScript | 🐍 OpenAPI to Python code generator. Production-grade SDKs and Pydantic models. |
| [openapi-typescript](https://github.com/hey-api/openapi-typescript) | 1 | TypeScript | 🌀 OpenAPI to TypeScript code generator. Production-grade SDKs, Zod schemas, TanStack Query hooks, and 20+ plugins. Used |
| [env-ci](https://github.com/hey-api/env-ci) | 1 | — | Get environment variables exposed by CI services |
| [json-schema-ref-parser](https://github.com/hey-api/json-schema-ref-parser) | 1 | TypeScript | Parse, Resolve, and Dereference JSON Schema $ref pointers in Node and browsers |
| [starlight-llms-txt](https://github.com/hey-api/starlight-llms-txt) | 0 | TypeScript | Generate llms.txt files to train large language models on your Starlight documentation website |
| [.github](https://github.com/hey-api/.github) | 0 | — | — |

## 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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