# Prometheus — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `prometheus`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 55.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #137
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-19

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 73.0 | #71 | ~22% |
| Education | 84.0 | #40 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 23.0 | #555 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 54.0 | #95 | ~16% |
| Reach | 70.0 | #73 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 60.0 | #133 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 133,826 |
| Forks | 28,460 |
| Open issues | 3,432 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) | 65,756 | Go | The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database. |
| [node_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter) | 13,705 | Go | Exporter for machine metrics |
| [alertmanager](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager) | 8,587 | Go | Prometheus Alertmanager |
| [client_golang](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang) | 6,018 | Go | Prometheus instrumentation library for Go applications |
| [blackbox_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter) | 5,827 | Go | Blackbox prober exporter |
| [client_python](https://github.com/prometheus/client_python) | 4,359 | Python | Prometheus instrumentation library for Python applications |
| [client_js](https://github.com/prometheus/client_js) | 3,482 | JavaScript | Prometheus client for node.js |
| [pushgateway](https://github.com/prometheus/pushgateway) | 3,357 | Go | Push acceptor for ephemeral and batch jobs. |
| [jmx_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/jmx_exporter) | 3,319 | Java | A process for collecting metrics using JMX MBeans for Prometheus consumption |
| [OpenMetrics](https://github.com/prometheus/OpenMetrics) | 2,534 | Go | Evolving the Prometheus exposition format into a standard. |
| [mysqld_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter) | 2,461 | Go | Exporter for MySQL server metrics |
| [client_java](https://github.com/prometheus/client_java) | 2,285 | Java | Prometheus instrumentation library for JVM applications |

## 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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