# Salesforce CLI — developer ecosystem report

> The Salesforce CLI is a collection of command line interfaces and tools that simplify development and build automation when working with your Salesforce org

- GitHub org: `salesforcecli`
- Category: dev_tool
- Overall score: 39.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #478
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-19

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 67.0 | #142 | ~22% |
| Education | 63.0 | #492 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 44.0 | #260 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 43.0 | #291 | ~16% |
| Reach | 0.0 | #1070 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 48.0 | #240 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/salesforcecli
- Website: https://developer.salesforce.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 1,169 |
| Forks | 498 |
| Open issues | 521 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [mcp](https://github.com/salesforcecli/mcp) | 458 | TypeScript | MCP Server for interacting with Salesforce instances |
| [cli](https://github.com/salesforcecli/cli) | 179 | TypeScript | The `sf` cli. |
| [sfdx-cli](https://github.com/salesforcecli/sfdx-cli) | 77 | TypeScript | The `sfdx` cli. |
| [status](https://github.com/salesforcecli/status) | 60 | JavaScript | A read-only repo to monitor the status of the Salesforce CLI and its plugins. |
| [plugin-org](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-org) | 25 | TypeScript | Commands to interact with Salesforce orgs |
| [CLI-Unification-demo](https://github.com/salesforcecli/CLI-Unification-demo) | 22 | TypeScript | The Salesforce CLI Unification demo is an interactive simulation setup with our proposed cross-cloud taxonomy and struct |
| [plugin-source](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-source) | 22 | TypeScript | A core Salesforce CLI plugin containing source commands for converting, deploying, and retrieving metadata to/from Sales |
| [plugin-packaging](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-packaging) | 20 | TypeScript | — |
| [plugin-lightning-dev](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-lightning-dev) | 19 | TypeScript | Local development tools for LEX, Mobile, and Experience Sites |
| [sf-plugins-core](https://github.com/salesforcecli/sf-plugins-core) | 18 | TypeScript | — |
| [plugin-data](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-data) | 18 | TypeScript | — |
| [plugin-deploy-retrieve](https://github.com/salesforcecli/plugin-deploy-retrieve) | 18 | TypeScript | — |

## 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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