# VMware Tanzu — developer ecosystem report

> Cloud native open source from VMware

- GitHub org: `vmware-tanzu`
- Category: platform
- Overall score: 44.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #371
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-22

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 76.0 | #42 | ~22% |
| Education | 74.0 | #261 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 18.0 | #619 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 46.0 | #230 | ~16% |
| Reach | 15.0 | #960 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 24.0 | #595 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu
- Website: https://tanzu.io

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 12,220 |
| Forks | 3,179 |
| Open issues | 2,410 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [kubeapps](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/kubeapps) | 5,111 | Go | A web-based UI for deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes clusters |
| [sonobuoy](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy) | 3,050 | Go | Sonobuoy is a diagnostic tool that makes it easier to understand the state of a Kubernetes cluster by running a set of K |
| [community-edition](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/community-edition) | 1,320 | Go | VMware Tanzu Community Edition is no longer an actively maintained project. Code is available for historical purposes on |
| [cartographer](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/cartographer) | 453 | Go | Cartographer is a Supply Chain Choreographer. |
| [helm-charts](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/helm-charts) | 312 | Mustache | Contains Helm charts for Kubernetes related open source tools |
| [cluster-api-provider-bringyourownhost](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/cluster-api-provider-bringyourownhost) | 249 | Go | Kubernetes Cluster API Provider BYOH for already-provisioned hosts running Linux. |
| [tanzu-framework](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework) | 196 | Go | Tanzu Framework provides a set of building blocks to build atop of the Tanzu platform and leverages Carvel packaging and |
| [crash-diagnostics](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/crash-diagnostics) | 183 | Go | Crash-Diagnostics (Crashd) is a tool to help investigate, analyze, and troubleshoot unresponsive or crashed Kubernetes c |
| [tanzu-dev-portal](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-dev-portal) | 143 | HTML | Content for Tanzu dev portal |
| [vm-operator](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/vm-operator) | 132 | Go | Self-service manage your virtual infrastructure... |
| [velero-plugin-for-csi](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi) | 120 | Go | Velero plugins for integrating with CSI snapshot API |
| [cloud-native-security-inspector](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/cloud-native-security-inspector) | 100 | Go | This project scans and assesses workloads in Kubernetes at runtime. It can apply protection rules to workloads to avoid  |

## 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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