# VMware — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `vmware`
- Category: platform
- Overall score: 50.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #219
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-21

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 73.0 | #71 | ~22% |
| Education | 60.0 | #550 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 20.0 | #586 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 49.0 | #177 | ~16% |
| Reach | 76.0 | #49 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 51.0 | #217 | ~14% |

## Links

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

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 21,326 |
| Forks | 7,497 |
| Open issues | 3,863 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [photon](https://github.com/vmware/photon) | 3,179 | Python | Minimal Linux container host |
| [open-vm-tools](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools) | 2,650 | C | Official repository of VMware open-vm-tools project |
| [govmomi](https://github.com/vmware/govmomi) | 2,537 | Go | Go library for the VMware vSphere API |
| [pyvmomi](https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi) | 2,322 | Python | VMware vSphere API Python Bindings |
| [pyvmomi-community-samples](https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples) | 1,041 | Python | A place for community contributed samples for the pyVmomi library. |
| [packer-examples-for-vsphere](https://github.com/vmware/packer-examples-for-vsphere) | 984 | HCL | Packer Examples for VMware vSphere |
| [vsphere-automation-sdk-python](https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python) | 800 | Python | Python samples, language bindings, and API reference documentation for vSphere, VMC, and NSX-T using the VMware REST API |
| [pinniped](https://github.com/vmware/pinniped) | 736 | Go | Pinniped is the easy, secure way to log in to your Kubernetes clusters. |
| [splinterdb](https://github.com/vmware/splinterdb) | 731 | C | High Performance Embedded Key-Value Store |
| [terraform-provider-vsphere](https://github.com/vmware/terraform-provider-vsphere) | 672 | Go | Terraform Provider for VMware vSphere |
| [vic](https://github.com/vmware/vic) | 649 | Go | vSphere Integrated Containers Engine is a container runtime for vSphere. |
| [versatile-data-kit](https://github.com/vmware/versatile-data-kit) | 489 | Python | One framework to develop, deploy and operate data workflows with Python and SQL. |

## 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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