15Five vs kununu

15Five and kununu (Let's make work better.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

kununu (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over 15Five (rank #691) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 31). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), kununu is ahead of 15Five. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 15Five is slightly ahead of kununu. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 15Five is ahead of kununu. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), kununu is clearly ahead of 15Five. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), kununu is slightly ahead of 15Five.

15Five carries 142 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. kununu shows 138 stars across 40 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

15Five is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. kununu looks better where reach is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.