15Five vs Podio

15Five and Podio both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podio (rank #430) holds a modest lead over 15Five (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 31). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

15Five carries 141 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Podio shows 2,064 stars across 74 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Podio's footprint is roughly 14.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

15Five is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Podio 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.