adobe-commerce vs SolarWinds

adobe-commerce and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SolarWinds (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over adobe-commerce (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 32). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

adobe-commerce carries 39 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SolarWinds's footprint is roughly 28.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

adobe-commerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. SolarWinds looks better where momentum 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.