Adobe, Inc. vs Adyen

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Adyen both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #48) holds a modest lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 51). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adobe, Inc. carries 63,154 GitHub stars across 1,108 public repos, with 91 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors on record. Adyen shows 2,684 stars across 65 public repos, 49 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 23.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Adyen makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.