Adobe, Inc. vs Appcues

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 47). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Appcues shows 984 stars across 122 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 64.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Appcues looks better where education 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.