Adobe, Inc. vs Close

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 45). The gap of 16 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 Close. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Close.

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. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 16.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Close 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.