Adobe, Inc. vs Discourse

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Discourse (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 50). The gap of 11 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 Discourse. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Discourse. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Discourse. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Discourse. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Discourse is ahead of Adobe, Inc..

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. Discourse shows 55,678 stars across 620 public repos, 90 active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors.

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