Adobe, Inc. vs Expensify, Inc

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Expensify, Inc (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 clearly ahead of Expensify, Inc. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Expensify, Inc is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Expensify, Inc. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Expensify, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Expensify, 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. Expensify, Inc shows 9,942 stars across 66 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 141 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 6.4x 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. Expensify, Inc 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.