Adobe, Inc. vs ExpressVPN

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #48) holds a meaningful lead over ExpressVPN (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 35). The gap of 26 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 ExpressVPN. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ExpressVPN is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of ExpressVPN. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ExpressVPN is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of ExpressVPN.

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. ExpressVPN shows 1,250 stars across 12 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 50.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ExpressVPN looks better where reach 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.