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Adobe, Inc. vs Flexport

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Flexport (We're fixing the user experience in global trade. Join us!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over Flexport (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 33). The gap of 28 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 Flexport. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Flexport is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Flexport. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Flexport is clearly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Flexport.

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. Flexport shows 145 stars across 69 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 435.5x 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. Flexport 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAdobe, Inc.Flexport
Ranking
Overall rank#47#625
Pillars
Overall6133
Code8444
Education6268
Community5315
Reach3455
Momentum668
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars63,154145
Forks13,52971
Public repos1,10869
Active repos (90d)914
External contributors872
Avg polish9532
Avg AI-readiness4639

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