Adobe, Inc. vs KAYAK

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 38). The gap of 23 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 KAYAK. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), KAYAK is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of KAYAK.

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. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 19.8x 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. KAYAK 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.