Adobe, Inc. vs LinkedIn

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 43). The gap of 18 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 LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of LinkedIn.

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. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. LinkedIn 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.