Adobe, Inc. vs Paddle

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Paddle (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 42). The gap of 19 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 Paddle. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Paddle. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Paddle. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Paddle. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Paddle.

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. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 63.3x 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. Paddle makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.