Adobe, Inc. vs Palo Alto Networks

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #46) holds a narrow lead over Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 56). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Adobe, Inc..

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. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 9.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Palo Alto Networks looks better where momentum 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.