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Adobe, Inc. vs Podium

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

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Podium (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 Podium. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Podium is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Podium. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Podium is clearly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Podium.

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. Podium shows 86 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 734.3x 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. Podium 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.Podium
Ranking
Overall rank#47#372
Pillars
Overall6142
Code8463
Education6272
Community5316
Reach3459
Momentum6615
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars63,15486
Forks13,52975
Public repos1,10825
Active repos (90d)917
External contributors873
Avg polish9561
Avg AI-readiness4637

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