Adobe, Inc. vs ReadMe

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over ReadMe (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 47). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 34.6x 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. ReadMe looks better where education 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.