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Adobe, Inc. vs reddit

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

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 40). The gap of 21 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 reddit. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of reddit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), reddit is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of reddit.

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. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 15.8x 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. reddit 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.reddit
Ranking
Overall rank#47#430
Pillars
Overall6140
Code8460
Education6256
Community5339
Reach3452
Momentum6636
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars63,1544,004
Forks13,5291,160
Public repos1,108174
Active repos (90d)9126
External contributors8716
Avg polish9566
Avg AI-readiness4632

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