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Adobe, Inc. vs Stripe

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

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a modest lead over Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 61). The gap of 15 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 Stripe. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe 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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Stripe 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAdobe, Inc.Stripe
Ranking
Overall rank#47#1
Pillars
Overall6176
Code8480
Education6285
Community5360
Reach3440
Momentum6678
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars63,15444,519
Forks13,52911,562
Public repos1,10897
Active repos (90d)9164
External contributors87124
Avg polish9587
Avg AI-readiness4661

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