Adobe, Inc. vs The Washington Post

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 37). The gap of 24 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 The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of The Washington Post.

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 23.0x 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. The Washington Post 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.