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Adobe, Inc. vs Zammad

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

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Zammad (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 52). The gap of 9 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 Zammad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Zammad.

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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 9.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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.Zammad
Ranking
Overall rank#47#152
Pillars
Overall6152
Code8463
Education6271
Community5370
Reach340
Momentum6639
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars63,1546,394
Forks13,5291,687
Public repos1,10811
Active repos (90d)919
External contributors8727
Avg polish9571
Avg AI-readiness4635

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