Adobe, Inc. vs Zscaler, Inc.

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

Adobe, Inc. (rank #48) holds a modest lead over Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 45). The gap of 16 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 Zscaler, Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zscaler, Inc. is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zscaler, Inc. is slightly ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is clearly ahead of Zscaler, 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. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 187.4x 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. Zscaler, Inc. 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.