Akeneo vs Talend

Akeneo and Talend both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Akeneo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Talend (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 38). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Akeneo is ahead of Talend. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Talend is ahead of Akeneo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Akeneo is ahead of Talend. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Talend is clearly ahead of Akeneo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Akeneo is ahead of Talend.

Akeneo carries 2,126 GitHub stars across 51 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Akeneo's footprint is roughly 4.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Akeneo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Talend 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.