Amadeus IT Group vs Buffer

Amadeus IT Group (The official global GitHub of Amadeus IT Group, hosting Open Source content. Amadeus provides the technology that keeps the travel sector moving.) and Buffer (Helping people build their business on social media since 2011) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Amadeus IT Group (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Buffer (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 39). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Amadeus IT Group carries 1,712 GitHub stars across 196 public repos, with 72 repositories active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors on record. Buffer shows 11,181 stars across 196 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Buffer's footprint is roughly 6.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Amadeus IT Group is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Buffer 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.