Amadeus IT Group vs Discourse

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 Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Amadeus IT Group (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 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 slightly ahead of Discourse. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Discourse is ahead of Amadeus IT Group. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amadeus IT Group is slightly ahead of Discourse. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Discourse is ahead of Amadeus IT Group. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Discourse is ahead of Amadeus IT Group.

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. Discourse shows 55,678 stars across 620 public repos, 90 active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Discourse's footprint is roughly 32.5x 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 code quality. Discourse 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.