Amadeus IT Group vs Zendesk

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 Zendesk both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zendesk (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Amadeus IT Group (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 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 ahead of Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zendesk is ahead of Amadeus IT Group. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Amadeus IT Group. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zendesk is clearly ahead of Amadeus IT Group. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amadeus IT Group is ahead of Zendesk.

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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zendesk's footprint is roughly 7.3x 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. Zendesk 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.