Amplitude vs LinkedIn
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Amplitude and LinkedIn both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Amplitude (rank #93) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 43). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Amplitude is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is ahead of Amplitude. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Amplitude. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is clearly ahead of LinkedIn.
Amplitude carries 3,167 GitHub stars across 151 public repos, with 39 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 24.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. LinkedIn 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Amplitude | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #93 | #338 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 56 | 43 |
| Code | 70 | 63 |
| Education | 42 | 54 |
| Community | 42 | 49 |
| Reach | 21 | 61 |
| Momentum | 72 | 37 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 3,167 | 77,785 |
| Forks | 1,052 | 12,231 |
| Public repos | 151 | 137 |
| Active repos (90d) | 39 | 28 |
| External contributors | 23 | 52 |
| Avg polish | 70 | 64 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 43 |