Amplitude vs The Washington Post
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Amplitude and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Amplitude (rank #93) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 37). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Amplitude is ahead of The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), The Washington Post is slightly ahead of Amplitude. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amplitude is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is clearly ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is clearly ahead of The Washington Post.
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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.
Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The Washington Post 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 | The Washington Post |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #93 | #510 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 56 | 37 |
| Code | 70 | 50 |
| Education | 42 | 49 |
| Community | 42 | 18 |
| Reach | 21 | 50 |
| Momentum | 72 | 18 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 3,167 | 2,751 |
| Forks | 1,052 | 1,061 |
| Public repos | 151 | 91 |
| Active repos (90d) | 39 | 3 |
| External contributors | 23 | 0 |
| Avg polish | 70 | 55 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 30 |