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Blackbird vs Okta, Inc

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Blackbird and Okta, Inc both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a meaningful lead over Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 30). The gap of 28 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Okta, Inc shows 6,250 stars across 88 public repos, 44 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Okta, Inc's footprint is roughly 390.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Okta, Inc looks better where code quality 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

MetricBlackbirdOkta, Inc
Ranking
Overall rank#728#73
Pillars
Overall3058
Code2866
Education6377
Community3142
Reach3029
Momentum5345
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars166,250
Forks225,038
Public repos16588
Active repos (90d)7744
External contributors652
Avg polish3166
Avg AI-readiness2148

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