BigCommerce vs KAYAK

BigCommerce and KAYAK both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 38). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors on record. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. KAYAK 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.