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Clio vs kununu

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

Clio and kununu (Let's make work better.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

kununu (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Clio (rank #622) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. kununu shows 138 stars across 40 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Clio's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. kununu 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

MetricCliokununu
Ranking
Overall rank#622#567
Pillars
Overall3335
Code5057
Education8442
Community1814
Reach044
Momentum4238
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars518138
Forks16316
Public repos1940
Active repos (90d)417
External contributors33
Avg polish3855
Avg AI-readiness3937

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