Codecademy vs Etsy, Inc.

Codecademy (The easiest way to learn to code.) and Etsy, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Codecademy and Etsy, Inc. sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (37), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Codecademy carries 5,241 GitHub stars across 86 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Etsy, Inc. shows 21,986 stars across 85 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 4.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Codecademy is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Etsy, Inc. looks better where education 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.