Coursera vs Klarna

Coursera and Klarna both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Klarna (rank #255) holds a modest lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 30). 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), Klarna is ahead of Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Klarna is clearly ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Klarna is ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Klarna is clearly ahead of Coursera. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Coursera is ahead of Klarna.

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Klarna shows 2,965 stars across 139 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Klarna 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.