Coursera vs Talend

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

Talend (rank #485) holds a modest lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (39 vs 30). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Talend 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.