CrowdStrike vs SolarWinds

CrowdStrike and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

CrowdStrike (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 35). The gap of 25 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

CrowdStrike carries 5,991 GitHub stars across 267 public repos, with 74 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but CrowdStrike's footprint is roughly 5.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

CrowdStrike is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.