Deezer vs Humaans

Deezer and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Deezer (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Deezer carries 29,854 GitHub stars across 99 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Deezer's footprint is roughly 64.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Deezer is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Humaans looks better where momentum 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.