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Discord vs segment

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Discord (A new way to chat with your communities and friends. Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text.) and segment both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discord (rank #103) holds a modest lead over segment (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 35). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discord carries 28,570 GitHub stars across 327 public repos, with 36 repositories active in the last 90 days and 41 external contributors on record. segment shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Discord is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. segment looks better where reach 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDiscordsegment
Ranking
Overall rank#103#569
Pillars
Overall5535
Code540
Education8460
Community4911
Reach4557
Momentum700
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars28,5700
Forks5,6870
Public repos3270
Active repos (90d)360
External contributors410
Avg polish530
Avg AI-readiness370

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