Discourse vs Etsy, Inc.

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and Etsy, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 37). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Etsy, Inc. shows 21,986 stars across 85 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Etsy, Inc. 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.