Discourse vs kununu

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and kununu (Let's make work better.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a modest lead over kununu (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 34). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. kununu shows 132 stars across 40 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Discourse's footprint is roughly 421.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. kununu 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.