Discourse vs LinkedIn

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

Discourse (rank #190) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 43). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors.

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