Discourse vs Pinterest

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pinterest looks better where code quality 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.