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Doist vs KAYAK

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

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and KAYAK both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 38). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. KAYAK 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

MetricDoistKAYAK
Ranking
Overall rank#122#485
Pillars
Overall5438
Code5959
Education8559
Community3630
Reach4044
Momentum4636
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5,5763,186
Forks563462
Public repos17072
Active repos (90d)454
External contributors211
Avg polish5856
Avg AI-readiness4744

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