Doist vs LinkedIn

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

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 13.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.