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Etsy, Inc. vs Gusto

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

Etsy, Inc. and Gusto both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Gusto (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 37). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Etsy, Inc. carries 21,986 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Gusto shows 781 stars across 148 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 28.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Etsy, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Gusto looks better where momentum 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

MetricEtsy, Inc.Gusto
Ranking
Overall rank#510#338
Pillars
Overall3743
Code6560
Education7866
Community1835
Reach1319
Momentum1233
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars21,986781
Forks3,395217
Public repos85148
Active repos (90d)620
External contributors06
Avg polish7453
Avg AI-readiness3048

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