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Etsy, Inc. vs Onfido

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

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Etsy, Inc. is clearly ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Etsy, Inc. is slightly ahead of Onfido. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Onfido is slightly ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is clearly ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Onfido is 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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 17.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Etsy, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Onfido 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

MetricEtsy, Inc.Onfido
Ranking
Overall rank#510#401
Pillars
Overall3741
Code6542
Education7871
Community1823
Reach1335
Momentum1227
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars21,9861,268
Forks3,395777
Public repos8585
Active repos (90d)614
External contributors03
Avg polish7448
Avg AI-readiness3031

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