Etsy, Inc. vs SolarWinds

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

Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 35). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Etsy, Inc. is ahead of SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Etsy, Inc. is clearly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SolarWinds is ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 20.0x 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. SolarWinds 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.