Etsy, Inc. vs Yoast

Etsy, Inc. and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Yoast (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 37). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Etsy, Inc. is slightly ahead of Yoast. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Yoast is clearly ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Yoast is slightly ahead of Etsy, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Yoast 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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 6.4x 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. Yoast 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.