Giphy vs Humaans

Giphy (All the GIFs) and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Giphy (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 32). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Giphy carries 3,295 GitHub stars across 45 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Giphy's footprint is roughly 7.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Giphy is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Humaans looks better where education 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.