Giphy vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Giphy (All the GIFs) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Giphy and sendinblue (now Brevo) sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (42), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Giphy is slightly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), sendinblue (now Brevo) is ahead of Giphy. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Giphy is ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Giphy is ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo).

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. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Giphy's footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Giphy is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. sendinblue (now Brevo) 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.