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Google Workspace vs Semrush

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

Google Workspace (Developer samples for Google Workspace APIs) and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Google Workspace (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 44). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Google Workspace carries 48,567 GitHub stars across 57 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 37 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Google Workspace's footprint is roughly 107.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Google Workspace is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Semrush 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricGoogle WorkspaceSemrush
Ranking
Overall rank#165#317
Pillars
Overall5144
Code7044
Education5465
Community5036
Reach4635
Momentum6237
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars48,567454
Forks9,208124
Public repos5711
Active repos (90d)182
External contributors377
Avg polish8048
Avg AI-readiness3932

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