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HubSpot vs KAYAK

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

HubSpot and KAYAK both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 38). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

HubSpot carries 53,481 GitHub stars across 381 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 16.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. KAYAK 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

MetricHubSpotKAYAK
Ranking
Overall rank#93#485
Pillars
Overall5638
Code5559
Education5259
Community3530
Reach9544
Momentum5436
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars53,4813,186
Forks6,864462
Public repos38172
Active repos (90d)354
External contributors41
Avg polish5356
Avg AI-readiness3744

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