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HubSpot vs Zammad

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

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Zammad (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 52). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 8.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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

MetricHubSpotZammad
Ranking
Overall rank#93#152
Pillars
Overall5652
Code5563
Education5271
Community3570
Reach950
Momentum5439
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars53,4816,394
Forks6,8641,687
Public repos38111
Active repos (90d)359
External contributors427
Avg polish5371
Avg AI-readiness3735

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