Humaans vs SoundCloud

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

SoundCloud (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). 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), Humaans is slightly ahead of SoundCloud. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is ahead of SoundCloud. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SoundCloud is clearly ahead of Humaans. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SoundCloud is clearly ahead of Humaans. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SoundCloud is ahead of Humaans.

Humaans carries 461 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. SoundCloud shows 8,606 stars across 56 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SoundCloud's footprint is roughly 18.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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