IFTTT vs LinkedIn

IFTTT (Automations for business and home. 1,000+ of your favorite apps, services and devices. Save time and get more done.) and LinkedIn both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over IFTTT (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

IFTTT carries 15,307 GitHub stars across 75 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 5.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

IFTTT is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. LinkedIn looks better where momentum 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.