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IFTTT vs Workable

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

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

IFTTT (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Workable (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 35). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Workable is slightly ahead of IFTTT. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), IFTTT is ahead of Workable. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), IFTTT is slightly ahead of Workable. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), IFTTT is ahead of Workable. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workable 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. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but IFTTT's footprint is roughly 19.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

IFTTT is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Workable 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricIFTTTWorkable
Ranking
Overall rank#430#569
Pillars
Overall4035
Code4651
Education7256
Community3124
Reach5641
Momentum230
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars15,307785
Forks1,499135
Public repos7596
Active repos (90d)15
External contributors25
Avg polish4946
Avg AI-readiness4249

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