Instructure, Inc. vs LinkedIn

Instructure, Inc. and LinkedIn both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Instructure, Inc. (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Instructure, Inc. carries 10,186 GitHub stars across 212 public repos, with 37 repositories active in the last 90 days and 29 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 7.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Instructure, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. LinkedIn 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.