Intuit vs KAYAK

Intuit (Powering prosperity around the world.) and KAYAK both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Intuit (rank #237) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 38). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Intuit carries 18,182 GitHub stars across 150 public repos, with 27 repositories active in the last 90 days and 40 external contributors on record. KAYAK shows 3,186 stars across 72 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Intuit's footprint is roughly 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Intuit is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. KAYAK 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.