Intuit vs The Washington Post

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

Intuit (rank #237) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 37). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Intuit's footprint is roughly 6.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Intuit is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. The Washington Post 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.