Jamf vs Perk

Jamf and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Perk (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Jamf (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 40). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Jamf carries 7,946 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Jamf's footprint is roughly 233.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Jamf is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Perk looks better where code quality 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.