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draw.io vs Thomson Reuters

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

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and Thomson Reuters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

draw.io (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Thomson Reuters (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). 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), Thomson Reuters is slightly ahead of draw.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Thomson Reuters is slightly ahead of draw.io. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), draw.io is clearly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), draw.io is slightly ahead of Thomson Reuters. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), draw.io is ahead of Thomson Reuters.

draw.io carries 86,983 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Thomson Reuters shows 436 stars across 143 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 199.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Thomson Reuters 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.

Side-by-side metrics

Metricdraw.ioThomson Reuters
Ranking
Overall rank#338#625
Pillars
Overall4333
Code3944
Education6566
Community5121
Reach4845
Momentum3616
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars86,983436
Forks12,388166
Public repos32143
Active repos (90d)128
External contributors130
Avg polish4346
Avg AI-readiness3030

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