Kajabi vs KAYAK

Kajabi and KAYAK both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

KAYAK (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Kajabi (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 32). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kajabi carries 99 GitHub stars across 103 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 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 KAYAK's footprint is roughly 32.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kajabi is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.