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Kanboard vs The Washington Post

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

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The Washington Post (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 33). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kanboard carries 10,486 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 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 Kanboard's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricKanboardThe Washington Post
Ranking
Overall rank#625#510
Pillars
Overall3337
Code5250
Education5749
Community6418
Reach850
Momentum2118
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,4862,751
Forks2,7191,061
Public repos5291
Active repos (90d)43
External contributors130
Avg polish5955
Avg AI-readiness2330

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