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Kandji vs Orca Security

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

Kandji and Orca Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Orca Security (rank #568) holds a narrow lead over Kandji (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 30). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kandji carries 387 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors.

Kandji is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Orca Security looks better where education 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

MetricKandjiOrca Security
Ranking
Overall rank#728#568
Pillars
Overall3035
Code4440
Education4457
Community2637
Reach3021
Momentum4859
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars387230
Forks5673
Public repos735
Active repos (90d)617
External contributors312
Avg polish4641
Avg AI-readiness2923

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