Kandji vs Pinterest

Kandji and Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pinterest (rank #430) holds a modest lead over Kandji (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 30). 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), Pinterest is clearly ahead of Kandji. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pinterest is ahead of Kandji. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pinterest is ahead of Kandji. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Kandji is slightly ahead of Pinterest. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Kandji is slightly ahead of Pinterest.

Kandji carries 387 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Pinterest's footprint is roughly 79.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kandji is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Pinterest 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.