KAYAK vs LinkedIn

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

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 38). 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), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), KAYAK is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is ahead of KAYAK. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of KAYAK.

KAYAK carries 3,186 GitHub stars across 72 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. LinkedIn shows 77,785 stars across 137 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 24.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. LinkedIn looks better where community 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.