KAYAK vs Magento

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

Magento (rank #209) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 38). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Magento shows 18,718 stars across 97 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Magento's footprint is roughly 5.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Magento 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.