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KAYAK vs Onfido

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

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 38). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Onfido 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

MetricKAYAKOnfido
Ranking
Overall rank#485#401
Pillars
Overall3841
Code5942
Education5971
Community3023
Reach4435
Momentum3627
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,1861,268
Forks462777
Public repos7285
Active repos (90d)414
External contributors13
Avg polish5648
Avg AI-readiness4431

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