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KAYAK vs Palo Alto Networks

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

KAYAK and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 38). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of KAYAK. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is clearly 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. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors.

KAYAK is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Palo Alto Networks looks better where momentum 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

MetricKAYAKPalo Alto Networks
Ranking
Overall rank#485#93
Pillars
Overall3856
Code5973
Education5960
Community3045
Reach4445
Momentum3678
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,1866,403
Forks4623,885
Public repos72525
Active repos (90d)466
External contributors113
Avg polish5686
Avg AI-readiness4436

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