KAYAK vs Shopware

KAYAK and Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Shopware (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 38). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), KAYAK is slightly ahead of Shopware. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Shopware is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopware is ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), KAYAK is clearly ahead of Shopware. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopware is 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. Shopware shows 4,897 stars across 88 public repos, 60 active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors.

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