KAYAK vs Talend

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

KAYAK and Talend sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (38), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but KAYAK's footprint is roughly 6.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Talend makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.