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KAYAK vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 38). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but KAYAK's footprint is roughly 5.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

KAYAK is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Typeform looks better where code quality 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

MetricKAYAKTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#485#189
Pillars
Overall3850
Code5971
Education5951
Community3025
Reach4443
Momentum3631
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,186590
Forks462254
Public repos7240
Active repos (90d)48
External contributors15
Avg polish5675
Avg AI-readiness4438

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