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KAYAK vs Zammad

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

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over KAYAK (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 38). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zammad is slightly ahead of KAYAK. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is ahead of KAYAK. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is clearly ahead of KAYAK. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), KAYAK is clearly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad is slightly 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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricKAYAKZammad
Ranking
Overall rank#485#152
Pillars
Overall3852
Code5963
Education5971
Community3070
Reach440
Momentum3639
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,1866,394
Forks4621,687
Public repos7211
Active repos (90d)49
External contributors127
Avg polish5671
Avg AI-readiness4435

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