Klaviyo vs Unsplash

Klaviyo and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Klaviyo (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Unsplash (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 43). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Klaviyo carries 573 GitHub stars across 117 public repos, with 23 repositories active in the last 90 days and 17 external contributors on record. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Unsplash's footprint is roughly 17.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Klaviyo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Unsplash looks better where education 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.