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kununu vs SmartRecruiters
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
kununu (Let's make work better.) and SmartRecruiters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over kununu (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 34). 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), kununu is slightly ahead of SmartRecruiters. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SmartRecruiters is clearly ahead of kununu. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SmartRecruiters is clearly ahead of kununu. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), kununu is clearly ahead of SmartRecruiters.
kununu carries 132 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.
kununu is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SmartRecruiters looks better where reach 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
| Metric | kununu | SmartRecruiters |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #602 | #430 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 34 | 40 |
| Code | 57 | 56 |
| Education | 42 | 65 |
| Community | 12 | 12 |
| Reach | 44 | 76 |
| Momentum | 38 | 6 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 132 | 119 |
| Forks | 16 | 17 |
| Public repos | 40 | 25 |
| Active repos (90d) | 17 | 3 |
| External contributors | 2 | 2 |
| Avg polish | 55 | 57 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 34 | 37 |