kununu vs The Washington Post

kununu (Let's make work better.) and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The Washington Post (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over kununu (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 34). The gap of 3 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 The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), The Washington Post is slightly ahead of kununu. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), The Washington Post is slightly ahead of kununu. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is slightly ahead of kununu. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), kununu is ahead of The Washington Post.

kununu carries 132 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but The Washington Post's footprint is roughly 20.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

kununu is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The Washington Post 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.