LinkedIn vs Magento
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
LinkedIn and Magento both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Magento (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 43). 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), Magento is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Magento is ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Magento is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Magento. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Magento.
LinkedIn carries 77,785 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors on record. Magento shows 18,718 stars across 97 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 4.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Magento 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Magento | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #338 | #209 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 43 | 49 |
| Code | 63 | 67 |
| Education | 54 | 65 |
| Community | 49 | 50 |
| Reach | 61 | 24 |
| Momentum | 37 | 33 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 77,785 | 18,718 |
| Forks | 12,231 | 15,126 |
| Public repos | 137 | 97 |
| Active repos (90d) | 28 | 20 |
| External contributors | 52 | 32 |
| Avg polish | 64 | 75 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 43 | 31 |