LinkedIn vs Productboard

LinkedIn and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is ahead of LinkedIn.

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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 864.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Productboard looks better where momentum 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.