LinkedIn vs Qualtrics

LinkedIn and Qualtrics both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 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 Qualtrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is ahead of Qualtrics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Qualtrics is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is ahead of Qualtrics.

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. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 3889.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Qualtrics 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.