LinkedIn vs Razorpay

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

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 43). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Razorpay is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Razorpay. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is clearly 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. Razorpay shows 3,811 stars across 177 public repos, 38 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 20.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Razorpay 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.