LinkedIn vs ReadMe

LinkedIn and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 43). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ReadMe is ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of ReadMe. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of ReadMe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ReadMe 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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 42.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ReadMe 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.