LinkedIn vs Sage

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

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Sage (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 slightly ahead of Sage. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Sage. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is ahead of Sage. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Sage. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Sage.

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 35.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Sage makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.