LinkedIn vs Semrush

LinkedIn and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 171.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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