LinkedIn vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

LinkedIn and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 42). 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 sendinblue (now Brevo). On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), sendinblue (now Brevo) is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo).

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. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 119.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. sendinblue (now Brevo) 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.