LinkedIn vs SolarWinds

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

LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 35). The gap of 8 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 70.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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