LinkedIn vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 43). The gap of 33 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe is ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe is ahead of LinkedIn. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Stripe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe 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. Stripe shows 44,519 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 124 external contributors.

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