LinkedIn vs Stripe Samples

LinkedIn and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 43). 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), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is 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 Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 18.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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