LinkedIn vs Userlike
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
LinkedIn and Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
LinkedIn (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (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 Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is clearly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Userlike. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of Userlike.
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. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LinkedIn's footprint is roughly 2047.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Userlike 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Userlike | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #338 | #569 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 43 | 35 |
| Code | 63 | 43 |
| Education | 54 | 85 |
| Community | 49 | 12 |
| Reach | 61 | 20 |
| Momentum | 37 | 12 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 77,785 | 38 |
| Forks | 12,231 | 5 |
| Public repos | 137 | 14 |
| Active repos (90d) | 28 | 3 |
| External contributors | 52 | 3 |
| Avg polish | 64 | 36 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 43 | 35 |