LinkedIn vs UserTesting

LinkedIn and UserTesting (Real. Human. Insight.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn (rank #336) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #691) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UserTesting is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of UserTesting.

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. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 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 5185.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. UserTesting 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.