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Onfido vs Skyscanner

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Onfido and Skyscanner both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 41). 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), Skyscanner is clearly ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Skyscanner is slightly ahead of Onfido. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Skyscanner is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is slightly ahead of Skyscanner. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Skyscanner is ahead of Onfido.

Onfido carries 1,268 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Skyscanner shows 8,167 stars across 86 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Skyscanner's footprint is roughly 6.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Skyscanner looks better where code quality 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

MetricOnfidoSkyscanner
Ranking
Overall rank#401#209
Pillars
Overall4149
Code4267
Education7172
Community2340
Reach3532
Momentum2741
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,2688,167
Forks7771,526
Public repos8586
Active repos (90d)1418
External contributors339
Avg polish4874
Avg AI-readiness3147

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