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Palo Alto Networks vs Workable

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

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and Workable both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Workable (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Palo Alto Networks carries 6,403 GitHub stars across 525 public repos, with 66 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Palo Alto Networks's footprint is roughly 8.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Palo Alto Networks is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Workable makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. 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

MetricPalo Alto NetworksWorkable
Ranking
Overall rank#93#569
Pillars
Overall5635
Code7351
Education6056
Community4524
Reach4541
Momentum7830
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6,403785
Forks3,885135
Public repos52596
Active repos (90d)665
External contributors135
Avg polish8646
Avg AI-readiness3649

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