Palo Alto Networks vs Yoast

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Yoast (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 49). The gap of 7 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 slightly ahead of Yoast. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Yoast is ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Yoast. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Palo Alto Networks is clearly ahead of Yoast. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks is clearly ahead of Yoast.

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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Palo Alto Networks is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Yoast 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.