Panther Labs vs SolarWinds

Panther Labs (Panther's mission is to make security teams smarter and faster than attackers.) and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Panther Labs (rank #209) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 35). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Panther Labs carries 668 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 11 repositories active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Panther Labs is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds looks better where momentum 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.