Pendo vs Zammad

Pendo and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 33). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pendo carries 267 GitHub stars across 134 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 23.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad 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.