Pinterest vs Skyscanner

Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) and Skyscanner both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 40). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pinterest carries 30,737 GitHub stars across 98 public repos, with 37 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 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 Pinterest's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Pinterest is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Skyscanner 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.