Pinterest vs SlackAPI

Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) and SlackAPI (https://docs.slack.dev/tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SlackAPI (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 40). 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), SlackAPI is ahead of Pinterest. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SlackAPI is slightly ahead of Pinterest. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pinterest is slightly ahead of SlackAPI. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pinterest is ahead of SlackAPI. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SlackAPI is clearly ahead of Pinterest.

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. SlackAPI shows 17,894 stars across 37 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors.

Pinterest is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. SlackAPI 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.