Pinterest vs Zendesk

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

Zendesk (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Pinterest is ahead of Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Zendesk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zendesk is ahead of Pinterest. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zendesk is 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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

Pinterest is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Zendesk looks better where reach 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.