Productboard vs The Washington Post

Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The Washington Post (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 33). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Productboard carries 90 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but The Washington Post's footprint is roughly 30.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Productboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The Washington Post 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.