ReadMe vs The Washington Post

ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 37). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ReadMe carries 1,824 GitHub stars across 106 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 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.

ReadMe is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.