reddit vs Remote

reddit and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 40). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

reddit carries 4,004 GitHub stars across 174 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors on record. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but reddit's footprint is roughly 4.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

reddit is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Remote 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.